Larry French

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 1, 1907 in Visalia, CA us

Died: February 9, 1987 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1929 (Age 21-168d, 6,882nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1942 (Age 34-329d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Lawrence Herbert French

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.4

197

171

ERA

3.44

570

383

3152.0

1187

WHIP

1.331

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-29 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 8

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	206	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	6	3	4	2	1	0	3.86	6.18	32	8	12	2	3	6	45			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.478	3.92	-0.76%	-2.69	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out a1
2	207	5	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.2	11	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.97	5.16	29	8	7	0	1	11	30			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.181	2.94	-0.29%	-1.41	1b start a 4	6b 12- 2 out tie
3	208	8	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GS-7		5	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.30	4.68	31	11	5	2	1	9	38			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.083	3.53	-0.14%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a1
4	209	10	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	L,6-8	10-GF(12)	L(1-1)	1	3.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.98	4.52	15	9	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.64	-0.108	8.20	-0.20%	-0.37	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
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	210	13	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS-3		2	2.1	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.63	4.43	14	4	2	0	1	6	31			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.215	4.51	-0.42%	-2.35	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d3
6	211	17	May 7	PIT		BRO	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	11	6	6	1	6	0	0	6.10	3.86	33	10	5	0	2	11	36			3	0	0	32	4	0	1	0	0	1	.94	-0.265	2.99	-0.51%	-2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	212	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,11-6	GS-3		4	3.0	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	6.35	3.98	17	7	2	0	0	6	31			0	1	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.220	3.86	-0.44%	-2.37	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
8	213	24	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-3	6-GF	S(1)	5	3.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.79	3.96	14	4	4	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.086	1.70	0.19%	2.27	6b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 5
9	214	27	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.44	3.83	37						51						36	1	1			0
10	215	32	May 28(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(2-2)	6	10.2	5	3	2	4	7	1	0	4.74	3.90	41	12	13	4	2	5	77			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.98	-0.066	9.80	-0.20%	2.58	1b start tie	11b --- 2 out d1
11	216	35	May 30(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(11)	L(2-3)	1	3.2	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.60	3.99	19	7	3	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	0.031	12.43	0.08%	0.28	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
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	217	39	Jun 2(2)	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	W(3-3)	2	9.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.39	3.92	35	9	13	2	2	9	57			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.239	3.57	0.43%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	218	44	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-2	L(3-4)	5	2.0	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	4.52	3.87	13	2	4	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.250	3.54	-0.67%	-2.87	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
14	219	45	Jun 10	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(3-5)	1	2.2	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.48	3.71	11	3	0	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.090	8.45	0.24%	1.77	6b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 1
15	220	46	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.44	3.68	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.010	2.21	-0.02%	0.23	8t 1-3 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
16	221	48	Jun 14	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GS-7		1	7.0	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	4.17	3.72	31	7	12	2	1	8	53			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.08	0.111	3.16	0.20%	1.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	222	52	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	4	7.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.35	3.67	31	8	11	3	1	9	40			0	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.155	2.15	-0.24%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
18	223	55	Jun 21(2)	PIT		BSN	L,7-8		L(3-7)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.50	3.78	5												5					0
19	224	57	Jun 23	PIT		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-7)	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.71	31	10	15	3	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.334	1.02	0.33%	4.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	225	62	Jun 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.83	3.59	33	20	7	6	0	2	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.493	1.65	0.51%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
21	226	65	Jul 1	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-2		3	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.03	3.64	9	3	0	0	0	4	32			0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.229	2.49	-0.27%	-2.37	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d1
