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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-20 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 3

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	4	4	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	8	3	2	2	5	0	0	3.00	1.70	28	4	9	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.43	-0.067	3.39	-0.10%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
2	5	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	8	4	3	6	1	1	0	3.00	4.03	38	14	10	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.00	0.233	2.32	0.32%	0.66	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
3	6	14	Apr 29	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.63	3.70	35	10	9	3	0	8	67			1	1	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.414	4.45	0.74%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
4	7	19	May 4	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(2-2)	4	11.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.57	3.57	44	21	8	0	0	6	74			1	0	0	40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.66	0.213	5.77	0.45%	2.37	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
5	8	24	May 8(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.30	3.34	33	9	12	0	0	7	65			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.217	4.73	0.47%	3.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	9	29	May 15(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS-4	L(2-4)	6	3.2	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.09	3.40	19	4	5	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.367	2.98	-0.55%	-3.17	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d3
7	10	32	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG(10)	W(3-4)	2	10.0	5	3	3	6	5	0	0	3.02	3.36	39	19	4	0	0	5	69			0	2	0	33	0	2	1	3	0	3	1.60	0.283	3.46	0.37%	1.57	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
8	11	37	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(4-4)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.88	3.37	35	10	15	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.170	1.24	0.28%	2.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	12	41	May 30(1)	DET		KCA	L,6-8	GS-2	L(4-5)	4	2.0	6	6	3	0	1	0	1	3.19	3.36	14	4	2	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.519	2.75	-0.62%	-5.03	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
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
10	13	46	Jun 4	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.93	3.38	32	14	9	4	0	3	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.169	1.52	0.17%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	14	51	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	6	0	1	2.73	3.31	36	10	9	0	0	6	69			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.37	0.440	3.68	0.71%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	15	57	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(6-6)	7	8.1	8	3	3	3	5	1	1	2.78	3.39	35	7	12	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.336	3.91	-0.54%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
13	16	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-1	L(6-7)	5	0.1	4	6	3	2	0	1	0	3.05	3.59	8	2	0	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.346	1.10	-0.27%	-5.08	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d4
14	17	66	Jun 26(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	GS-4	L(6-8)	3	3.1	4	5	5	1	2	0	1	3.41	3.56	15	5	2	0	0	4	33			0	1	0	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.418	.89	-0.22%	-3.01	1b start a 1	4b --3 1 out d1
15	18	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	BW(7-8)	1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.55	5	2	1	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.42	-0.125	4.42	-0.08%	-0.05	9b 12- 2 out a1	10b 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
16	19	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	GS-4		3	3.1	9	7	5	2	4	0	0	3.69	3.49	22	3	4	0	0	9	20			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.70	-0.514	1.54	-0.28%	-4.69	1b start a 3	4b -2- 1 out d3
17	20	74	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF(15)	BL(7-9)	1	6.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.55	3.42	25	8	9	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.80	0.186	2.35	0.09%	1.50	9b 1-- 0 out a1	15b end d 1
18	21	79	Jul 9	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	L(7-10)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.43	3.32	37	18	7	0	0	8	61			2	2	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.022	.65	0.01%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	22	82	Jul 14(1)	DET		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.19	3.27	35	14	12	0	0	3	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.188	.13	0.04%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	23	87	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	GS-6	W(9-10)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.34	3.36	21	5	4	1	0	6	39			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.218	.54	-0.07%	-2.18	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a1
21	24	93	Jul 24(2)	DET		WSH	L,0-3	GS-6	L(9-11)	4	6.0	6	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.33	3.36	27	8	7	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.00	-0.064	.94	-0.04%	-0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
22	25	98	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-8	W(10-11)	3	8.0	11	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.39	3.36	36	12	7	0	0	11	42			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	1	0	1.01	0.152	1.03	0.09%	-0.34	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a3
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
23	26	104	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-11)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.19	3.32	28	15	10	4	0	2	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.562	.78	0.26%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
24	27	109	Aug 7(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	6	3	1	0	3.17	3.43	30	12	6	1	0	3	56			0	2	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.034	1.41	0.04%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	28	110	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.15	3.40	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.037	.63	0.03%	1.52	8b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	29	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	GS-3		3	2.2	5	5	5	3	2	1	1	3.37	3.51	17	3	3	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.415	.25	-0.06%	-3.85	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d3
27	30	118	Aug 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	L(11-12)	4	7.1	11	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.38	3.47	35	7	12	0	0	11	41			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.41	-0.066	.22	-0.01%	0.00	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
28	31	123	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(12-12)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.31	3.41	36	9	11	4	0	6	65			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	32	128	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.2	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.30	3.39	38	14	11	0	0	8	53			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.333	.00	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a3
30	33	130	Aug 29(2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.38	6	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
31	34	132	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	GS-7	W(13-12)	1	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.34	3.35	29	10	8	3	0	9	43			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
32	35	137	Sep 5(2)	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	L(13-13)	4	9.0	4	3	2	3	4	0	1	3.28	3.33	34	16	7	0	0	3	70			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
33	36	139	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.32	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.214	.00	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
34	37	143	Sep 11(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(13-14)	2	8.2	14	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.17	3.30	39	11	11	3	0	14	51			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.171	.00	0.00%	2.55	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
35	38	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(14-14)	5	9.0	10	1	1	6	3	0	0	3.09	3.32	43	9	16	1	0	9	60			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.76	0.537	.00	0.00%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	39	152	Sep 24(1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	GS-8	L(14-15)	6	7.2	9	7	3	3	3	0	0	3.10	3.30	36	11	10	1	0	9	41			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
							16-20		W-L:14-15,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.6	235.0	232	100	81	89	98	10	6	3.10	3.30	996	1.21		5%	0%	212	52	5	40%	9	12	1	886	35	8	3	28	7	15	1.25	1.131	1.66	1.26%	19.20

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