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Larry French

Lawrence Herbert French

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 1, 1907 in Visalia, CA
High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1929
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Dodgers 1929-1942

Final Game: September 26, 1942
Died: February 9, 1987 in San Diego, CA
Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1929 21 PIT NL 30 45 42 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 12 .190 .227 .214 .442 9 9 0 1 1
1930 22 PIT NL 42 106 91 11 22 3 1 0 13 0 3 17 .242 .266 .297 .563 36 27 0 11 1
1931 23 PIT NL 39 107 95 8 17 1 0 0 2 1 5 15 .179 .228 .189 .417 14 18 1 6 1
1932 24 PIT NL 47 97 92 7 19 3 1 0 4 1 1 16 .207 .215 .261 .476 29 24 0 4 1
1933 25 PIT NL 47 109 101 7 15 0 2 0 8 0 5 17 .149 .189 .188 .377 8 19 3 0 3 1 MVP-15
1934 26 PIT NL 49 98 84 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 4 16 .190 .227 .226 .453 20 19 3 0 10 1
1935 27 CHC NL 42 96 85 4 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 14 .141 .161 .153 .314 -16 13 2 1 9 1
1936 28 CHC NL 43 99 85 5 18 2 0 0 5 0 4 12 .212 .247 .235 .482 29 20 1 0 10 1
1937 29 CHC NL 42 75 71 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .127 .127 .141 .268 -29 10 0 0 4 1
1938 30 CHC NL 43 73 62 7 13 3 1 0 7 0 5 9 .210 .269 .290 .559 52 18 3 0 6 1
1939 31 CHC NL 36 83 73 6 14 2 0 1 7 0 4 26 .192 .244 .260 .504 34 19 1 1 4 1
1940 32 CHC NL 40 97 85 5 14 3 0 0 9 0 7 20 .165 .237 .200 .437 23 17 3 1 4 1 AS
1941 33 TOT NL 32 58 51 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 4 16 .196 .255 .216 .470 35 11 3 0 3 1
1941 33 CHC NL 26 54 47 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 15 .191 .255 .191 .446 29 9 3 0 3 1
1941 33 BRO NL 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 104 2 0 0 0 /1
1942 34 BRO NL 38 53 40 5 12 3 0 0 6 0 3 8 .300 .349 .375 .724 110 15 1 0 9 1 MVP-24
14 Yrs 570 1196 1057 83 199 27 5 1 84 3 48 210 .188 .226 .226 .452 22 239 20 4 84
162 Game Avg. 162 340 300 24 57 8 1 0 24 1 14 60 .188 .226 .226 .452 22 68 1 24
CHC (7 yrs) 272 577 508 33 89 12 1 1 36 0 25 108 .175 .218 .209 .427 16 106 13 3 40
PIT (6 yrs) 254 562 505 45 97 11 4 0 41 3 20 93 .192 .224 .230 .454 20 116 6 1 35
BRO (2 yrs) 44 57 44 5 13 4 0 0 7 0 3 9 .295 .340 .386 .727 110 17 1 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1929 21 PIT NL 30 45 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1930 22 PIT NL 42 106 -12 0 0 0 11 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1931 23 PIT NL 39 107 -12 -0 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1932 24 PIT NL 47 97 -9 0 0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1933 25 PIT NL 47 109 -12 0 0 0 11 -1 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1 MVP-15
1934 26 PIT NL 49 98 -11 0 0 0 11 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1935 27 CHC NL 42 96 -15 0 0 0 10 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .488 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1936 28 CHC NL 43 99 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1
1937 29 CHC NL 42 75 -13 0 0 0 8 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .488 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1938 30 CHC NL 43 73 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1939 31 CHC NL 36 83 -8 0 0 0 9 2 0.1 2 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1
1940 32 CHC NL 40 97 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1 AS
1941 33 CHC NL 26 54 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1941 33 BRO NL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1942 34 BRO NL 38 53 0 0 0 0 5 6 0.6 2 7 0.6 .517 .504 0.6 -0.0 7 $ 1 MVP-24
14 Seasons 570 1196 -125 1 0 0 128 5 0.4 35 40 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.1 40 $
CHC (7 yrs) 272 577 -63 1 0 0 63 1 0.0 18 19 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 19 $
PIT (6 yrs) 254 562 -62 0 0 0 59 -2 -0.3 16 14 -0.4 .499 .500 -0.3 -0.0 14 $
BRO (2 yrs) 44 57 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.7 2 8 0.6 .516 .502 0.6 -0.0 8 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1929 21 PIT NL 45 35 2 1.5 123 .267 .190 .308 .227 .373 .214 .449 .442 .821 9 .087 -6.3 -0.6 .353 .095 .024 .0
1930 22 PIT NL 106 80 7 2.3 126 .297 .242 .312 .266 .370 .297 .464 .563 .834 36 .156 -9.8 -0.9 .435 .088 .055
1931 23 PIT NL 107 84 4 1.3 102 .213 .179 .283 .228 .341 .189 .399 .417 .740 14 .087 -11.5 -1.2 .321 .074 .011 .0
1932 24 PIT NL 97 77 5 1.8 101 .250 .207 .281 .215 .333 .261 .406 .476 .739 29 .140 -9.3 -0.9 .356 .076 .054 .0
1933 25 PIT NL 109 92 4 1.2 91 .179 .149 .274 .189 .327 .188 .375 .377 .702 8 .092 -12.5 -1.3 .270 .089 .040
1934 26 PIT NL 98 81 4 1.3 107 .235 .190 .291 .227 .346 .226 .413 .453 .760 20 .088 -9.7 -1.0 .324 .083 .036
1935 27 CHC NL 96 84 2 0.6 104 .169 .141 .287 .161 .342 .153 .409 .314 .751 -16 .025 -14.1 -1.4 .200 .024 .012
1936 28 CHC NL 99 78 5 1.7 105 .247 .212 .288 .247 .348 .235 .404 .482 .751 29 .138 -8.7 -0.9 .353 .071 .024
1937 29 CHC NL 75 66 1 0.4 105 .153 .127 .285 .127 .347 .141 .404 .268 .751 -29 .012 -13.1 -1.3 .161 .014 .014
1938 30 CHC NL 73 58 5 2.3 101 .245 .210 .278 .269 .343 .290 .396 .559 .739 52 .235 -4.3 -0.4 .442 .161 .081
1939 31 CHC NL 83 64 4 1.7 105 .283 .192 .283 .244 .349 .260 .404 .504 .753 34 .137 -7.1 -0.7 .400 .123 .068 .0
1940 32 CHC NL 97 78 4 1.4 96 .215 .165 .268 .237 .332 .200 .386 .437 .718 23 .108 -8.8 -0.9 .338 .118 .035
1941 33 TOT NL 58 47 3 1.7 91 .286 .196 .262 .255 .332 .216 .369 .470 .701 35 .165 -4.3 -0.5 .341 .098 .020
1941 33 CHC NL 54 44 2 1.2 91 .281 .191 .261 .255 .331 .191 .368 .446 .699 29 .096 -4.4 -0.5 .317 .085 .000
1941 33 BRO NL 4 3 1 8.9 98 .333 .250 .272 .250 .343 .500 .383 .750 .726 104 .803 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .250
1942 34 BRO NL 53 38 5 3.6 88 .375 .300 .258 .349 .331 .375 .359 .724 .689 110 .468 0.6 0.1 .621 .150 .075
14 Yrs 1196 962 55 1.5 103 .234 .188 .283 .226 .343 .226 .404 .452 .747 22 .116 -118.9 -11.8 .335 .086 .038 1.5
162 Game Avg. 340 273 16 1.5 103 .234 .188 .283 .226 .343 .226 .404 .452 .747 22 .116 -118.9 -11.8 .335 .086 .038
CHC (7 yrs) 577 472 23 1.3 101 .221 .175 .280 .218 .342 .209 .397 .427 .739 16 .094 -60.3 -6.1 .310 .083 .033 .0
PIT (6 yrs) 562 449 26 1.5 107 .235 .192 .289 .224 .346 .230 .414 .454 .759 20 .110 -59.1 -5.8 .338 .083 .038 .0
BRO (2 yrs) 57 41 6 3.9 89 .371 .295 .260 .340 .332 .386 .361 .727 .693 110 .513 0.6 0.1 .625 .159 .091

