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	25-16 / in Starts: 24-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	104 (52-36-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (39-23-12)

Most Driven In
B Tuttle	3
F Bolling	3
C Maxwell	2
R Boone	2
J Brideweser	1
Self	1
F House	0

Most Driven In By
C Maxwell	5
H Kuenn	5
A Kaline	2
Self	1
E Torgeson	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	40	1	Apr 17	DET		KCA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	9	1.50	0.053	3.79	0.08%	0.30	P
2	41	5 (3)	Apr 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	9	.47	0.015	.98	0.02%	0.13	P
3	42	8 (2)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.857	1.286	9	.89	-0.033	2.19	-0.05%	-0.23	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	43	12 (3)	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.40	0.005	.83	0.01%	-1.51	P
5	44	17 (4)	May 6 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	9	1.10	0.003	1.80	0.00%	0.07	P
6	45	21 (3)	May 11	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	9						P
7	46	23 (1)	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	9						P
8	47	25 (1)	May 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650	9	1.16	-0.063	1.52	-0.05%	-0.58	P
9	48	30 (4)	May 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.389	.652	9	.98	0.008	1.35	0.01%	0.03	P
10	49	35 (4)	May 27 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.238	.261	.381	.642	9	.67	-0.087	.57	-0.04%	-1.09	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
11	50	40 (4)	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.259	.360	.619	9	.81	0.066	1.45	0.07%	0.34	P
12	51	45 (4)	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.233	.321	.555	9	1.29	0.076	2.77	0.10%	0.65	P
13	52	50 (4)	Jun 11	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.219	.300	.519	9	1.17	-0.011	2.19	-0.01%	0.05	P
14	53	53 (2)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.206	.281	.487	9	.87	-0.047	1.98	-0.06%	-0.41	P
15	54	57 (3)	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.171	.189	.257	.446	9	.75	-0.109	1.32	-0.12%	-1.84	P
16	55	61 (3)	Jun 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.189	.257	.446	9						P
17	56	64 (2)	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.205	.270	.475	9	1.28	0.008	.31	0.00%	-0.03	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
18	57	68 (3)	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.175	.190	.250	.440	9	1.58	-0.085	.47	-0.02%	-1.01	P
19	58	73 (4)	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-7	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.239	.279	.518	9	.87	0.121	.05	0.00%	1.72	P
20	59	77 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-9	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.235	.292	.527	9	.74	-0.058	.05	0.00%	-1.45	P
21	60	80 (2)	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.236	.280	.516	9	.96	-0.038	.05	0.00%	-0.92	P
22	61	85 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.224	.264	.488	9	.89	-0.081	.04	0.00%	-0.91	P
23	62	89 (3)	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.213	.250	.463	9	1.33	-0.186	.02	0.00%	-1.65	P
24	63	91 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.213	.250	.463	2						P
25	64	94 (2)	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.231	.254	.485	9	1.19	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
26	65	99 (4)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.183	.239	.250	.489	9	1.00	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.64	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
27	66	104 (4)	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.239	.250	.489	9	.53	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
28	67	106 (1)	Aug 7	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.246	.258	.504	9	1.28	-0.046	.01	0.00%	-0.46	P
29	68	110 (3)	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.236	.246	.482	9	.69	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
30	69	113 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.230	.239	.469	9	1.76	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
31	70	117 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.231	.229	.459	9	.86	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
32	71	121 (3)	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.225	.222	.447	9	1.09	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
33	72	125 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.225	.222	.447	9						P
34	73	126	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.214	.211	.425	9	.46	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.78	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
35	74	129 (2)	Sep 1	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.227	.225	.452	9	.59	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.87	P
36	75	134 (4)	Sep 6	DET	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.228	.217	.445	9	.39	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
37	76	138 (3)	Sep 11	DET		WSH	W,12-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.172	.229	.218	.448	9	.38	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
38	77	142 (3)	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.220	.209	.429	9	1.18	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
39	78	146 (3)	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.240	.234	.474	9	.34	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.88	P
40	79	149 (2)	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.173	.231	.224	.456	9	.29	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.53	P
41	80	154 (4)	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.239	.233	.472	9	.29	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
							25-16		119	103	14	19	2	0	1	12	8	0	25	0	6	2	5	4	0	0	.184	.239	.233	.472		.84	-0.795	.55	-0.07%	-11.58

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