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 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1951	22	CHC-min	AA	3	0	1.000	2.21	12	5					53.0	34	19	13		30								1.208	5.8		5.1			NVL · SOUA
1952	23	CHC-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.88	16	9		2	0		59.0	74	34	32		38		28	0	0	2			1.898	11.3		5.8	4.3	0.74	SPF · IL
1954	25	CHC	NL	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	0	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57

1955	26	CHC-min	A,Opn	5	7	.417	5.08	21	1		0	0		90.1	110	58	51	4	65		9	0	1	2			1.937	11.0	0.4	6.5	0.9	0.14	DMO,MAC,LOS · WL,SALL,PCL
1956	27	CHC-min	AA	8	14	.364	3.59	38	30		9	0		213.0	210	121	85	15	116	4	130	4	0	11			1.531	8.9	0.6	4.9	5.5	1.12	TUL · TL
1957	28	CHC-min	AA	15	10	.600	3.27	36	32					226.0	198	95	82	14	110								1.363	7.9	0.6	4.4			MEM · SOUA
1958	29	CHC-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.33	33	22		5	3		184.0	177	73	68	10	68		119	2	0	5			1.332	8.7	0.5	3.3	5.8	1.75	POR · PCL
1959	30	CHC-min	AAA	11	16	.407	3.83	41	25		9	1		202.0	197	102	86	14	86	6	112	3	1	5			1.401	8.8	0.6	3.8	5.0	1.30	FTW · AA
1960	31	CHC-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.53	30	27					171.0	172	74	67	12	52								1.310	9.1	0.6	2.7			HSN · AA
1961	32	CHC-min	AAA	15	9	.625	3.58	37	32					231.0	217	102	92	27	72								1.251	8.5	1.1	2.8			HSN · AA
1962	33	CLE/CHC-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.70	14	12		2	0		90.0	82	43	37	10	39	3	53	4	1	4			1.344	8.2	1.0	3.9	5.3	1.36	SLC · PCL
1962	33	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	7.15	15	3	4	0	0	0	34.0	42	27	27	5	15	0	18	0	0	3	155	59	1.676	11.1	1.3	4.0	4.8	1.20
1963	34	CHC-min	AAA	12	13	.480	4.08	27	27					161.0	180	89	73	13	51		102						1.435	10.1	0.7	2.9	5.7	2.00	SLC · PCL
1964	35	CHC-min	AAA	2	11	.154	4.88	39	12		1	0		129.0	158	80	70	19	38	1	79	2	0	10			1.519	11.0	1.3	2.7	5.5	2.08	SLC · PCL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	6.53	16	4	4	0	0	0	40.0	45	29	29	5	22	0	22	0	0	3	182	65	1.675	10.1	1.1	5.0	5.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	6.53	54	14	14	0	0	0	136	153	99	99	17	75		75	0	0	10	619	65	1.675	10.1	1.1	5.0	5.0	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1954	25	CHC	NL	6.0	1	1	2	3.00	4.69	-0.09	0.00	106.0	5.07	1	0.2		-0.0	0.2	2	.658	.501	$

1962	33	CHC	NL	34.0	15	3	27	7.15	4.93	-0.17	-0.10	102.7	5.13	-8	-0.8	.5	0.1	-0.4	-4	.448	.495	$
2 Seasons				40.0	16	4	29	6.53	4.89	-0.16	-0.08	103.2	5.12	-6	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.461	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1954	25	CHC	NL	1	27	20	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	.150	.370	.150	.520	.188	3	0	0	0	0		0

1962	33	CHC	NL	15	155	135	27	42	7	1	5	3	0	15	18	.311	.370	.489	.859	.319	66	3	0	1	4	0	2
2 Yrs				16	182	155	29	45	7	1	5	4	0	22	22	.290	.370	.445	.815	.303	69	3	0	1	4	0	2
162 Game Avg.				54	619	527	99	153	24	3	17	14	0	75	75	.290	.370	.445	.815	.303	235	10	0	3	14		7
MLB Averages																.258	.327	.392	.720	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	25	CHC	NL	1.0	0.1	28	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.98	0.2	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.98	1.6	0	0	0

1962	33	CHC	NL	-9.0	-0.9	163	-0.5	1.8	-2.2	.68	-0.8	0.2	-9.0	-0.8	0.68	-6.9	0	5	6
2 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	191	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.73	-0.7	0.2	-7.9	-0.7	0.73	-5.3	0	5	6

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1954	25	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	55.0	55	55	0	0	0	1	4.5	3.6	6.0

1962	33	CHC	NL	15	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	53	22	5	4	0	3	2.7	4.2	4.2
2 Yrs				16	4	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.250	2	0	0	0	1	25%	42	55	22	5	4	0	4	3.1	4.0	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-14					4.4	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1962	33	CHC	NL	15	12	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	8	.684	0	5	6	0	0	12	4	8	8	0	9	1	5.3
1 Yr				15	12	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%		.684	0	5	6	0	0	12	4	8	8	0	9	1	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	25	CHC	NL	27	67%	0.0%	14.8%	25.9%	0.0%	0%	2.25	59%	4	0	0%

1962	33	CHC	NL	155	54%	3.2%	11.6%	9.7%	8.4%	31%	0.54	75%	35	3	9%
2 Yrs				182	55%	2.8%	12.1%	12.1%	7.1%	29%	0.66	73%	39	3	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.1%	9.2%	6.7%	29%	1.00	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1954	25	CHC	NL	27	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	33	CHC	NL	155	42			5	1	4	5	0	2	3	20	10	2	50%	2	3	1	66	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2 Yrs				182	45			5	1	4	5	0	2	3	20	10	2	50%	2	3	1	77	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		52%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	25	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1955	26	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1956	27	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1957	28	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1958	29	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1959	30	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1960	31	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1961	32	0		3.00	1	1	0	6.0	3	2	2	0	7		4	0	27	148	1.667	4.5	0.0	10.5	6.0	0.57	148
1962	33	1	.000	6.53	16	4	4	40.0	45	29	29	5	22	0	22	3	182	65	1.675	10.1	1.1	5.0	5.0	1.00	65

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1954	25	0	0		3.00	6.0	3	2	2	0	7	4	0	1.667	4.5	10.5	6.0	0.57	0.0	1

1962	33	1	2	.333	6.82	33.0	41	28	25	5	15	17	0	1.697	11.2	4.1	4.6	1.13	1.4	15
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.23	39.0	44	30	27	5	22	21	0	1.692	10.2		4.8	0.95	1.2	16

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