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 27 CHC NL WS DET L 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 30 CHC NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 CHC NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1929 21 PIT NL 45 0.0% 26.7% 4.4% 2.2% 13% 6.00 3.5 5.3 67%
1930 22 PIT NL 106 0.0% 16.0% 2.8% 3.8% 18% 5.67 5.4 7.0 70%
1931 23 PIT NL 107 0.0% 14.0% 4.7% 0.9% 6% 3.00 6.3 47.5 75%
1932 24 PIT NL 97 0.0% 16.5% 1.0% 4.1% 21% 16.00 5.8 23.0 78%
1933 25 PIT NL 109 0.0% 15.6% 4.6% 1.8% 13% 3.40 5.9 12.6 77%
1934 26 PIT NL 98 0.0% 16.3% 4.1% 3.1% 19% 4.00 5.3 14.0 69%
1935 27 CHC NL 96 0.0% 14.6% 1.0% 1.0% 8% 14.00 6.1 17.0 74%
1936 28 CHC NL 99 0.0% 12.1% 4.0% 2.0% 11% 3.00 7.1 17.0 74%
1937 29 CHC NL 75 0.0% 16.0% 0.0% 1.3% 11% 5.9 79%
1938 30 CHC NL 73 0.0% 12.3% 6.9% 5.5% 31% 1.80 6.9 8.9 73%
1939 31 CHC NL 83 1.2% 31.3% 4.8% 3.6% 21% 6.50 2.8 73.0 10.4 55%
1940 32 CHC NL 97 0.0% 20.6% 7.2% 3.1% 21% 2.86 4.3 9.4 67%
1941 33 TOT NL 58 0.0% 27.6% 6.9% 1.7% 10% 4.00 3.2 12.8 60%
1941 33 CHC NL 54 0.0% 27.8% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 3.75 3.1 15.7 59%
1941 33 BRO NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 4.0 4.0 75%
1942 34 BRO NL 53 0.0% 15.1% 5.7% 5.7% 25% 2.67 5.0 6.7 60%
14 Yrs 1196 0.1% 17.6% 4.0% 2.8% 17% 4.38 5.0 1057.0 12.6 71%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.5% 8.4% 6.8% 28% 1.01 10.5 64.1 7.8 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 21 30 45 42 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 12 .190 .227 .214 .442 9 9 0 1
1930 22 72 151 133 15 30 4 1 0 21 1 5 29 .226 .254 .271 .524 27 36 0 12
1931 23 111 258 228 23 47 5 1 0 23 2 10 44 .206 .243 .237 .480 22 54 1 18
1932 24 158 355 320 30 66 8 2 0 27 3 11 60 .206 .235 .244 .479 24 78 1 22
1933 25 205 464 421 37 81 8 4 0 35 3 16 77 .192 .224 .230 .454 20 97 3 1 25
1934 26 254 562 505 45 97 11 4 0 41 3 20 93 .192 .224 .230 .454 20 116 6 1 35
1935 27 296 658 590 49 109 12 4 0 46 3 21 107 .185 .215 .219 .434 15 129 8 2 44
1936 28 339 757 675 54 127 14 4 0 51 3 25 119 .188 .219 .221 .440 17 149 9 2 54
1937 29 381 832 746 55 136 15 4 0 51 3 25 131 .182 .211 .213 .424 13 159 9 2 58
1938 30 424 905 808 62 149 18 5 0 58 3 30 140 .184 .215 .219 .435 16 177 12 2 64
1939 31 460 988 881 68 163 20 5 1 65 3 34 166 .185 .218 .222 .440 17 196 13 3 68
1940 32 500 1085 966 73 177 23 5 1 74 3 41 186 .183 .220 .220 .440 18 213 16 4 72
1941 33 532 1143 1017 78 187 24 5 1 78 3 45 202 .184 .221 .220 .442 19 224 19 4 75
1942 34 570 1196 1057 83 199 27 5 1 84 3 48 210 .188 .226 .226 .452 22 239 20 4 84

