Frank Lary

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL us

Died: December 14, 2017 in Northport, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Tuscaloosa County HS (Northport, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 14, 1954 (Age 24-157d, 11,180th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Frank Strong Lary

Nicknames: Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer

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Relatives: Brother of Al Lary

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

128

116

ERA

3.49

350

292

2162.1

1099

WHIP

1.267

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-16 / in Starts: 24-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 1

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	40	1	Apr 17	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.00	1.81	34	14	9	1	1	6	70			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.144	2.97	0.22%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	41	5	Apr 22(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-5		4	4.0	8	4	4	5	4	0	0	4.15	2.52	23	5	1	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	-0.156	2.13	-0.20%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
3	42	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,3-4	GS-10	L(0-2)	4	9.2	9	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.97	3.91	38	11	14	1	1	9	53			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.13	-0.108	2.78	-0.16%	1.04	1t start tie	10t 1-- 2 out d2
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
4	43	12	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	1	3.13	3.85	33	11	11	2	2	3	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.26	0.140	.53	0.17%	3.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
5	44	17	May 6(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	3	6.0	5	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.35	3.78	26	9	5	0	0	5	47			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.146	1.67	-0.14%	-1.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	45	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-2	L(1-4)	4	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.71	11	4	1	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.265	1.81	-0.29%	-2.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
7	46	23	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.89	3.62	11	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
8	47	25	May 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-5)	2	7.0	9	4	4	6	4	0	0	4.07	3.64	35	10	6	0	2	9	41			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.116	1.41	-0.09%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	48	30	May 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(2-5)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.75	3.41	34	10	11	0	3	7	67			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.167	1.10	0.14%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	49	35	May 27(1)	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.51	3.32	35	10	6	0	1	9	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	0	.87	0.160	.74	0.08%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
11	50	40	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	6	2	1	3.45	3.47	38	8	13	0	3	9	62			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.229	1.46	0.25%	1.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	51	45	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.1	13	4	3	4	5	1	0	3.56	3.58	34	6	6	0	0	13	29			0	0	0	30	2	2	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.173	2.97	-0.22%	-1.50	1b start a 1	6b --3 1 out a1
13	52	50	Jun 11	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-6)	3	6.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	2	3.83	3.70	29	10	6	0	0	8	37			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.262	1.19	-0.29%	-2.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
14	53	53	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7		3	6.2	11	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.75	3.81	33	7	8	2	1	11	44			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.97	0.069	2.23	0.10%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
15	54	57	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	L(4-7)	3	8.0	11	5	4	3	4	1	0	3.81	3.84	37	10	9	3	0	11	43			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.247	2.39	-0.26%	-1.17	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
16	55	61	Jun 24(2)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GS-2	L(4-8)	4	2.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.99	3.77	12	1	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.197	.50	-0.06%	-1.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
17	56	64	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-9)	2	8.0	7	2	2	6	5	0	1	3.87	3.77	37	12	7	0	2	6	59			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.42	0.171	.34	0.03%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
18	57	68	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-10)	3	5.2	8	4	4	4	4	0	1	3.99	3.76	28	2	9	0	1	8	37			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	-0.278	.55	-0.05%	-1.32	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d1
19	58	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-7	CG	W(5-10)	3	9.0	5	7	3	5	3	2	1	3.92	3.96	39	14	11	1	1	5	55			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	.46	-0.195	.03	-0.01%	-2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	59	77	Jul 8(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-9	W(6-10)	2	8.1	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.08	3.86	36	8	15	1	0	10	40			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	0.001	.07	0.00%	-1.46	1b start a 4	9b 1-3 1 out a3
21	60	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	W(7-10)	5	8.0	8	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.04	3.86	36	11	7	1	1	8	56			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.205	.05	0.01%	1.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
22	61	85	Jul 18(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	6	3	2	5	4	0	0	3.92	3.82	40	13	12	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.98	0.453	.08	0.01%	1.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	62	89	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-6	L(8-11)	3	5.1	10	7	7	7	1	1	0	4.18	3.98	32	6	8	0	1	10	14			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.482	.02	0.00%	-3.09	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d1
24	63	91	Jul 24(2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	7-8		1	2.0	5	5	3	2	2	0	0	4.30	3.97	14	2	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.263	.01	0.00%	-3.94	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d6
25	64	94	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(9-11)	2	9.0	11	4	4	1	8	0	1	4.29	3.82	36	5	10	1	2	11	56			0	2	1	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.261	.00	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	65	99	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.27	3.84	34	10	12	4	1	4	63			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
27	66	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GS-3		4	2.2	9	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.41	3.98	17	4	4	1	0	8	23			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.87	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out tie
28	67	106	Aug 7	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(10-12)	1	6.0	10	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.41	3.98	29	7	5	2	0	10	43			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.064	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	68	110	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.21	3.91	36	17	7	2	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	.76	0.317	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	69	113	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-12)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.02	3.84	37	9	12	2	2	6	77			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.81	0.812	.00	0.00%	4.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	70	117	Aug 19(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG(11)	W(13-12)	3	11.0	8	1	1	7	5	0	0	3.86	3.81	47	13	15	0	0	7	75			1	0	0	39	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.23	0.707	.00	0.00%	4.81	1b start a 1	11b 3 out a2
32	71	121	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(13-13)	3	7.0	9	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.82	3.77	33	9	8	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.20	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
33	72	125	Aug 26(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	3.77	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.33	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
34	73	126	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(14-13)	1	9.0	5	3	3	4	9	2	0	3.78	3.80	35	12	5	0	1	5	70			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.368	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
35	74	129	Sep 1	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(15-13)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	0	1	3.68	3.71	35	8	11	2	0	9	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	.88	0.319	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	75	134	Sep 6	DET	@	KCA	W,6-0	SHO	W(16-13)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.54	3.63	30	12	10	1	3	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.59	0.338	.00	0.00%	4.70	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
37	76	138	Sep 11	DET		WSH	W,12-0	SHO	W(17-13)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.42	3.59	32	12	9	1	0	2	84			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.219	.00	0.00%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
38	77	142	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(18-13)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	1	3.37	3.53	35	8	12	3	4	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.154	.00	0.00%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
39	78	146	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.29	3.50	36	10	11	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.292	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
40	79	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	W(20-13)	3	9.0	2	1	1	6	3	0	1	3.22	3.52	36	9	15	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.46	0.189	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
41	80	154	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(21-13)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.15	3.44	34	9	8	2	0	8	74			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.210	.00	0.00%	3.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
							25-16		W-L:21-13,Sv:1	3.1	294.0	289	116	103	116	165	20	12	3.15	3.44	1268	1.04		6%	5%	286	56	1	0%	3	7	1	1126	37	6	4	26	5	20	1.05	2.996	.67	-0.78%	36.75

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