22	227	67	Jul 4(1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(6-7)	2	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.80	3.55	31	8	13	2	0	7	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.287	1.60	0.35%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	228	71	Jul 8(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-4	GS-		3	5.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.94	3.47	22						39						22					0
24	229	72	Jul 8(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-12	1-2		-1	0.2	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.21	3.49	8	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.077	.82	-0.09%	-2.58	1b --- 2 out d4	2b 1-3 1 out d6
25	230	74	Jul 12(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.99	3.49	32	8	13	3	4	6	76			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.611	1.79	0.56%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	231	79	Jul 15(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	6-7		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.95	3.51	6	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.014	.17	0.01%	0.84	6b --3 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
27	232	80	Jul 18(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(7-8)	2	8.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.92	3.53	32	13	7	3	1	7	55			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.073	1.64	0.05%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
28	233	84	Jul 22(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-9)	3	8.0	4	3	2	2	5	0	0	3.83	3.48	32	11	10	2	2	4	67			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	.70	0.020	.20	0.00%	1.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	234	88	Jul 26(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.62	3.45	29	10	13	1	6	2	83			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.570	.10	0.03%	5.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	235	92	Jul 29	PIT		STL	L,5-9	2-5		2	3.2	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.43	18	11	1	0	0	5		1	0	2	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.150	.17	-0.01%	-0.81	2t 1-- 1 out tie	5t 3 out d1
31	236	93	Jul 31(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(8-10)	1	8.0	12	6	2	0	2	0	0	3.58	3.39	37	10	13	2	0	12	44			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.15	-0.255	.10	-0.01%	-1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
32	237	98	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(8-11)	3	5.1	10	5	1	0	4	0	1	3.52	3.36	26	4	7	0	1	10	40			0	2	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.25	-0.182	.05	0.00%	-2.35	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d4
33	238	99	Aug 5(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4		W(9-11)	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	3.34	13												13					0
34	239	105	Aug 11(1)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	L(9-12)	5	9.0	6	4	3	1	1	0	1	3.43	3.36	35	12	14	4	0	6	61			1	0	1	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	240	109	Aug 15(1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	L(9-13)	3	9.0	9	5	1	4	2	2	0	3.32	3.52	42	11	17	3	5	8	55			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	3	.76	-0.074	.01	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
36	241	111	Aug 17(1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7	7-8		1	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.34	3.51	6	1	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.52	7t --3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
37	242	112	Aug 17(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-8	3-7		-1	5.0	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.49	24	7	8	3	2	8		0	0	1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.29	3t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
38	243	114	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.49	5	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
39	244	116	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	L,5-9	GS-5	L(9-14)	1	4.2	10	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.47	3.50	25	5	6	2	1	10	24			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
40	245	119	Aug 25(2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-12	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.45	3.50	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.04	9t -23 0 out d2	9t end d 4
41	246	121	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-5	GS-		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.50	3						38						3					0
42	247	123	Aug 29(1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-11	GS-2	L(9-15)	1	1.2	4	6	3	2	0	0	0	3.64	3.53	12	5	1	0	1	4	27			0	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d4
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
43	248	127	Sep 3(1)	PIT		STL	W,12-2	CG	W(10-15)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.57	3.53	35	15	8	2	4	6	67			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	1	.37	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
44	249	131	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-15)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.43	3.52	34						78						32	1	0			0
45	250	135	Sep 15(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(12-15)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.34	3.49	35						74						34	2	1			0
46	251	139	Sep 19(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	GS-7	L(12-16)	3	6.1	12	6	5	4	2	0	0	3.44	3.51	34	8	9	1	4	11	25			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
47	252	144	Sep 22(2)	PIT		CHC	W,11-7	3-5		2	2.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.50	14	5	2	0	2	6		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.06	3t --3 1 out d1	5t 3 out d3
48	253	146	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-17)	2	7.0	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	3.41	3.48	27	8	12	3	5	5	61			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.069	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
49	254	150	Sep 30(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS-	L(12-18)	4	6.0	14	8	8	0	2	1	0	3.61	3.50	33						14						32					0
							20-29		W-L:12-18,Sv:1	2.4	261.2	295	136	105	62	101	7	3	3.61	3.50	1138	1.09		10%	10%	233	50	14	21%	10	4	1	1058	54	11	5	19	0	23	1.13	-0.866	2.14	-1.29%	7.09

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