Frank Lary

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL us

Died: December 14, 2017 in Northport, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Tuscaloosa County HS (Northport, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 14, 1954 (Age 24-157d, 11,180th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Frank Strong Lary

Nicknames: Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer

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Relatives: Brother of Al Lary

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

128

116

ERA

3.49

350

292

2162.1

1099

WHIP

1.267

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-20 / in Starts: 14-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	65 (36-22-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-8)

Most Driven In
B Tuttle	1
J Delsing	1
F Hatfield	0

Most Driven In By
B Tuttle	2
H Kuenn	1
F Fain	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	4	4 (3)	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.43	-0.087	3.39	-0.12%	-1.12	P
2	5	10 (5)	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.48	-0.049	1.11	-0.07%	-1.30	P
3	6	14 (3)	Apr 29	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	1.06	0.187	3.16	0.34%	0.83	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	7	19 (4)	May 4	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	9	1.05	0.056	3.66	0.12%	-0.15	P
5	8	24 (4)	May 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588	9	1.43	-0.053	5.11	-0.12%	-0.17	P
6	9	29 (4)	May 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.35	0.022	3.39	0.03%	0.24	P
7	10	32 (2)	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.429	.792	9	1.32	0.088	2.84	0.11%	0.31	P
8	11	37 (4)	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.417	.777	9	.69	-0.044	1.86	-0.07%	-0.42	P
9	12	41 (3)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	L,6-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.360	.417	.777	9						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
10	13	46 (4)	Jun 4	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.385	.718	9	1.44	-0.081	2.42	-0.08%	-0.78	P
11	14	51 (4)	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.357	.712	9	1.52	0.060	4.07	0.10%	0.27	P
12	15	57 (5)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.323	.646	9	1.16	-0.102	3.09	-0.16%	-1.08	P
13	16	61 (3)	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.324	.323	.646	9						P
14	17	66 (4)	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.242	.306	.303	.609	9	1.47	-0.059	1.30	-0.03%	-0.45	P
15	18	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.303	.609	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
16	19	72 (4)	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	GS-4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.324	.648	9	1.02	0.011	.92	0.01%	0.13	P
17	20	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF(15)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.333	.667	9	1.59	0.025	1.33	0.01%	0.16	P
18	21	79 (4)	Jul 9	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.359	.716	9	.85	0.031	.42	0.01%	0.27	P
19	22	82 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.348	.349	.697	9	.20	0.039	.07	0.01%	0.57	P
20	23	87 (4)	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.333	.667	9	.98	-0.062	.50	-0.02%	-0.59	P
21	24	93 (5)	Jul 24 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.340	.340	.680	9	1.15	0.013	1.08	0.01%	0.15	P
22	25	98 (4)	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.315	.314	.629	9	.62	-0.068	.63	-0.04%	-0.96	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
23	26	104 (5)	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.293	.291	.584	9	.81	-0.092	.63	-0.04%	-1.06	P
24	27	109 (4)	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.283	.281	.564	9	1.26	-0.064	2.43	-0.08%	-0.54	P
25	28	110	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.283	.281	.564	7						P
26	29	114 (3)	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.279	.276	.555	9	.44	-0.011	.10	0.00%	-0.16	P
27	30	118 (3)	Aug 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.266	.262	.528	9	.96	-0.075	.15	-0.01%	-0.56	P
28	31	123 (4)	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.261	.246	.507	9	.75	0.026	.00	0.00%	-1.15	P
29	32	128 (4)	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.235	.485	9	.40	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
30	33	130 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.250	.235	.485	9						P
31	34	132 (1)	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.247	.232	.478	9	2.01	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.40	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
32	35	137 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.236	.486	9	.77	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
33	36	139 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.250	.236	.486	9						P
34	37	143 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.241	.227	.467	9	1.21	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
35	38	147 (3)	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.241	.228	.469	9	.82	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
36	39	152 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.220	.452	9	1.48	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
							16-20		91	82	4	16	2	0	0	2	4	0	29	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	.195	.233	.220	.452		1.01	-0.625	1.47	-0.10%	-10.52

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