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	20-20 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	63 (27-24-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
Z Bonura	2
D Dallessandro	2
A Todd	2
R Warstler	1
B Nicholson	1
R Russell	1
B Mattick	0
J Gleeson	0

Most Driven In By
A Galan	2
S Hack	1
J Gleeson	1
Z Bonura	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	461	3 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.66	0.126	1.42	0.16%	0.29	P
2	462	7 (3)	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.74	-0.060	1.55	-0.08%	-0.58	P
3	463	11 (3)	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	.50	-0.053	1.25	-0.08%	-1.37	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
4	464	15 (3)	May 4	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.81	-0.019	1.92	-0.03%	-0.17	P
5	465	17 (1)	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	5	4.33	-0.109	9.79	-0.15%	-0.42	P
6	466	19 (1)	May 9	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	1.65	-0.123	4.26	-0.19%	-0.81	P
7	467	23 (3)	May 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.136	.136	.182	.318	9	1.09	-0.033	2.05	-0.04%	-0.31	P
8	468	27 (3)	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS-3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.261	.435	9	1.05	0.076	2.86	0.12%	0.68	P
9	469	28	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.292	.500	9	.52	0.019	1.61	0.04%	0.39	P
10	470	31 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.208	.292	.500	9						P
11	471	35 (3)	May 29	CHC		STL	L,2-8	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.320	.560	9	1.93	0.071	3.97	0.09%	0.52	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
12	472	43 (7)	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.357	.607	9	.76	0.033	.71	0.02%	0.35	P
13	473	47 (3)	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.290	.367	.657	9	.72	0.105	.85	0.08%	0.83	P
14	474	52 (4)	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.343	.621	9	.27	-0.032	.20	-0.01%	-1.00	P
15	475	57 (4)	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	9	.43	-0.012	.61	-0.01%	-0.34	P
16	476	58	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	9						P
17	477	62 (3)	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.300	.562	9	.78	-0.064	1.31	-0.06%	-0.61	P
18	478	66 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.209	.244	.279	.524	9	1.07	-0.054	1.70	-0.05%	-0.43	P
19	479	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.239	.273	.512	9	3.03	-0.073	3.62	-0.05%	-0.29	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
20	480	71 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.240	.255	.495	9	1.57	0.027	1.44	0.02%	0.23	P
21	481	77 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.180	.226	.240	.466	9						P
22	482	82 (4)	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.218	.231	.449	9	.94	-0.047	.31	-0.01%	-0.38	P
23	483	87 (4)	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.232	.231	.463	9	1.05	0.044	.22	0.01%	0.38	P
24	484	93 (5)	Jul 26	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.262	.263	.525	9	.71	0.154	.09	0.01%	2.73	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
25	485	99 (5)	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.262	.262	.524	9	.78	-0.054	.07	0.00%	-0.70	P
26	486	101 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.258	.258	.516	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
27	487	104 (2)	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.246	.246	.493	9	1.71	-0.130	.57	-0.03%	-0.82	P
28	488	109 (4)	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.243	.242	.485	9	.72	-0.018	.05	0.00%	-0.15	P
29	489	114 (4)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.257	.246	.503	9	.32	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.65	P
30	490	118 (3)	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.250	.239	.489	9	1.50	-0.075	.05	0.00%	-0.65	P
31	491	119	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-11	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.244	.233	.476	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
32	492	121 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.244	.233	.476	9						P
33	493	124 (2)	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.244	.233	.476	9						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
34	494	128 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.235	.224	.458	9	1.50	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.94	P
35	495	132 (3)	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.238	.218	.456	9	.66	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
36	496	137 (4)	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.173	.239	.210	.449	9	.68	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
37	497	143 (5)	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.202	.433	9	1.75	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
38	498	147 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GS-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1			0	0	0	.165	.237	.200	.437	9						P
39	499	151 (3)	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.237	.200	.437	9						P
40	500	153 (1)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.165	.237	.200	.437	9						P
							20-20		97	85	5	14	3	0	0	9	7	0	20	1	4		2	3	0	0	.165	.237	.200	.437		.96	-0.601	1.05	-0.25%	-4.69

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