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, 5,940th in MLB 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

45.2

W

197

L

171

ERA

3.44

G

570

GS

383

SV

IP

3152.0

SO

1187

WHIP

1.331

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1929	21	PIT	NL	7	5	.583	4.90	30	13	10	6	0	1	123.0	130	78	67	10	62	2	49	3	0	3	552	98	5.01	1.561	9.5	0.7	4.5	3.6	0.79
1930	22	PIT	NL	17	18	.486	4.36	42	35	5	21	3	1	274.2	325	163	133	20	89	6	90	6	0	3	1232	114	4.83	1.507	10.6	0.7	2.9	2.9	1.01
1931	23	PIT	NL	15	13	.536	3.26	39	33	4	20	1	1	275.2	301	127	100	9	70	1	73	1	1	5	1170	117	3.78	1.346	9.8	0.3	2.3	2.4	1.04
1932	24	PIT	NL	18	16	.529	3.02	47	33	10	20	3	4	274.1	301	127	92	17	62	1	72	1	0	1	1167	125	3.99	1.323	9.9	0.6	2.0	2.4	1.16
1933	25	PIT	NL	18	13	.581	2.72	47	35	10	21	5	1	291.1	290	106	88	9	55	3	88	5	0	1	1209	122	3.21	1.184	9.0	0.3	1.7	2.7	1.60	MVP-15
1934	26	PIT	NL	12	18	.400	3.58	49	34	7	16	3	1	263.2	299	135	105	8	59	5	103	3	0	4	1141	116	3.44	1.358	10.2	0.3	2.0	3.5	1.75
1935	27	CHC	NL	17	10	.630	2.96	42	30	6	16	4	2	246.1	279	94	81	10	44	4	90	2	1	0	1039	133	3.41	1.311	10.2	0.4	1.6	3.3	2.05
1936	28	CHC	NL	18	9	.667	3.39	43	28	8	16	4	3	252.1	262	103	95	16	54	4	104	6	0	1	1055	118	3.98	1.252	9.3	0.6	1.9	3.7	1.93
1937	29	CHC	NL	16	10	.615	3.98	42	28	5	11	4	0	208.0	229	106	92	17	65	11	100	1	0	5	911	99	4.09	1.413	9.9	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.54
1938	30	CHC	NL	10	19	.345	3.80	43	27	11	10	3	0	201.1	210	95	85	17	62	8	83	1	0	4	853	101	4.14	1.351	9.4	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.34
1939	31	CHC	NL	15	8	.652	3.29	36	21	11	10	2	1	194.0	205	80	71	7	50	5	98	1	0	5	828	119	3.22	1.314	9.5	0.3	2.3	4.5	1.96
1940	32	CHC	NL	14	14	.500	3.29	40	33	6	18	3	2	246.0	240	93	90	12	64	13	107	4	0	0	1024	114	3.43	1.236	8.8	0.4	2.3	3.9	1.67	AS
1941	33	TOT	NL	5	14	.263	4.51	32	19	5	6	1	0	153.2	177	94	77	11	47	9	68	3	2	1	688	78	3.68	1.458	10.4	0.6	2.8	4.0	1.45
1941	33	CHC	NL	5	14	.263	4.63	26	18	3	6	1	0	138.0	161	88	71	10	43	8	60	2	2	0	621	76	3.71	1.478	10.5	0.7	2.8	3.9	1.40
1941	33	BRO	NL	0	0		3.45	6	1	2	0	0	0	15.2	16	6	6	1	4	1	8	1	0	1	67	110	3.43	1.277	9.2	0.6	2.3	4.6	2.00
1942	34	BRO	NL	15	4	.789	1.83	38	14	10	8	4	0	147.2	127	39	30	1	36	5	62	5	0	1	596	180	2.50	1.104	7.7	0.1	2.2	3.8	1.72	MVP-24
14 Yrs				197	171	.535	3.44	570	383	108	199	40	17	3152.0	3375	1440	1206	164	819	77	1187	42	4	34	13465	114	3.76	1.331	9.6	0.5	2.3	3.4	1.45
162 Game Avg.				14	12	.535	3.44	41	27	8	14	3	1	225	241	103	86	12	58	5	85	3	0	2	961	114	3.76	1.331	9.6	0.5	2.3	3.4	1.45

CHC (7 yrs)				95	84	.531	3.54	272	185	50	87	21	8	1486.0	1586	659	585	89	382	53	642	17	3	15	6331	109	3.71	1.324	9.6	0.5	2.3	3.9	1.68
PIT (6 yrs)				87	83	.512	3.50	254	183	46	104	15	9	1502.2	1646	736	585	73	397	18	475	19	1	17	6471	116	3.94	1.360	9.9	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.20
BRO (2 yrs)				15	4	.789	1.98	44	15	12	8	4	0	163.1	143	45	36	2	40	6	70	6	0	2	663	168	2.59	1.120	7.9	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.75