Larry French
Lawrence Herbert French
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 1, 1907 in Visalia, CA
High School: Visalia (Visalia, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1929
Final Game: September 26, 1942
Died: February 9, 1987 in San Diego, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1929 21 PIT NL 7 5 .583 4.90 30 13 10 6 0 1 123.0 130 78 67 10 62 49 3 0 3 552 97 1.561 9.5 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79
1930 22 PIT NL 17 18 .486 4.36 42 35 5 21 3 1 274.2 325 163 133 20 89 90 6 0 3 1232 114 1.507 10.6 0.7 2.9 2.9 1.01
1931 23 PIT NL 15 13 .536 3.26 39 33 4 20 1 1 275.2 301 127 100 9 70 73 1 1 5 1170 118 1.346 9.8 0.3 2.3 2.4 1.04
1932 24 PIT NL 18 16 .529 3.02 47 33 11 19 3 4 274.1 301 127 92 17 62 72 1 0 1 1167 126 1.323 9.9 0.6 2.0 2.4 1.16
1933 25 PIT NL 18 13 .581 2.72 47 35 10 21 5 1 291.1 290 106 88 9 55 88 5 0 1 1209 121 1.184 9.0 0.3 1.7 2.7 1.60 MVP-15
1934 26 PIT NL 12 18 .400 3.58 49 35 7 16 3 1 263.2 299 135 105 8 59 103 3 0 4 1141 114 1.358 10.2 0.3 2.0 3.5 1.75
1935 27 CHC NL 17 10 .630 2.96 42 30 6 16 4 2 246.1 279 94 81 10 44 90 2 1 0 1039 133 1.311 10.2 0.4 1.6 3.3 2.05
1936 28 CHC NL 18 9 .667 3.39 43 28 8 16 4 3 252.1 262 103 95 16 54 104 6 0 1 1055 117 1.252 9.3 0.6 1.9 3.7 1.93
1937 29 CHC NL 16 10 .615 3.98 42 28 5 11 4 0 208.0 229 106 92 17 65 100 1 0 5 911 100 1.413 9.9 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.54
1938 30 CHC NL 10 19 .345 3.80 43 27 11 10 3 0 201.1 210 95 85 17 62 83 1 0 4 853 101 1.351 9.4 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.34
1939 31 CHC NL 15 8 .652 3.29 36 21 11 10 2 1 194.0 205 80 71 7 50 98 1 0 5 828 120 1.314 9.5 0.3 2.3 4.5 1.96
1940 32 CHC NL 14 14 .500 3.29 40 33 6 18 3 2 246.0 240 93 90 12 64 107 4 0 0 1024 115 1.236 8.8 0.4 2.3 3.9 1.67 AS
1941 33 TOT NL 5 14 .263 4.51 32 19 5 6 1 0 153.2 177 94 77 11 47 68 3 2 1 688 78 1.458 10.4 0.6 2.8 4.0 1.45
1941 33 CHC NL 5 14 .263 4.63 26 18 3 6 1 0 138.0 161 88 71 10 43 60 2 2 0 621 76 1.478 10.5 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.40
1941 33 BRO NL 0 0 3.45 6 1 2 0 0 0 15.2 16 6 6 1 4 8 1 0 1 67 106 1.277 9.2 0.6 2.3 4.6 2.00
1942 34 BRO NL 15 4 .789 1.83 38 14 10 8 4 0 147.2 127 39 30 1 36 62 5 0 1 596 178 1.104 7.7 0.1 2.2 3.8 1.72 MVP-24
14 Seasons 197 171 .535 3.44 570 384 109 198 40 17 3152.0 3375 1440 1206 164 819 1187 42 4 34 13465 114 1.331 9.6 0.5 2.3 3.4 1.45
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .535 3.44 41 27 8 14 3 1 225 241 103 86 12 58 85 3 0 2 960 114 1.331 9.6 0.5 2.3 3.4 1.45
CHC (7 yrs) 95 84 .531 3.54 272 185 50 87 21 8 1486.0 1586 659 585 89 382 642 17 3 15 6331 109 1.324 9.6 0.5 2.3 3.9 1.68
PIT (6 yrs) 87 83 .512 3.50 254 184 47 103 15 9 1502.2 1646 736 585 73 397 475 19 1 17 6471 116 1.360 9.9 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.20
BRO (2 yrs) 15 4 .789 1.98 44 15 12 8 4 0 163.1 143 45 36 2 40 70 6 0 2 663 166 1.120 7.9 0.1 2.2 3.9 1.75

