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	28-14 / in Starts: 26-10
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	67 (36-18-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (37-22-11)

Most Driven In
S Boros	2
D McAuliffe	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Wood	4
A Kaline	2
B Bruton	1
C Maxwell	1
V Wertz	1
B Morton	1
Self	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	231	2 (1)	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	.19	0.098	.36	0.11%	0.28	P
2	232	5 (2)	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.14	-0.019	.36	-0.03%	-0.80	P
3	233	9 (3)	Apr 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	.93	-0.096	3.09	-0.19%	-1.10	P
4	234	12 (2)	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.47	-0.008	1.45	-0.02%	-0.15	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	235	16 (3)	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	.59	0.012	1.94	0.02%	0.10	P
6	236	20 (3)	May 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	9	.98	0.036	3.92	0.09%	0.22	P
7	237	26 (5)	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.500	.804	9	1.41	0.421	7.22	1.29%	1.31	P
8	238	28 (1)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.500	.804	8						PR
9	239	31 (2)	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.240	.269	.440	.709	9	.77	0.070	3.55	0.19%	0.47	P
10	240	35 (3)	May 21	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.414	.680	9	1.28	-0.134	5.94	-0.37%	-1.21	P
11	241	40 (4)	May 26	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.265	.394	.659	9	1.06	-0.089	5.24	-0.26%	-0.62	P
12	242	45 (4)	May 31	DET		KCA	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.400	.678	9	.83	0.016	4.12	0.05%	0.10	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
13	243	49 (3)	Jun 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.300	.410	.710	9	.52	-0.022	2.70	-0.07%	-0.22	P
14	244	54 (4)	Jun 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.326	.429	.754	9	.68	0.041	4.67	0.17%	0.49	P
15	245	60 (5)	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.304	.400	.704	9	.90	-0.081	4.12	-0.22%	-1.17	P
16	246	64 (3)	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,0-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.304	.400	.704	9						P
17	247	68 (3)	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.292	.383	.675	9	1.27	-0.067	8.42	-0.27%	-0.59	P
18	248	74 (5)	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.294	.380	.674	9	1.43	-0.107	8.55	-0.38%	-0.82	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
19	249	79 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-10	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.291	.370	.661	9	2.23	0.238	19.45	1.25%	-0.03	P
20	250	85 (5)	Jul 9 (1)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.293	.368	.662	9	.88	-0.108	4.49	-0.33%	-1.25	P
21	251	87 (1)	Jul 14	DET		MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.283	.356	.639	9	1.57	-0.076	8.80	-0.26%	-0.62	P
22	252	92 (4)	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.286	.355	.641	9	.49	-0.015	3.07	-0.06%	0.50	P
23	253	97 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.281	.349	.630	9	1.20	0.095	6.91	0.33%	0.91	P
24	254	100 (2)	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.265	.328	.593	9	.51	-0.053	2.96	-0.18%	-0.80	P
25	255	101	Jul 28	DET		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.265	.328	.593	9						PR
26	256	102	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.265	.328	.593	9						PR
27	257	103	Jul 30	DET		MIN	L,0-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.265	.328	.593	9						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
28	258	107 (3)	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.250	.310	.560	9	.80	-0.168	4.74	-0.60%	-2.26	P
29	259	112 (4)	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.273	.320	.593	9	.70	-0.022	3.83	-0.07%	0.20	P
30	260	117 (4)	Aug 15 (1)	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.263	.308	.570	9	.85	-0.066	4.41	-0.21%	-0.74	P
31	261	123 (5)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.262	.305	.567	9	.51	0.029	2.72	0.09%	-0.54	P
32	262	126 (2)	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.262	.305	.567	8						PR
33	263	127	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.261	.302	.564	9	.62	-0.065	3.46	-0.22%	-1.21	P
34	264	132 (4)	Aug 29	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	.247	.264	.303	.567	9	1.53	-0.052	10.48	-0.21%	-0.47	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
35	265	136 (3)	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.266	.304	.570	9	.81	-0.005	10.56	-0.04%	-0.21	P
36	266	141 (4)	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.260	.298	.558	9	.60	-0.031	.48	-0.02%	-0.35	P
37	267	145 (3)	Sep 12	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.263	.299	.562	9	1.66	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.47	P
38	268	150 (4)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.260	.287	.547	9	.41	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
39	269	154 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.250	.276	.526	9	1.17	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-1.17	P
40	270	156 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	LAA	W,7-5	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.250	.276	.526	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
41	271	157	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.250	.276	.526	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
42	272	160 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.278	.537	9	.45	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
							28-14		115	108	13	25	2	0	1	5	3	0	27	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	.231	.259	.278	.537		.87	-0.480	4.39	-0.40%	-12.80

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