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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

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 42 105 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 28 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 21 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 82 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 52 40 5 12 3 0 0 6 0 3 8 .300 .349 .375 .724 110 15 1 0 9 1 MVP-24
14 Seasons 570 1193 1057 83 199 27 5 1 84 3 48 210 .188 .226 .226 .452 22 239 20 4 84
162 Game Avg. 162 339 300 24 57 8 1 0 24 1 14 60 .188 .226 .226 .452 22 68 1 24
CHC (7 yrs) 272 576 508 33 89 12 1 1 36 0 25 108 .175 .218 .209 .427 16 106 13 3 40
PIT (6 yrs) 254 561 505 45 97 11 4 0 41 3 20 93 .192 .224 .230 .454 20 116 6 1 35
BRO (2 yrs) 44 56 44 5 13 4 0 0 7 0 3 9 .295 .340 .386 .727 110 17 1 0 9

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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 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 0
3 Seasons (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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 PIT NL 21 P 30 40 3 35 2 1 .950 1.27 .965 1.23
1930 PIT NL 22 P 42 61 5 53 3 3 .951 1.38 .964 1.10
1931 PIT NL 23 P 39 66 7 56 3 6 .955 1.62 .959 1.20
1932 PIT NL 24 P 47 60 8 45 7 3 .883 1.13 .960 1.21
1933 PIT NL 25 P 47 60 12 45 3 4 .950 1.21 .965 1.28 MVP-15
1934 PIT NL 26 P 49 53 10 40 3 4 .943 1.02 .960 1.12
1935 CHC NL 27 P 42 73 16 55 2 5 .973 1.69 .959 1.18
1936 CHC NL 28 P 43 54 14 37 3 3 .944 1.19 .950 1.16
1937 CHC NL 29 P 42 69 10 55 4 4 .942 1.55 .959 1.20
1938 CHC NL 30 P 43 61 19 41 1 1 .984 1.40 .964 1.13
1939 CHC NL 31 P 36 54 5 47 2 3 .963 1.44 .959 1.09
1940 CHC NL 32 P 40 72 7 63 2 2 .972 1.75 .961 1.10 AS
1941 TOT NL 33 P 32 32 1 29 2 0 .938 0.94 .966 1.09
1941 CHC NL 33 P 26 29 1 26 2 0 .931 1.04 .966 1.09
1941 BRO NL 33 P 6 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 .967 1.08
1942 BRO NL 34 P 38 36 7 27 2 1 .944 0.89 .969 1.17 MVP-24
14 Seasons P 570 791 124 628 39 40 .951 1.32 .961 1.16
14 Seasons TOT 570 791 124 628 39 40 .951 1.32 .912 1.16

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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Transactions

November 22, 1934: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Freddie Lindstrom to the Chicago Cubs for Guy Bush, Babe Herman and Jim Weaver.

August 20, 1941: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs.

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