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1935 27 CHC NL WS L DET 0 2 .000 3.38 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.2 15 5 4 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 50 1.594 12.7 0.0 1.7 6.8 4.00
1938 30 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 0 2.70 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.600 2.7 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00
1941 33 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 2 .000 3.00 7 1 3 1 0 0 15.0 16 6 5 1 3 2 10 0 0 0 64 1.267 9.6 0.6 1.8 6.0 3.33
3 WS 0 2 .000 3.00 7 1 3 1 0 0 15.0 16 6 5 1 3 2 10 0 0 0 64 1.267 9.6 0.6 1.8 6.0 3.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1940 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1929 21 7 5 .583 4.90 30 13 10 6 0 1 123.0 130 78 67 10 62 49 3 0 3 552 97 1.561 9.5 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 97
1930 22 24 23 .511 4.53 72 48 15 27 3 2 397.2 455 241 200 30 151 139 9 0 6 1784 108 1.524 10.3 0.7 3.4 3.1 0.92 108
1931 23 39 36 .520 4.01 111 81 19 47 4 3 673.1 756 368 300 39 221 212 10 1 11 2954 112 1.451 10.1 0.5 3.0 2.8 0.96 112
1932 24 57 52 .523 3.72 158 114 30 66 7 7 947.2 1057 495 392 56 283 284 11 1 12 4121 115 1.414 10.0 0.5 2.7 2.7 1.00 115
1933 25 75 65 .536 3.49 205 149 40 87 12 8 1239.0 1347 601 480 65 338 372 16 1 13 5330 116 1.360 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.7 1.10 116
1934 26 87 83 .512 3.50 254 184 47 103 15 9 1502.2 1646 736 585 73 397 475 19 1 17 6471 116 1.360 9.9 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.20 116
1935 27 104 93 .528 3.43 296 214 53 119 19 11 1749.0 1925 830 666 83 441 565 21 2 17 7510 118 1.353 9.9 0.4 2.3 2.9 1.28 118
1936 28 122 102 .545 3.42 339 242 61 135 23 14 2001.1 2187 933 761 99 495 669 27 2 18 8565 118 1.340 9.8 0.4 2.2 3.0 1.35 118
1937 29 138 112 .552 3.47 381 270 66 146 27 14 2209.1 2416 1039 853 116 560 769 28 2 23 9476 116 1.347 9.8 0.5 2.3 3.1 1.37 116
1938 30 148 131 .530 3.50 424 297 77 156 30 14 2410.2 2626 1134 938 133 622 852 29 2 27 10329 115 1.347 9.8 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.37 115
1939 31 163 139 .540 3.49 460 318 88 166 32 15 2604.2 2831 1214 1009 140 672 950 30 2 32 11157 115 1.345 9.8 0.5 2.3 3.3 1.41 115
1940 32 177 153 .536 3.47 500 351 94 184 35 17 2850.2 3071 1307 1099 152 736 1057 34 2 32 12181 115 1.335 9.7 0.5 2.3 3.3 1.44 115
1941 33 182 167 .521 3.52 532 370 99 190 36 17 3004.1 3248 1401 1176 163 783 1125 37 4 33 12869 113 1.342 9.7 0.5 2.3 3.4 1.44 113
1942 34 197 171 .535 3.44 570 384 109 198 40 17 3152.0 3375 1440 1206 164 819 1187 42 4 34 13465 114 1.331 9.6 0.5 2.3 3.4 1.45 114

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1929 21 7 7 .500 3.89 132.0 124 63 57 10 59 53 3 1.386 8.5 4.0 3.6 0.90 0.7 30
1930 22 20 13 .606 3.24 300.0 301 120 108 19 82 98 6 1.277 9.0 2.5 2.9 1.20 0.6 42
1931 23 18 13 .581 3.31 280.0 311 114 103 9 72 74 1 1.368 10.0 2.3 2.4 1.03 0.3 39
1932 24 20 11 .645 3.01 281.0 312 104 94 18 64 74 1 1.338 10.0 2.0 2.4 1.16 0.6 47
1933 25 20 12 .625 3.17 292.0 321 114 103 10 61 88 6 1.308 9.9 1.9 2.7 1.44 0.3 47
1934 26 18 13 .581 3.36 281.0 309 117 105 8 61 110 3 1.317 9.9 2.0 3.5 1.80 0.3 49
1935 27 18 10 .643 2.92 253.0 286 91 82 10 45 92 2 1.308 10.2 1.6 3.3 2.04 0.4 42
1936 28 17 11 .607 3.28 258.0 267 104 94 16 55 106 6 1.248 9.3 1.9 3.7 1.93 0.6 43
1937 29 12 12 .500 3.86 217.0 238 103 93 18 68 104 1 1.410 9.9 2.8 4.3 1.53 0.7 42
1938 30 11 11 .500 3.91 205.0 221 99 89 18 65 85 1 1.395 9.7 2.9 3.7 1.31 0.8 43
1939 31 13 9 .591 3.31 201.0 214 82 74 7 52 102 1 1.323 9.6 2.3 4.6 1.96 0.3 36
1940 32 15 12 .556 3.49 250.0 255 108 97 13 68 109 4 1.292 9.2 2.4 3.9 1.60 0.5 40
1941 33 7 10 .412 4.96 156.0 192 96 86 12 51 69 3 1.558 11.1 2.9 4.0 1.35 0.7 32
1942 34 12 4 .750 2.27 147.0 143 41 37 1 41 62 6 1.252 8.8 2.5 3.8 1.51 0.1 38
14 Seasons 208 148 .584 3.38 3253.0 3494 1356 1222 169 844 1226 44 1.334 9.7 3.4 1.45 0.5 570

