Frank Lary
Frank Strong Lary (Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1954
Final Game: September 21, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 DET AL 24 P 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.93
1955 DET AL 25 P 36 31 235.0 63 14 46 3 4 .952 2.30 1.67 .956 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 26 P 41 38 294.0 63 15 45 3 3 .952 1.84 1.46 .949 1.92 0.82 MVP-17
1957 DET AL 27 P 40 35 237.2 58 14 43 1 4 .983 2.16 1.43 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 DET AL 28 P 39 34 260.1 60 20 39 1 1 .983 2.04 1.51 .962 1.95 0.82 MVP-23
1959 DET AL 29 P 32 32 223.0 52 15 34 3 1 .942 1.98 1.53 .956 2.05 0.85
1960 DET AL 30 P 38 36 274.1 55 14 37 4 2 .927 1.67 1.34 .969 1.96 0.78 AS
1961 DET AL 31 P 36 36 275.1 88 32 55 1 5 .989 2.84 2.42 .952 2.05 0.83 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 DET AL 32 P 17 14 80.0 18 7 8 3 0 .833 1.69 0.88 .961 2.08 0.79
1963 DET AL 33 P 16 14 107.1 40 26 14 0 1 1.000 3.35 2.50 .952 1.99 0.79
1964 TOT MLB 34 P 24 14 87.2 25 11 13 1 1 .960 2.46 1.00 .956 2.08 0.81
1964 TOT NL 34 P 18 10 69.2 24 11 12 1 1 .958 2.97 1.28 .954 2.13 0.84
1964 DET AL 34 P 6 4 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.17 1.000 1.90 0.72
1964 NYM NL 34 P 13 8 57.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 1.08 .950 2.13 0.84
1964 MLN NL 34 P 5 2 12.1 10 4 5 1 0 .900 6.57 1.80 .960 2.12 0.84
1965 TOT MLB 35 P 28 8 84.0 24 6 17 1 1 .958 2.46 0.82 .954 2.07 0.78
1965 NYM NL 35 P 14 7 57.1 18 6 11 1 1 .944 2.67 1.21 .956 2.07 0.81
1965 CHW AL 35 P 14 1 26.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.43 .950 2.06 0.75
12 Seasons P 350 292 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .957 2.00 0.82
12 Seasons TOT 350 292 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .918 2.00 0.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 DET AL 24 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 25 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 26 41 38 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 27 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 28 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 29 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 30 39 36 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 DET AL 31 42 36 42 42 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1962 DET AL 32 22 14 22 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1963 DET AL 33 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 34 13 8 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 34 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 34 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 35 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 35 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 362 292 362 362 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 24 17 53% 6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 25 1024 81% 30% 53 87% 1 12 2 9 47 34 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 4 0 9 78%
1956 DET AL 26 1284 77% 26% 46 89% 1 17 2 13 42 28 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 5 60%
1957 DET AL 27 1034 82% 30% 43 95% 1 16 2 12 42 26 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 4 100%
1958 DET AL 28 1101 81% 34% 44 93% 0 22 2 16 38 31 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1959 DET AL 29 951 80% 31% 39 90% 1 16 1 14 34 31 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 40%
1960 DET AL 30 1179 80% 30% 48 92% 2 13 1 9 41 31 5 4 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1961 DET AL 31 1153 81% 32% 55 95% 0 33 0 32 54 40 9 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 5 0 7 86%
1962 DET AL 32 374 82% 25% 12 83% 1 6 1 4 10 6 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1963 DET AL 33 439 82% 38% 15 87% 0 26 1 22 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1964 NYM NL 34 252 82% 29% 7 71% 0 7 1 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1964 DET AL 34 93 80% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 34 46 93% 30% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 CHW AL 35 112 79% 33% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 NYM NL 35 248 84% 31% 15 93% 1 7 0 4 14 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 9307 81% 30% 388 91% 8 177 13 142 350 259 38 21 0 13 8 13 23 16 21 2 49 76%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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