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Frank Lary

Frank Strong Lary (Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1954 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets/WhiteSox/Braves 1954-1965

Final Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35)
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1954 DET AL 24 P 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 2.00 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 25 P 36 31 16 235.0 63 14 46 3 4 .952 2.30 1.67 .956 1.99 1.97 8 12 60% 47% 1
1956 DET AL 26 P 41 38 20 294.0 63 15 45 3 3 .952 1.84 1.46 .950 1.92 1.91 3 7 70% 44% 1 MVP-17
1957 DET AL 27 P 40 35 12 237.2 58 14 43 1 4 .983 2.16 1.43 .963 1.99 2.00 5 6 55% 47% 3
1958 DET AL 28 P 39 34 19 260.1 60 20 39 1 1 .983 2.04 1.51 .963 1.95 1.93 5 4 44% 47% 1 MVP-23
1959 DET AL 29 P 32 32 11 223.0 52 15 34 3 1 .942 1.98 1.53 .955 2.05 2.03 4 7 64% 40% 1
1960 DET AL 30 P 38 36 15 274.1 55 14 37 4 2 .927 1.67 1.34 .967 1.96 1.95 13 3 19% 40% 0 AS
1961 DET AL 31 P 36 36 22 275.1 88 32 55 1 5 .989 2.84 2.42 .954 2.05 2.02 5 9 64% 36% 2 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 DET AL 32 P 17 14 2 80.0 18 7 8 3 0 .833 1.69 0.88 .958 2.08 2.07 3 1 25% 36% 1
1963 DET AL 33 P 16 14 6 107.1 40 26 14 0 1 1.000 3.35 2.50 .955 1.99 2.00 1 1 50% 32% 0
1964 TOT MLB 34 P 24 14 3 87.2 25 11 13 1 1 .960 2.46 1.00 .953 2.08 2.07 6 5 45% 39% 0
1964 TOT NL 34 P 18 10 3 69.2 24 11 12 1 1 .958 2.97 1.28 .953 2.13 2.13 4 5 56% 39% 0
1964 DET AL 34 P 6 4 0 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.17 .960 1.90 1.88 2 0 0% 37% 0
1964 NYM NL 34 P 13 8 3 57.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 1.08 .953 2.13 2.13 2 5 71% 39% 0
1964 MLN NL 34 P 5 2 0 12.1 10 4 5 1 0 .900 6.57 1.80 .953 2.12 2.12 2 0 0% 40% 0
1965 TOT MLB 35 P 28 8 0 84.0 24 6 17 1 1 .958 2.46 0.82 .955 2.07 2.05 10 3 23% 36% 1
1965 NYM NL 35 P 14 7 0 57.1 18 6 11 1 1 .944 2.67 1.21 .956 2.07 2.08 9 3 25% 36% 1
1965 CHW AL 35 P 14 1 0 26.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.43 .952 2.06 2.03 1 0 0% 34% 0
12 Seasons P 350 292 126 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .957 2.00 1.99 63 58 48% 41% 11
12 Seasons TOT 350 292 126 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .957 2.00 1.99 63 58 48% 41% 11
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1954 DET AL 24 P
1955 DET AL 25 P
1956 DET AL 26 P
1957 DET AL 27 P
1958 DET AL 28 P
1959 DET AL 29 P
1960 DET AL 30 P
1961 DET AL 31 P
1962 DET AL 32 P
1963 DET AL 33 P
1964 DET AL 34 P
1964 NYM NL 34 P
1964 MLN NL 34 P
1965 NYM NL 35 P
1965 CHW AL 35 P
12 Seasons P
12 Seasons TOT

Appearances

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 0
1955 DET AL 25 36 31 36 36 36 0 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 0
1957 DET AL 27 40 35 40 40 40 0 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 0
1959 DET AL 29 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 30 39 36 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 DET AL 31 42 36 42 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1962 DET AL 32 22 14 22 17 17 0 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 0
1964 NYM NL 34 13 8 13 13 13 0 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 0
1964 MLN NL 34 5 2 5 5 5 0 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 0
1965 NYM NL 35 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 362 292 362 350 350 0 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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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 25 996 83% 31% 53 87% 1 12 2 9 47 34 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 4 0 9 78%
1956 DET AL 26 1266 78% 27% 46 89% 1 17 2 13 42 28 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 5 60%
1957 DET AL 27 1012 83% 31% 43 95% 1 16 2 12 42 26 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 4 100%
1958 DET AL 28 1084 82% 35% 44 93% 0 22 2 16 38 31 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1959 DET AL 29 934 81% 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 1147 83% 31% 48 92% 2 13 1 9 41 31 5 4 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1961 DET AL 31 1127 83% 33% 55 95% 0 33 0 32 54 40 9 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 5 0 7 86%
1962 DET AL 32 363 85% 26% 12 83% 1 6 1 4 10 6 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1963 DET AL 33 433 84% 39% 15 87% 0 26 1 22 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1964 NYM NL 34 243 85% 30% 7 71% 0 7 1 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1964 DET AL 34 90 82% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 34 46 98% 30% 4 75% 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 CHW AL 35 111 80% 33% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 NYM NL 35 230 90% 33% 15 93% 1 7 0 4 14 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 9099 82% 31% 388 91% 8 177 13 142 350 259 38 21 0 13 8 13 23 16 21 2 49 76%
MLB Averages 80% 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 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 AL (17, 7%)
1958 AL (23, 1%)
1961 AL (7, 19%)
0.27 Career Shares (647th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 ML (3, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (185th)

Gold Gloves
1961 AL (P)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (5th)
1958 AL  20 (1st)
1961 AL  32 (1st)
1963 AL  26 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1955 AL  46 (2nd)
1958 AL  39 (5th)
1961 AL  55 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1955 AL  3 (4th)
1959 AL  3 (3rd)
1960 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.30 (5th)
1961 AL  2.84 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1958 AL  1.51 (4th)
1961 AL  2.42 (1st)

                                         

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