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 (812th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 NL  3.018 (6th)
1933 NL  2.719 (7th)
1935 NL  2.959 (4th)
1936 NL  3.388 (8th)
1939 NL  3.294 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1930 NL  17 (4th)
1932 NL  18 (4th)
1933 NL  18 (6th)
1935 NL  17 (9th)
1936 NL  18 (4th)
1937 NL  16 (6th)
1939 NL  15 (7th)
1940 NL  14 (10th)
1942 NL  15 (8th)
Career  197 (113th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1936 NL  .667 (3rd)
1937 NL  .615 (10th)
1939 NL  .652 (7th)
1942 NL  .789 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1933 NL  1.184 (9th)
1936 NL  1.252 (6th)
1939 NL  1.314 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL  2.285 (10th)
1933 NL  1.699 (5th)
1934 NL  2.014 (10th)
1935 NL  1.608 (6th)
1936 NL  1.926 (6th)
1939 NL  2.320 (10th)
Career  2.338 (205th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  4.546 (3rd)
1940 NL  3.915 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1930 NL  42 (9th)
1931 NL  39 (4th)
1932 NL  47 (1st)
1933 NL  47 (2nd)
1934 NL  49 (4th)
1935 NL  42 (10th)
1936 NL  43 (8th)
1938 NL  43 (10th)
1940 NL  40 (9th)
Career  570 (211th)

Saves s c a p y
1932 NL  4 (5th)
1936 NL  3 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1930 NL  274.7 (2nd)
1931 NL  275.7 (2nd)
1932 NL  274.3 (4th)
1933 NL  291.3 (3rd)
1934 NL  263.7 (7th)
1935 NL  246.3 (9th)
1936 NL  252.3 (9th)
1940 NL  246.0 (6th)
Career  3152.0 (110th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1930 NL  90 (8th)
1935 NL  90 (10th)
1936 NL  104 (8th)
1939 NL  98 (7th)
1940 NL  107 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1930 NL  35 (2nd)
1931 NL  33 (2nd)
1932 NL  33 (2nd)
1933 NL  35 (1st)
1934 NL  35 (4th)
1935 NL  30 (9th)
1940 NL  33 (6th)
Career  384 (140th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1930 NL  21 (3rd)
1931 NL  20 (5th)
1932 NL  19 (4th)
1933 NL  21 (5th)
1934 NL  16 (9th)
1936 NL  16 (7th)
1940 NL  18 (6th)
Career  198 (140th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1930 NL  3 (3rd)
1932 NL  3 (4th)
1933 NL  5 (3rd)
1934 NL  3 (5th)
1935 NL  4 (1st)
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1937 NL  4 (4th)
1938 NL  3 (5th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1942 NL  4 (5th)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1930 NL  20 (10th)
1932 NL  17 (6th)
1936 NL  16 (6th)
1937 NL  17 (7th)
1938 NL  17 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1930 NL  89 (4th)
1931 NL  70 (9th)
Career  819 (223rd)

Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  325 (2nd)
1931 NL  301 (1st)
1932 NL  301 (1st)
1933 NL  290 (1st)
1934 NL  299 (2nd)
1935 NL  279 (4th)
1936 NL  262 (9th)
1940 NL  240 (9th)
Career  3375 (79th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1933 NL  1.600 (7th)
1935 NL  2.046 (9th)
1936 NL  1.926 (7th)
1939 NL  1.960 (3rd)
1940 NL  1.672 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL  .294 (9th)
1933 NL  .278 (7th)
1934 NL  .273 (3rd)
1935 NL  .365 (7th)
1939 NL  .325 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1930 NL  18 (1st)
1932 NL  16 (4th)
1934 NL  18 (3rd)
1938 NL  19 (2nd)
1940 NL  14 (6th)
1941 NL  14 (5th)
Career  171 (89th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1930 NL  133 (5th)
1931 NL  100 (5th)
1933 NL  88 (8th)
1934 NL  105 (6th)
1937 NL  92 (10th)
Career  1206 (114th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1931 NL  5 (9th)
1937 NL  5 (9th)
1939 NL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  6 (6th)
1933 NL  5 (10th)
1936 NL  6 (6th)
1942 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1930 NL  1232 (1st)
1931 NL  1170 (2nd)
1932 NL  1167 (2nd)
1933 NL  1209 (1st)
1934 NL  1141 (6th)
1935 NL  1039 (10th)
1936 NL  1055 (9th)
1940 NL  1024 (6th)
Career  13465 (91st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 NL  126 (6th)
1933 NL  121 (5th)
1935 NL  133 (5th)
1939 NL  120 (8th)
Career  114 (221st)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 171 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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