Al Lary

Alfred Allen Lary

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 26, 1928 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1954
Team: Cubs 1954-1962

Final Game: September 15, 1962
Died: July 9, 2001 in Northport, AL
Buried: Carroll Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Northport, AL
Relatives: Brother of Frank Lary
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1951	22	CHC-min	AA	17	27	27		4	1	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333		5						NVL · SOUA
1952	23	CHC-min	AAA	21	23	21	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		2	3	.286	.348	.333	.681		7		0	0			SPF · IL
1954	25	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0	0	0		/1
1955	26	CHC-min	A,Opn	25	29	29	0	4	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	.138	.138	.276	.414		8	0	0	0	0		DMO,MAC,LOS · WL,SALL,PCL
1955	26	CHC	NL	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	33	CLE/CHC-min	AAA	16	38	33	3	12	3	0	0	5	1	0	1	3	.364	.382	.455	.837		15		0	4	0		SLC · PCL
1962	33	CHC	NL	23	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	49	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1963	34	CHC-min	AAA	42	58	54	8	9	0	2	0	7	1	0	4	20	.167	.224	.241	.465		13						SLC · PCL
1964	35	CHC-min	AAA	51	36	32	5	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	9	.281	.333	.375	.708		12		0	0	1		SLC · PCL
3 Seasons				29	12	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	67	45	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	11	0	0	11	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	25	CHC	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1962	33	CHC	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1954	25	CHC	NL	2	1	1	26.8	110	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.347	.500	.426	1.000	.772	162	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1962	33	CHC	NL	10	7	1	3.8	107	.200	.167	.275	.375	.343	.167	.417	.542	.760	49	.420	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.333	.000
3 Seasons				12	8	2	6.7	107	.333	.250	.275	.400	.344	.250	.419	.650	.763	76	.666	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
162 Game Avg.				67	45	11	6.7	107	.333	.250	.275	.400	.344	.250	.419	.650	.763	76	.666	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	25	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%

1962	33	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	6.0			2.00	50%
3 Seasons				12	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			2.00	50%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.42	6.9	37.9	8.2	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	25	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.13	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.86	0.2		0
1955	26	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1962	33	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.19	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.88	-0.5	3.90	0
3 Seasons				-0.2	-0.0	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.18	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.88	-0.3		0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	25	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	33	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
3 Seasons				0	0	50%	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	25	CHC	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	33	CHC	NL	10	60%	1			0	0	0	0	3.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Seasons				12	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	2	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	IBB
1954	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0
1955	26	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1956	27	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1957	28	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1958	29	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1959	30	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1960	31	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1961	32	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0
1962	33	29	12	8	2	2	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	2	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1962	33	23	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	23
2 Seasons		25	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	25
162 Game Avg.		162	65	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	25

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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