Luke French

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: September 13, 1985 in Salina, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Heritage HS (Littleton, CO).

High School: Heritage HS (Littleton, CO)

Debut: May 15, 2009 (Age 23-244d, 19,536th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2010 (Age 25-018d)
vs. OAK 4.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 8 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Full Name: Lucas Stephen French

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

4.99

155.0

WHIP

1.497

Summary of 24 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 6 go ahead

2 Tms
SEA	22
DET	2

Platoon
vs RHB	18
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Home	13
Away	11

Outs
1	11
0	7
2	6

8 Opps
OAK	6
NYY	5
KCR	3
TOR	3
MIN	2
BOS	2
LAA	2
STL	1

21 Batters
Mark Teixeira	2
Daric Barton	2
Jed Lowrie	2
Robinson Canó	1
Cliff Pennington	1
Vernon Wells	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Travis Snider	1
Alberto Callaspo	1
Ryan Ludwick	1
Jack Cust	1
Coco Crisp	1
Alex Gordon	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Billy Butler	1
Austin Kearns	1
Nick Swisher	1
Juan Rivera	1
Kurt Suzuki	1
Delmon Young	1

8 Parks
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	12
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	5
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	6
2	6
1	4
3	4
5	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
1--	7
123	2
--3	2
12-	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

44 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	10
1 on	10
2 on	2
3 on	2
Any on	14

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	4
4	6
5	2
6	1
7	2
9	2

1-3	11
4-6	9
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	3
-1	2
-2	2
-3	5
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	3
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	4
1-0	4
2-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
1-2	1
3-1	1
2-2	1
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	5
DH	5
LF	3
SS	3
2B	2
CF	2
RF	2
C	1
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	5
7th	4
4th	4
2nd	3
1st	2
5th	2
6th	2
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-07-03	Delmon Young	MIN		DET	behind 1-7	b 4	1	---	7,(3-2) BFFBBFX	1	7	DH	3%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2009-07-08	Alberto Callaspo	KCR	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	7%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2009-08-05	Billy Butler	KCR		SEA	behind 0-2	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	20%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Bloomquist Scores
4	4	4	2	2009-08-05	Alex Gordon	KCR		SEA	behind 2-8	b 4	0	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	5%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Olivo Scores
5	5	5	1	2009-08-15	Nick Swisher	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	9	18%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Molina Scores/unER; N. Swisher Scores/unER
6	6	6	1	2009-08-26	Jack Cust	OAK	@	SEA	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	2	2009-08-26	Kurt Suzuki	OAK	@	SEA	behind 1-4	t 6	0	1--	3,(0-2) L1SX	2	3	2	16%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Davis Scores
8	8	8	1	2009-08-31	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	12%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Abreu Scores
9	9	9	2	2009-08-31	Juan Rivera	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Hunter Scores; V. Guerrero Scores
10	10	10	1	2009-09-05	Cliff Pennington	OAK		SEA	behind 0-3	b 3	0	1--	4,(2-1) BCB1X	2	9	6	16%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Barton Scores
11	11	11	1	2009-09-19	Mark Teixeira	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 8-1	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2010-06-14	Ryan Ludwick	STL		SEA	behind 0-2	b 1	1	12-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	3	4	9	25%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Holliday Scores; A. Pujols Scores
13	13	2	1	2010-07-09	Mark Teixeira	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	2010-08-22	Austin Kearns	NYY		SEA	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	7	7	13%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	4	2	2010-08-22	Robinson Canó	NYY		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	4	16%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Jeter Scores; N. Swisher Scores; M. Teixeira Scores
16	16	5	1	2010-08-29	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	3	3	22%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	2010-09-08	Coco Crisp	OAK		SEA	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	1	8	17%	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); S. Tolleson Scores
18	18	7	1	2010-09-14	Jed Lowrie	BOS	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	6	6	20%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Ortiz Scores
19	19	8	2	2010-09-14	Jed Lowrie	BOS	@	SEA	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	4,(0-2) CCFX	1	6	6	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	9	1	2010-09-21	Vernon Wells	TOR		SEA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	8	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bautista Scores
21	21	10	2	2010-09-21	Edwin Encarnación	TOR		SEA	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	DH	9%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
22	22	11	3	2010-09-21	Travis Snider	TOR		SEA	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CBBSX	2	1	7	12%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Encarnación Scores
23	23	12	1	2010-10-01	Daric Barton	OAK	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	2	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	13	2	2010-10-01	Daric Barton	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	123	4,(1-2) CSBX	4	2	3	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Hermida Scores; C. Pennington Scores; R. Davis Scores