Frank Lary

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL us

Died: December 14, 2017 in Northport, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Tuscaloosa County HS (Northport, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 14, 1954 (Age 24-157d, 11,180th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Frank Strong Lary

Nicknames: Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer

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Relatives: Brother of Al Lary

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

128

116

ERA

3.49

350

292

2162.1

1099

WHIP

1.267

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-19 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 100 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	68 (35-22-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 100 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (32-19-9)

Most Driven In
J Hegan	2
L Skizas	1
F Bolling	1
C Maxwell	1
Self	1
R Wilson	0
A Kaline	0

Most Driven In By
A Kaline	2
H Kuenn	1
Self	1
B Martin	1
O Virgil	1
C Veal	0

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	121	3 (2)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.075	3.23	-0.14%	-0.62	P
2	122	7 (3)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.055	2.74	-0.08%	-0.47	P
3	123	12 (4)	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.55	0.024	1.64	0.04%	0.25	P
4	124	15 (2)	Apr 30	DET	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.20	0.042	3.59	0.08%	1.27	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	125	19 (3)	May 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.12	-0.012	.30	-0.02%	-0.61	P
6	126	25 (5)	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.200	.435	9	.51	0.097	1.28	0.15%	0.99	P
7	127	29 (3)	May 17	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.167	.367	9	1.87	-0.179	3.92	-0.23%	-0.97	P
8	128	32 (2)	May 21	DET		BAL	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	9	2.01	-0.090	2.48	-0.07%	-0.91	P
9	129	35 (2)	May 24	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.130	.290	9	.99	-0.106	.81	-0.05%	-1.09	P
10	130	39 (3)	May 28	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.179	.154	.332	9	1.32	-0.050	1.42	-0.03%	-0.31	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	131	44 (4)	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.167	.143	.310	9	.34	-0.016	.28	-0.01%	-0.18	P
12	132	48 (3)	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.167	.143	.310	9						P
13	133	50 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.188	.393	9	.67	0.126	.55	0.06%	2.11	P
14	134	55 (4)	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.189	.171	.361	9	1.21	-0.007	2.21	-0.01%	-0.25	P
15	135	60 (4)	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.132	.175	.158	.333	9	.79	-0.056	1.95	-0.08%	-0.85	P
16	136	65 (4)	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333	9						P
17	137	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	138	69 (2)	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.150	.317	9	1.13	-0.061	1.60	-0.05%	-0.47	P
19	139	73 (3)	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.146	.309	9	1.09	-0.030	.83	-0.01%	-0.31	P
20	140	75 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.159	.333	9	1.47	-0.032	1.42	-0.02%	-0.24	P
21	141	81 (5)	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,12-5	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.163	.149	.312	9	.39	0.049	.40	0.03%	0.23	P
22	142	85 (3)	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.170	.157	.327	9	1.10	-0.095	.48	-0.03%	-0.79	P
23	143	89 (3)	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.167	.154	.321	9	.99	-0.024	.23	0.00%	-0.29	P
24	144	93 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.164	.151	.315	9	.73	-0.018	.02	0.00%	-0.16	P
25	145	98 (4)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.155	.143	.298	9	2.13	-0.155	.05	0.00%	-1.43	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	146	104 (5)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.150	.138	.288	9	.52	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
27	147	109 (4)	Aug 12	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.150	.138	.288	9						P
28	148	112 (2)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.148	.136	.283	9	1.73	-0.042	.04	0.00%	-0.15	P
29	149	114 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	L,7-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.145	.133	.278	9	1.01	-0.026	.01	0.00%	-0.10	P
30	150	117 (2)	Aug 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.138	.127	.265	9	.26	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-1.34	P
31	151	121 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.104	.130	.119	.250	9	.77	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.53	P
32	152	126 (4)	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.141	.164	.197	.362	9	.44	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	153	131 (4)	Sep 3	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.158	.189	.347	9	1.88	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.13	P
34	154	135 (3)	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.165	.195	.359	9	.99	0.108	.00	0.00%	0.64	P
35	155	139 (3)	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.183	.238	.420	9	1.57	0.172	.00	0.00%	0.47	P
36	156	143 (3)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.188	.241	.429	9	1.56	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.59	P
37	157	146 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.195	.238	.433	9	.73	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
38	158	150 (3)	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.241	.441	9	1.07	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
39	159	153 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.198	.239	.436	9	.09	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
							20-19		100	88	6	15	1	1	1	6	3	0	20	0	9	0	3	2	0	2	.170	.198	.239	.436		.99	-0.835	.96	-0.47%	-8.64

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