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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-14 / in Starts: 18-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	160	3	Apr 12	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	5.14	3.69	29	8	8	1	3	8	48			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.111	2.09	-0.15%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	161	6	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	2	2	1	1	5.68	4.60	25	11	3	1	0	6	41			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.303	2.03	-0.28%	-1.59	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out tie
3	162	9	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	10	7	7	1	4	2	0	7.23	5.06	31	10	8	0	2	8	27			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.257	1.30	-0.23%	-3.90	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d6
4	163	14	Apr 29	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG(5)	W(1-2)	6	5.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	6.08	4.49	20	5	5	0	0	7	51			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.114	.59	0.05%	1.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	164	18	May 3(1)	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	8	2	0	1	3	0	0	4.41	3.86	36	16	9	0	0	7	69			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.408	.53	0.10%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	165	22	May 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.46	3.48	34	9	11	2	5	7	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	4	1	0	1.43	0.447	.78	0.15%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	166	26	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-7		4	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.78	3.53	25	8	5	1	0	7	45			0	1	0	24	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.212	1.25	-0.14%	-0.69	1b start a 2	7b -2- 0 out a1
8	167	29	May 16	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	7	5	1	3	3	0	0	3.52	3.47	29	9	7	1	2	7	46			0	0	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.56	-0.261	1.40	-0.14%	-2.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	168	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	W,13-6	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	10	6	6	3	9	3	1	3.88	3.87	41	11	10	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.052	.46	0.02%	-1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
10	169	37	May 24(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	W(5-3)	3	8.0	8	3	2	0	7	0	1	3.69	3.56	32	9	8	0	4	7	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.027	.79	-0.02%	-0.04	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a4
11	170	41	May 30(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(6-3)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.50	3.41	35	11	11	1	0	9	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.408	2.44	0.44%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	171	46	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.2	6	5	5	1	2	2	1	3.94	3.72	16	4	3	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.365	2.30	-0.54%	-3.90	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
13	172	57	Jun 14(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	10	7.0	5	2	1	1	6	1	0	3.73	3.67	28	15	4	1	0	2	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.051	3.12	0.11%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
14	173	63	Jun 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-6	W(8-3)	5	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.68	3.61	24	7	6	0	1	4	57			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.056	3.29	0.13%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
15	174	70	Jun 26(2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-4)	5	7.0	6	3	2	0	5	0	0	3.61	3.44	26	7	8	2	0	6	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.016	2.81	-0.03%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
16	175	74	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.31	3.24	32	10	10	2	1	5	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.320	1.55	0.52%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	176	78	Jul 4(1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	GS-8	L(9-5)	3	8.0	6	5	3	2	3	1	1	3.32	3.33	33	11	10	3	1	6	55			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	1	1	.57	-0.176	2.29	-0.42%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
18	177	81	Jul 9(1)	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-6)	4	6.2	6	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.43	3.36	28	9	6	1	2	6	47			0	0	0	26	1	0	2	1	0	1	.92	-0.023	1.79	-0.03%	-1.75	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d5
19	178	87	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	4.0	5	4	4	2	7	2	0	3.60	3.47	19	4	1	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.189	1.02	-0.14%	-2.05	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
20	179	92	Jul 18(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.37	3.31	33	10	7	0	1	6	83			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.632	.73	0.19%	4.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
21	180	95	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,6-2	GS-8	W(11-7)	3	7.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.33	3.34	24	6	9	2	2	3	65			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.314	.39	0.08%	1.13	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a4
22	181	99	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(12-7)	3	10.0	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.12	3.22	37	9	13	3	0	7	82			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.839	.70	0.25%	5.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
23	182	103	Jul 30	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.05	3.16	33	13	11	2	3	7	67			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.58	0.197	.19	0.04%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	183	107	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	7	2	0	3.05	3.28	38	12	9	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.349	.14	0.02%	1.21	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
25	184	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.2	9	3	3	2	4	0	2	3.05	3.27	37	10	10	1	3	9	56			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.057	.08	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out tie
26	185	116	Aug 14	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	W(15-7)	5	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.96	3.29	33	16	9	1	1	7	70			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.181	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
27	186	120	Aug 19	DET		NYY	L,5-10	GS-5	L(15-8)	4	4.2	7	7	3	0	5	1	0	3.03	3.29	23	6	6	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.356	.02	0.00%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
28	187	124	Aug 23	DET		BAL	W,9-5	GS-8	W(16-8)	3	7.2	11	5	3	2	3	2	0	3.04	3.39	36	10	10	2	2	11	42			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	2	.73	0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a3
29	188	128	Aug 28	DET	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-9	W(17-8)	4	9.0	12	5	5	1	4	0	1	3.13	3.35	41	15	8	0	4	12	46			0	0	0	38	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.57	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	189	132	Sep 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-4	L(17-9)	4	4.0	6	6	4	3	2	0	2	3.24	3.38	24	7	4	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	19	2	1	1	0	0	1	.70	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-4.07	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
31	190	136	Sep 6	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GS-5		3	4.0	8	6	6	0	2	1	0	3.42	3.41	19	8	2	1	0	7	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d2
32	191	140	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-2	L(17-10)	3	2.0	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.55	3.43	13	3	2	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
							18-14		W-L:17-10	3.7	223.0	225	109	88	46	136	23	11	3.55	3.43	934	1.28		6%	7%	209	53		---%	4	7	1	866	42	7	4	21	4	12	1.00	1.101	1.03	-0.02%	1.52

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