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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Jun 1, 2012, 7:03PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #159. George Mullin… #160. Billy Wagner… #161. Joe Niekro… #162. LARRY FRENCH… #163. Rube Marquard… #164. Herb Pennock… #165. Dean Chance… 

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 98 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 117 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 125 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 122 1.184 9.0 0.3 1.7 2.7 1.60 MVP-15
1934 26 PIT NL 12 18 .400 3.58 49 34 7 16 3 1 263.2 299 135 105 8 59 103 3 0 4 1141 116 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 118 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 99 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 5 828 119 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 114 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 67 110 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 1 596 180 1.104 7.7 0.1 2.2 3.8 1.72 MVP-24
14 Yrs 197 171 .535 3.44 570 383 109 198 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 2 961 114 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 3.50 254 183 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 2 663 168 1.120 7.9 0.1 2.2 3.9 1.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1929 21 PIT NL 123.0 30 13 78 5.71 5.48 0.00 0.00 100.5 5.51 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 11 .491 .498 $
1930 22 PIT NL 274.2 42 35 163 5.34 5.67 -0.10 0.00 100.1 5.78 14 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.3 47 .530 .508 $
1931 23 PIT NL 275.2 39 33 127 4.15 4.70 0.21 0.00 99.2 4.46 11 1.1 1.0 -0.1 3.1 36 .529 .507 $
1932 24 PIT NL 274.1 47 33 127 4.17 4.52 0.05 0.00 98.6 4.40 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.8 34 .516 .505 $
1933 25 PIT NL 291.0 47 35 106 3.28 3.95 0.03 0.00 98.2 3.84 19 2.3 1.0 -0.1 4.4 43 .548 .514 $ MVP-15
1934 26 PIT NL 261.2 49 34 135 4.64 4.75 -0.21 0.00 102.9 5.11 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 3.2 40 .526 .508 $
1935 27 CHC NL 246.1 42 30 94 3.43 4.65 0.37 0.00 98.4 4.21 19 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.8 46 .548 .512 $
1936 28 CHC NL 252.1 43 28 103 3.67 4.82 0.26 0.00 101.7 4.63 26 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.6 52 .564 .517 $
1937 29 CHC NL 208.0 42 28 106 4.59 4.54 0.07 0.00 103.1 4.61 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.7 21 .502 .501 $
1938 30 CHC NL 201.1 43 27 95 4.25 4.46 0.15 0.00 103.0 4.43 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.1 23 .512 .503 $
1939 31 CHC NL 194.1 36 21 80 3.70 4.59 -0.21 0.00 101.4 4.88 26 2.9 1.0 -0.1 4.3 44 .581 .518 $
1940 32 CHC NL 246.0 40 33 93 3.40 4.38 0.00 0.00 98.2 4.30 25 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.9 52 .569 .517 $ AS
1941 33 CHC NL 138.0 26 18 88 5.74 4.24 -0.19 0.00 97.3 4.31 -21 -2.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .417 .487 $
1941 33 BRO NL 15.2 6 1 6 3.45 4.15 0.37 0.00 102.9 3.89 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .515 .501 $
1942 34 BRO NL 147.2 38 14 39 2.38 3.89 0.26 0.00 100.6 3.65 22 2.7 1.0 -0.1 3.8 34 .571 .517 $ MVP-24
14 Seasons 3150.0 570 383 1440 4.11 4.62 0.06 0.00 100.2 4.58 165 18.0 1.0 -1.5 42.0 478 .532 .507 $
CHC (7 yrs) 1486.1 272 185 659 3.99 4.55 0.09 0.00 100.5 4.48 81 8.9 1.0 -0.7 20.5 231 .533 .508 $
PIT (6 yrs) 1500.1 254 183 736 4.42 4.77 -0.00 0.00 99.8 4.77 60 6.4 1.0 -0.7 17.5 211 .525 .507 $
BRO (2 yrs) 163.1 44 15 45 2.48 3.91 0.27 0.00 100.8 3.67 23 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.0 36 .563 .509 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Standard Batting

