Larry French

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 1, 1907 in Visalia, CA us

Died: February 9, 1987 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1929 (Age 21-168d, 6,882nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1942 (Age 34-329d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Lawrence Herbert French

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.4

197

171

ERA

3.44

570

383

3152.0

1187

WHIP

1.331

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-16 / in Starts: 11-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	47 (28-16-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
D Bartell	3
G Mancuso	1
H Leiber	1
B Nicholson	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Herman	2
S Hack	1
H Leiber	1
Self	1
J Gleeson	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	425	2 (1)	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.10	0.014	3.20	0.03%	0.13	P
2	426	7 (4)	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.95	-0.073	3.58	-0.17%	-0.45	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	427	13 (5)	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.22	0.008	.59	0.01%	0.10	P
4	428	18 (4)	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9						P
5	429	23 (4)	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.49	-0.048	1.39	-0.08%	-0.58	P
6	430	28 (4)	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	9	1.55	0.054	4.05	0.09%	0.43	P
7	431	32 (3)	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.50	-0.030	1.32	-0.05%	-0.64	P
8	432	38 (5)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.286	.634	9	.56	-0.033	1.47	-0.05%	-0.30	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	433	43 (4)	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.86	-0.024	2.15	-0.04%	-0.22	P
10	434	44	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9						P
11	435	47 (2)	Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.320	.653	9	.55	0.004	1.11	0.01%	0.02	P
12	436	52 (4)	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.357	.724	9	1.26	0.122	2.61	0.15%	1.15	P
13	437	57 (4)	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	T,3-3	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.367	.357	.724	9						P
14	438	64 (6)	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.333	.677	9	.66	-0.034	2.00	-0.06%	-0.42	P
15	439	65	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,8-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.323	.656	9	.92	-0.026	2.36	-0.04%	-0.24	P
16	440	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.333	.323	.656	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	441	69 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.324	.313	.636	9	.84	-0.024	3.07	-0.05%	-0.33	P
18	442	75 (5)	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	4-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.303	.636	9	1.26	-0.009	2.63	-0.01%	0.03	P
19	443	79 (3)	Jul 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.303	.636	9						P
20	444	81 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-2	5-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.286	.342	.314	.656	9	.40	-0.054	.74	-0.06%	-1.21	P
21	445	88 (6)	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.306	.639	9	.26	-0.007	.54	-0.01%	-0.24	P
22	446	90 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.333	.306	.639	9						P
23	447	91	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.333	.306	.639	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	448	97 (5)	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	0-GF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.270	.341	.297	.639	9						P
25	449	103 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	GS-10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.282	.608	9	1.53	-0.087	3.41	-0.12%	-0.68	P
26	450	110 (6)	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.319	.262	.581	9	.89	-0.022	1.03	-0.02%	-0.90	P
27	451	117 (6)	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.314	.261	.575	9	1.45	0.157	.99	0.06%	1.16	P
28	452	121 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.304	.255	.558	9	.62	-0.080	1.03	-0.08%	-1.54	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	453	126 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.283	.236	.520	9	.56	-0.057	1.02	-0.06%	-1.11	P
30	454	132 (5)	Sep 6	CHC		STL	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.281	.288	.569	9	.16	0.030	.12	0.01%	1.17	P
31	455	136 (3)	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.288	.311	.599	9	.56	0.094	.29	0.03%	0.99	P
32	456	140 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.271	.292	.564	9						P
33	457	146 (5)	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.260	.279	.540	9	.80	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
34	458	149 (2)	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.253	.271	.525	9	.86	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
35	459	152 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.250	.268	.518	9	.28	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
36	460	154 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	CHC		STL	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.244	.260	.504	9	1.22	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
							19-16		83	73	6	14	2	0	1	7	4	0	26	1	4		0	1	0	0	.192	.244	.260	.504		.80	-0.272	1.50	-0.51%	-4.99

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