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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	4	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
4	5	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
5	6	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	7	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	8	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
8	9	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
9	10	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	51	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	12	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	CG	53	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
12	15 (2)	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	19 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	23	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	25 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	27 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
18	30 (2)	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	32 (1)	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	36 (1)	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17	CG	58	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	37	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	39 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	40	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	43 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	46 (2)	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	64 (17)	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	67 (2)	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	69 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	73 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	78 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
33	80 (1)	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	81	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	83 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	84	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	98 (13)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	100 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	130 (29)	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	131	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	133 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	136 (2)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	138 (1)	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	140 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,18-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	143 (1)	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	146 (2)	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	147	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	149 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	151 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
51	154 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	20	4.1	3	0	0	3	0
							51gm		418.0	227	24	0	251	5