Frankie Pytlak

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: July 30, 1908 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: May 8, 1977 in Buffalo, NY

Buried: St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Buffalo, NY

High School: Masten Park HS (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: April 22, 1932 (Age 23-267d, 7,475th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1946 (Age 37-269d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Frank Anthony Pytlak

Pronunciation: \PIT-lack\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2399

677

.282

316

RBI

272

OBP

.355

SLG

.363

OPS

.718

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-38 / in Starts: 33-23
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	21 games
Most Games w/o HR	73 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 255 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	200 (97-62-41) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 255 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	177 (89-56-32)

Most Driven In
H Trosky	9
B Campbell	4
O Hale	4
E Averill	3
J Vosmik	3
R Hughes	2
B Knickerbocker	1
R Weatherly	1

Most Driven In By
B Knickerbocker	11
R Hughes	7
R Weatherly	3
J Vosmik	3
J Gleeson	2
G Blaeholder	1
E Averill	1
B Campbell	1

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	239	1	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.05	-0.089	2.56	-0.13%	-0.81	C
2	240	2	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,14-7	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	7	.70	0.049	1.65	0.07%	0.77	C
3	241	4 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.636	1.053	8	.54	0.048	1.40	0.08%	1.70	C
4	242	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.462	.667	1.128	8	1.11	0.054	3.26	0.10%	0.67	C
5	243	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.400	.438	.600	1.038	8	1.67	-0.106	5.61	-0.21%	-0.74	C
6	244	7	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.400	.526	.926	8	.34	-0.030	1.04	-0.06%	-1.24	C
7	245	8	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.318	.375	.455	.830	8	1.06	-0.020	3.49	-0.04%	-0.31	C
8	246	9	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.393	.538	.931	8	1.37	-0.041	4.41	-0.08%	-0.29	C
9	247	10	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	16-GF(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.393	.538	.931	8						PR
10	248	11	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.355	.483	.838	8	1.03	-0.122	3.34	-0.24%	-1.45	C
11	249	13 (1)	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.353	.500	.853	8	.85	0.059	3.10	0.13%	0.15	C
12	250	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.342	.472	.814	8	.93	-0.011	2.98	-0.02%	-0.36	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	251	15	May 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.341	.462	.803	8	.60	-0.016	1.92	-0.03%	-0.64	C
14	252	16	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.273	.304	.409	.713	8	1.00	-0.081	2.87	-0.14%	-1.16	C
15	253	23 (6)	May 10	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	CG(15)	7	6	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	.300	.340	.460	.800	8	1.65	0.044	6.34	0.10%	2.48	C
16	254	24	May 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.345	.462	.807	8	.98	-0.023	3.83	-0.06%	-0.12	C
17	255	28 (3)	May 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.356	.455	.810	8	1.31	-0.083	5.78	-0.22%	-0.22	C
18	256	29	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.350	.446	.796	9	5.55	-0.153	22.57	-0.37%	-0.88	PH
19	257	30	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.344	.439	.783	9	2.03	-0.055	5.80	-0.09%	-0.22	PH
20	258	31	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.283	.328	.417	.745	7	.81	-0.090	2.15	-0.14%	-1.18	C
21	259	32	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.323	.410	.733	9	1.47	-0.044	3.99	-0.07%	-0.42	PH
22	260	34 (1)	May 23 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.270	.324	.397	.720	7	1.28	-0.022	2.70	-0.03%	-0.39	C
23	261	36 (1)	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.306	.373	.679	7	1.79	-0.275	3.83	-0.35%	-2.56	C
24	262	40 (3)	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.325	.380	.705	7	.45	0.053	1.11	0.08%	0.89	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	263	44 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.274	.338	.384	.721	7	1.73	0.024	4.85	0.04%	0.09	C
26	264	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.377	.710	7	1.72	0.035	5.07	0.06%	0.22	C
27	265	48 (2)	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.341	.375	.716	8	1.68	0.078	3.32	0.09%	0.04	C
28	266	49	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.262	.326	.357	.683	8	.10	-0.005	.21	-0.01%	-0.46	C
29	267	52 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,19-1	CG(8)	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.330	.371	.701	8	.29	0.068	.42	0.06%	-0.22	C
30	268	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.337	.378	.715	9	.55	0.038	.91	0.04%	0.91	PH
31	269	54	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.333	.372	.706	8	.55	-0.041	1.14	-0.05%	-0.83	C
32	270	55	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-15	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.340	.371	.711	8	.72	-0.010	1.81	-0.01%	-0.26	C
33	271	56	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.340	.371	.711	9						PR
34	272	57	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.327	.356	.684	8	1.61	-0.178	2.69	-0.18%	-1.03	C