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1929 21 32 47 44 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 13 .182 .217 .205 .422 2 30
1930 22 44 107 93 10 21 3 1 0 11 0 3 18 .226 .250 .280 .530 6 42
1931 23 41 112 100 8 18 1 0 0 2 1 5 16 .180 .226 .190 .416 4 39
1932 24 49 101 96 7 20 3 1 0 4 1 1 17 .208 .216 .260 .477 5 47
1933 25 49 116 107 8 17 0 2 0 9 0 6 18 .159 .204 .196 .400 4 47
1934 26 52 103 88 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 4 17 .182 .217 .216 .433 4 49
1935 27 44 101 90 4 13 1 0 0 5 0 1 15 .144 .163 .156 .319 2 42
1936 28 45 103 89 5 19 2 0 0 5 0 4 13 .213 .247 .236 .483 5 43
1937 29 44 77 73 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 .110 .110 .123 .233 1 42
1938 30 46 77 66 8 14 3 1 0 8 0 5 10 .212 .268 .288 .555 5 43
1939 31 38 85 76 6 14 2 0 1 7 0 4 27 .184 .235 .250 .485 4 36
1940 32 42 103 90 5 15 3 0 0 10 0 8 21 .167 .242 .200 .442 4 40
1941 33 33 61 54 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 4 17 .204 .259 .222 .481 3 32
1942 34 40 58 44 6 14 4 0 0 7 0 4 8 .318 .375 .409 .784 6 38
14 Yrs 599 1251 1110 86 208 28 5 1 86 3 51 223 .187 .226 .224 .450 55 570
162 Game Avg. 162 338 300 23 56 8 1 0 23 1 14 60 .187 .226 .224 .450 15 570

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1933 NL (15, 12%)
1942 NL (24, 2%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1940 NL  5.1 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1929 NL  born 1907-11-01 (10th)

Similarity Scores

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