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: 26-10 / in Starts: 26-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	230	2	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	0.00	2.46	30	10	12	1	0	0	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.188	.79	0.22%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	231	5	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	4	3	2	5	0	0	1.50	2.30	36	14	7	1	1	8	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.78	-0.010	1.93	-0.02%	0.44	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
3	232	9	Apr 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	1	1	1.67	2.94	35	17	7	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.427	4.30	0.86%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	233	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,9-5	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.2	9	5	5	3	5	0	0	2.67	2.84	32	12	3	0	2	9	38			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.168	1.56	0.31%	-2.12	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a4
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	234	16	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-1)	3	6.0	6	5	4	1	3	0	0	3.18	2.73	25	12	4	0	0	5	44			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.10	-0.371	3.64	-0.74%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	235	20	May 7(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-6		3	5.0	6	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.03	3.40	23	8	5	0	3	5	30			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.394	4.12	-0.95%	-3.89	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d4
7	236	26	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	11	3	3	7	6	1	1	3.86	3.73	44	10	9	0	1	11	52			0	1	0	36	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	0.284	8.52	0.87%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	237	31	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.88	3.45	34	9	13	1	2	6	63			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.37	0.153	1.71	0.43%	0.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	238	35	May 21	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	6	2	0	0	3.77	3.54	37	13	10	0	3	6	59			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.363	6.17	1.01%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	239	40	May 26	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(7-2)	4	8.0	9	5	2	4	6	0	0	3.62	3.44	37	11	7	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.296	6.66	-0.88%	-0.52	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
11	240	45	May 31	DET		KCA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	6.1	7	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.98	3.59	29	14	3	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.279	4.61	-0.84%	-1.27	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
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	241	49	Jun 4(1)	DET		MIN	W,10-4	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	9	4	3	1	4	2	0	3.88	3.71	34	14	6	0	1	9	58			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.339	3.74	1.05%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	242	54	Jun 8(2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.63	3.46	31	8	9	4	1	6	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.643	9.50	2.65%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	243	60	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(10-3)	5	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	1	3.50	3.38	39	12	11	1	1	8	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	0.374	5.41	1.03%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	244	64	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,0-9	GS-3	L(10-4)	3	2.1	9	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.82	3.61	17	10	6	1	1	0	18			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	2	0	.96	-0.315	6.55	-1.29%	-3.97	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
16	245	68	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	4	2	0	3	1	0	3.78	3.62	23	9	7	1	1	4	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.196	4.93	-0.78%	-1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	246	74	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.66	3.59	35	12	9	1	0	10	63			1	0	1	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.293	6.33	1.05%	2.72	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
18	247	79	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-10	W(12-4)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.62	3.64	38	14	12	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	2.03	-0.345	17.75	-1.81%	0.97	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 out a1
19	248	85	Jul 9(1)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.40	3.48	33	10	8	0	2	3	89			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.762	6.90	2.33%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	249	87	Jul 14	DET		MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(13-5)	4	7.0	7	4	3	0	8	1	0	3.42	3.42	28	4	9	0	1	7	57			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.123	4.19	-0.42%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
21	250	92	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	GS-7		3	6.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.57	3.46	27	8	6	0	0	10	33			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.22	-0.003	7.62	-0.01%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
22	251	97	Jul 23(2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14	GS-2		4	2.0	7	6	3	0	1	0	0	3.69	3.44	15	5	2	0	1	7	25			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.10	-0.460	6.36	-1.59%	-4.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
23	252	100	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	W(14-5)	2	9.0	8	4	3	4	5	1	0	3.66	3.48	40	10	13	1	4	8	58			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.53	0.396	8.85	1.37%	1.04	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
24	253	103	Jul 30	DET		MIN	L,0-4	GS-2	L(14-6)	3	1.2	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	3.78	3.62	10	2	2	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.222	3.98	-0.69%	-2.40	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
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
25	254	107	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.64	3.52	33	11	11	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.240	3.98	0.85%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	255	112	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.56	3.55	33	12	9	1	2	5	70			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.351	5.41	1.16%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
27	256	117	Aug 15(1)	DET		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	1	3.40	3.50	33	16	5	0	1	4	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.606	6.88	1.88%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	257	123	Aug 20(1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(18-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.30	3.47	35	16	5	0	1	7	70			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	5	0	3	.72	0.218	3.85	0.70%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	258	127	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(19-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.16	3.43	31	9	15	3	4	4	80			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.281	2.83	0.94%	4.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
30	259	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(19-7)	4	9.0	8	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.16	3.41	40	14	12	0	1	8	57			2	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.39	-0.092	9.53	-0.38%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
31	260	136	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-8	L(19-8)	3	7.1	6	6	6	1	4	1	0	3.29	3.42	29	10	8	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.146	11.31	-1.14%	-1.64	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out d3
32	261	141	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	L(19-9)	4	6.0	9	5	4	3	2	1	0	3.36	3.47	29	9	9	1	0	6	35			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.312	.96	-0.15%	-1.91	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
33	262	145	Sep 12	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	W(20-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	3.27	3.48	31	16	6	0	1	5	76			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.495	.02	0.00%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	263	150	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	W(21-9)	3	9.0	8	4	3	2	8	2	0	3.26	3.51	37	11	8	1	3	8	63			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	2	.61	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	264	154	Sep 22	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	W(22-9)	5	9.0	10	4	3	0	9	1	0	3.25	3.46	37	9	9	0	4	10	62			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.333	.00	0.00%	1.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	265	160	Sep 27	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	GS-7	W(23-9)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.24	3.43	27	7	11	1	2	6	58			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.56	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a7
							26-10		W-L:23-9	3.7	275.1	252	117	99	66	146	24	6	3.24	3.43	1127	1.35		3%	7%	233	57		---%	5	9	2	1035	37	6	2	25	10	18	1.06	3.544	5.16	7.05%	26.30

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