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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.4

197

171

ERA

3.44

570

383

3152.0

1187

WHIP

1.331

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 9

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	425	2	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.86	2.45	33	12	8	2	3	5	51			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.083	2.28	-0.14%	0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
2	426	7	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	7.1	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.65	3.92	33	12	8	0	0	9	34			0	0	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.265	4.85	-0.60%	-1.87	1b start a 1	8b --3 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	427	13	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	4-GF(8)		6	5.0	6	1	1	4	2	1	0	4.66	4.66	24	6	6	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.006	.51	0.01%	1.63	4b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
4	428	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	6-6	BS(1)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.59	3	0	2	0	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.85	-0.160	7.47	-0.25%	-0.98	6b 123 0 out a3	6b -2- 2 out tie
5	429	23	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.72	3.77	32	20	3	0	2	6	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.157	2.11	0.27%	2.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	430	28	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	12	4	4	3	8	0	0	3.79	3.30	40	12	5	1	1	12	52			0	0	0	37	6	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.139	2.71	0.22%	0.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	431	32	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.45	3.04	39	19	2	1	0	10	61			0	0	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.82	0.484	4.84	0.77%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	432	38	May 30(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-2)	5	9.0	8	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.89	3.02	37	10	14	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.420	2.67	0.66%	4.59	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	433	43	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-3	L(4-3)	5	2.1	6	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.70	3.30	15	5	3	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.430	2.58	-0.65%	-4.51	1b start a 2	3b --3 1 out d3
10	434	44	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	9-GF		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.30	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	-0.179	12.06	-0.24%	-0.72	9b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
11	435	47	Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-8		2	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.58	3.36	29	13	7	0	4	7	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.273	2.36	0.33%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
12	436	52	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	GS-7	L(4-4)	5	6.1	8	6	6	5	4	1	0	4.02	3.57	32	8	11	3	2	4	32			0	0	0	25	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.308	2.89	-0.38%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
13	437	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	T,3-3	8-GF(8)	BS(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	3.56	3	1	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.96	-0.041	4.36	-0.04%	-0.14	8t 1-3 0 out a2	8t end tie
14	438	64	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	4-GF(8)		7	4.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.47	17	11	2	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.069	.61	0.13%	2.83	4b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 3
15	439	65	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,8-4	7-GF	W(5-4)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.41	10	6	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.256	2.74	0.40%	1.59	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
16	440	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	3.41	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	0.218	11.71	0.37%	0.55	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	441	69	Jul 2(1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	GS-4	L(5-5)	2	3.0	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	3.96	3.72	16	0	5	0	0	5	29			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.428	3.63	-0.94%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d2
18	442	75	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	4-GF(8)		3	4.2	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.06	3.68	20	6	7	2	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.121	1.68	0.15%	-0.87	4b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 5
19	443	79	Jul 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	4-5		6	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.30	3.64	8	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.417	2.92	-0.47%	-2.72	4b --- 0 out d1	5b -2- 1 out d1
20	444	81	Jul 16(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-2	5-GF	W(6-5)	2	5.0	3	2	1	3	3	0	0	4.17	3.61	20	11	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	1	.62	0.192	1.14	0.21%	0.63	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 7
21	445	88	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-7	7-8		5	0.1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	4.15	3.62	5	2	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	-0.295	3.31	-0.37%	-2.63	7b --3 2 out a4	8b 12- 0 out a2
22	446	90	Jul 25(1)	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	9-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.15	3.65	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	-0.094	2.53	-0.09%	-1.66	9t 12- 1 out d1	9t 123 1 out d2
23	447	91	Jul 25(2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	3.64	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.36	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	448	97	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	W,6-2		W(7-5)	6	6.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.96	3.60	25												23					0
25	449	103	Aug 8(2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	GS-10	L(7-6)	6	9.0	8	7	5	4	4	0	0	4.04	3.55	39	12	11	1	0	8	47			0	1	0	34	2	1	1	1	0	2	1.65	-0.534	3.69	-0.71%	-2.25	1t start tie	10t 123 0 out tie
26	450	110	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.74	3.43	34	14	8	1	5	4	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.385	.86	0.27%	4.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
27	451	117	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(9-6)	6	9.0	7	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.62	3.35	38	16	7	1	2	6	66			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	3	2.04	0.358	1.39	0.15%	1.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	452	121	Aug 26(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.45	3.23	35	14	8	0	2	8	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	2	.40	0.076	.66	0.08%	3.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	453	126	Sep 1(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(11-6)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.36	3.12	35	11	11	1	5	8	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.289	1.58	0.32%	2.73	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
30	454	132	Sep 6	CHC		STL	W,11-3	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	7	0	0	3.34	3.00	37	15	5	1	2	10	62			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	2	.21	0.155	.16	0.07%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	455	136	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(12-7)	3	7.0	9	5	5	1	6	0	0	3.47	2.93	31	11	4	1	0	9	44			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	2	.88	-0.268	.46	-0.08%	-1.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
32	456	140	Sep 14(2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	11	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.39	2.91	39						59						36	4	0			0
33	457	146	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.1	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.36	2.90	32	14	4	2	0	10	50			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
34	458	149	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(14-8)	2	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.39	2.86	22	7	5	2	2	7	49			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	459	152	Sep 27(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	W(15-8)	4	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.41	2.86	6	3	1	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.285	.00	0.00%	0.16	9b -2- 1 out tie	10b end a 1
36	460	154	Sep 30(1)	CHC		STL	L,5-7	GS-7		2	7.0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	2.84	30	16	6	0	1	7	58			0	0	1	30	3	0	0	1	0	3	1.12	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							19-16		W-L:15-8,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.6	194.1	205	80	71	50	98	7	1	3.29	2.84	828	1.79		5%	8%	172	54	15	53%	1	3	1	763	44	8	5	18	3	23	1.06	0.443	1.97	-0.57%	11.75

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