35	273	58	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				0	0	.276	.333	.362	.695	8						C
36	274	59	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.342	.370	.712	8	.73	0.037	.77	0.02%	0.50	C
37	275	60	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.355	.378	.734	8	.30	0.026	.36	0.02%	0.30	C
38	276	61	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	.301	.368	.381	.749	8	2.01	0.201	2.63	0.16%	0.91	C
39	277	62	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,6-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.377	.402	.779	8	1.67	0.181	1.83	0.12%	1.37	C
40	278	64 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,14-2	CG	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.390	.400	.790	8	.53	0.079	.57	0.05%	1.49	C
41	279	65	Jun 25	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.394	.405	.799	6	.13	0.005	.19	0.01%	0.41	PH
42	280	68 (2)	Jun 28	CLE		BOS	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.401	.432	.833	5	.53	0.081	.65	0.06%	2.86	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	281	69	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,12-16	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.399	.429	.827	9	.73	-0.023	.86	-0.02%	-0.29	PH
44	282	70	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.318	.405	.426	.832	5	1.60	0.055	1.36	0.03%	0.75	C
45	283	72 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.395	.414	.808	6	.56	-0.062	.59	-0.04%	-0.80	C
46	284	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.397	.431	.828	6	1.77	-0.182	1.88	-0.12%	-0.61	C
47	285	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.395	.428	.822	9	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.59	PH
48	286	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.315	.395	.427	.822	6	.42	-0.006	.36	0.00%	0.20	C
49	287	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.306	.386	.415	.801	6	1.00	-0.063	.64	-0.02%	-0.44	C
50	288	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.386	.414	.800	6	.40	0.050	.35	0.03%	0.10	C
51	289	80 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	5	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.398	.436	.834	5	.40	-0.007	.34	0.00%	1.23	C
52	290	81	Jul 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.392	.429	.821	5	1.28	-0.092	1.08	-0.05%	-1.30	C
53	291	82	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.313	.387	.422	.809	5	.53	-0.062	.49	-0.03%	-1.00	C
54	292	85 (2)	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.312	.384	.418	.802	6	.59	0.017	.96	0.02%	0.33	C
55	293	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.314	.392	.419	.810	6	.80	-0.007	1.44	-0.01%	0.31	C
56	294	87	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.392	.418	.810	6	1.00	0.018	1.86	0.02%	-0.22	C
57	295	88	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.311	.389	.411	.800	6	.55	0.051	1.31	0.07%	-0.16	C
58	296	89	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.309	.387	.409	.796	9	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.40	PH
59	297	90	Jul 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.314	.389	.411	.800	5	.46	0.032	1.08	0.05%	0.14	C
60	298	91	Jul 22	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.394	.418	.812	6	.34	0.057	.93	0.09%	1.58	C
61	299	92	Jul 23	CLE		BOS	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.399	.428	.827	5	.90	0.123	2.95	0.24%	1.55	C
62	300	96 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.335	.407	.442	.849	7	.59	0.074	1.10	0.08%	2.02	C
63	301	97	Jul 28	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.409	.448	.857	6	.70	0.062	1.34	0.07%	0.97	C
64	302	98	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.406	.441	.847	6	.30	-0.013	.53	-0.01%	-0.25	C
65	303	100 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,11-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.403	.435	.838	7	1.19	-0.039	2.33	-0.05%	-0.56	C
66	304	101	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.332	.405	.441	.846	7	1.12	-0.020	5.08	-0.06%	0.54	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	305	102	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.401	.435	.836	7	2.64	-0.346	8.70	-0.69%	-1.99	C
68	306	103	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	T,4-4	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.327	.402	.433	.835	6	.60	-0.013	1.38	-0.02%	-0.15	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
69	307	138 (34)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.400	.431	.831	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
70	308	139	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.398	.429	.828	9	.68	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.52	PH
71	309	141 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.397	.427	.824	9	1.39	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.52	PH
72	310	147 (5)	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.395	.425	.821	9	.68	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
73	311	149 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.398	.428	.826	9	.77	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.41	PH
74	312	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	T,8-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.396	.426	.822	5	3.63	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
75	313	154 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.394	.424	.819	9	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
							34-38		255	224	35	72	15	4	0	31	24	1	11	3	4		8		5	2	.321	.394	.424	.819		.98	-0.797	2.26	-1.67%	0.39

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