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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 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 PIT NL 21 P 30 13 6 123.0 40 3 35 2 1 .950 2.78 1.27 .964 2.39 2.35
1930 PIT NL 22 P 42 35 21 274.2 61 5 53 3 3 .951 1.90 1.38 .964 2.21 2.18
1931 PIT NL 23 P 39 33 20 275.2 66 7 56 3 6 .955 2.06 1.62 .959 2.22 2.19
1932 PIT NL 24 P 47 33 20 274.1 60 8 45 7 3 .883 1.74 1.13 .957 2.29 2.29
1933 PIT NL 25 P 47 35 21 291.1 60 12 45 3 4 .950 1.76 1.21 .964 2.36 2.33 MVP-15
1934 PIT NL 26 P 49 34 16 263.2 53 10 40 3 4 .943 1.71 1.02 .960 2.27 2.24
1935 CHC NL 27 P 42 30 16 246.1 73 16 55 2 5 .973 2.59 1.69 .959 2.31 2.28
1936 CHC NL 28 P 43 28 16 252.1 54 14 37 3 3 .944 1.82 1.19 .950 2.32 2.31
1937 CHC NL 29 P 42 28 11 208.0 69 10 55 4 4 .942 2.81 1.55 .958 2.39 2.36
1938 CHC NL 30 P 43 27 10 201.1 61 19 41 1 1 .984 2.68 1.40 .964 2.21 2.19
1939 CHC NL 31 P 36 21 10 194.0 54 5 47 2 3 .963 2.41 1.44 .960 2.19 2.16
1940 CHC NL 32 P 40 33 18 246.0 72 7 63 2 2 .972 2.56 1.75 .962 2.22 2.22 AS
1941 TOT NL 33 P 32 19 6 153.2 32 1 29 2 0 .938 1.76 0.94 .965 2.23 2.21
1941 CHC NL 33 P 26 18 6 138.0 29 1 26 2 0 .931 1.76 1.04 .965 2.23 2.21
1941 BRO NL 33 P 6 1 0 15.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.72 0.50 .967 2.24 2.22
1942 BRO NL 34 P 38 14 8 147.2 36 7 27 2 1 .944 2.07 0.89 .968 2.35 2.35 MVP-24
14 Seasons P 570 383 199 3152.0 791 124 628 39 40 .951 2.15 1.32 .961 2.28 2.26
14 Seasons TOT 570 383 199 3152.0 791 124 628 39 40 .951 2.15 1.32 .961 2.28 2.26
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1930 NL  3.3 (7th)
1933 NL  4.4 (7th)
1935 NL  3.8 (10th)
1936 NL  4.6 (6th)
1939 NL  4.3 (7th)
1940 NL  4.9 (3rd)
1942 NL  3.8 (6th)
Career  42.0 (123rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 NL  3.02 (6th)
1933 NL  2.72 (7th)
1935 NL  2.96 (4th)
1936 NL  3.39 (8th)
1939 NL  3.29 (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 (114th)

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  2.339 (211th)

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 (225th)

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  3,152.0 (111th)

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  34 (6th)
1935 NL  30 (8th)
1940 NL  33 (6th)
Career  383 (142nd)

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 (141st)

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 (227th)

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  3,375 (80th)

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  0.294 (9th)
1933 NL  0.278 (7th)
1934 NL  0.273 (3rd)
1935 NL  0.365 (7th)
1939 NL  0.325 (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 (91st)

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  1,206 (115th)

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 (7th)
1933 NL  5 (10th)
1936 NL  6 (6th)
1942 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1930 NL  1,232 (1st)
1931 NL  1,170 (2nd)
1932 NL  1,167 (2nd)
1933 NL  1,209 (1st)
1934 NL  1,141 (6th)
1935 NL  1,039 (10th)
1936 NL  1,055 (9th)
1940 NL  1,024 (6th)
Career  13,465 (107th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 NL  125 (7th)
1933 NL  122 (5th)
1935 NL  133 (5th)
1939 NL  119 (8th)
Career  114 (229th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1932 NL  16 (9th)
1933 NL  19 (5th)
1935 NL  28 (5th)
1936 NL  21 (6th)
1940 NL  17 (7th)
1942 NL  23 (5th)
Career  160 (115th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1932 NL  1.6 (9th)
1933 NL  2.1 (5th)
1935 NL  2.9 (5th)
1936 NL  2.1 (6th)
1940 NL  1.8 (7th)
1942 NL  2.5 (5th)
Career  16.5 (118th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1931 NL  39 (4th)
1932 NL  47 (1st)
1933 NL  47 (2nd)
1934 NL  49 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1935 NL  16 (2nd)
1938 NL  19 (1st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1930 NL  53 (3rd)
1940 NL  63 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1932 NL  7 (2nd)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 171 (71), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (267), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Rube Marquard (942) *
  2. Dolf Luque (939)
  3. Larry Jackson (937)
  4. Dutch Leonard (928)
  5. Lee Meadows (924)
  6. Charlie Root (922)
  7. Jesse Haines (920) *
  8. George Uhle (918)
  9. Wilbur Cooper (918)
  10. Curt Simmons (916)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lefty Tyler (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Reuss (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Abbott (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Curt Simmons (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Powell (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eddie Rommel (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eddie Rommel (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eddie Rommel (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Uhle (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Wise (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Holtzman (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. George Uhle (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Claude Osteen (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Hooks Dauss (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bump Hadley (991)
  2. Jesse Haines (986) *
  3. Carl Hubbell (982) *
  4. Eddie Cicotte (981)
  5. Bobo Newsom (980)
  6. Rube Walberg (979)
  7. Deacon Phillippe (979)
  8. Claude Osteen (979)
  9. Lee Meadows (978)
  10. Tommy Bridges (977)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dwight Gooden (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Nap Rucker (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Nap Rucker (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Greg Maddux (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eddie Rommel (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eddie Rommel (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Meadows (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lee Meadows (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Curt Simmons (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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