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: 20-20 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 4

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	81	1	Apr 16	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.25	3.46	32	8	12	1	2	7	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.096	2.37	0.15%	1.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	82	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.06	2.40	36	8	14	1	5	7	76			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.219	.70	0.25%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	83	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-4		5	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.90	2.61	13	6	4	1	0	0	54			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.105	2.32	0.11%	1.03	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 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	84	14	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	4.0	5	5	2	3	2	1	0	1.50	3.33	20	10	1	0	0	4	37			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.23	-0.357	2.18	-0.38%	-3.07	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
5	85	18	May 5	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.36	2.94	32	9	12	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.453	2.36	0.55%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	86	22	May 9	DET		WSH	L,5-8	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	1	2.31	3.33	29	9	6	1	1	9	34			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.284	2.13	-0.38%	-2.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
7	87	26	May 15	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.2	8	6	6	2	2	0	1	3.30	3.35	23	3	7	1	0	8	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.428	2.61	-0.51%	-3.84	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d3
8	88	31	May 20	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	L(2-5)	4	8.1	6	2	2	5	3	0	1	3.12	3.44	33	9	10	1	1	5	61			0	2	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.45	0.219	3.06	0.28%	1.61	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out tie
9	89	33	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-10	L(2-6)	1	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.25	3.54	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	0.028	6.77	0.04%	-0.11	9b -2- 2 out tie	10b 12- 1 out tie
10	90	36	May 27	DET		CLE	W,11-5	GS-6		4	5.2	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	3.39	3.90	28	7	7	2	1	6	41			0	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.031	2.18	-0.03%	-0.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
11	91	41	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG(8)	L(2-7)	3	8.0	9	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.80	4.14	35	13	11	2	2	7	40			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	.60	-0.039	1.65	-0.07%	-2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
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
12	92	46	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.63	4.08	30	7	9	2	3	7	63			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.072	1.58	-0.06%	1.38	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a1
13	93	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	4.05	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.072	2.14	0.08%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
14	94	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	GS-8	W(3-7)	2	7.0	9	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.46	4.06	30	10	5	0	2	7	53			0	0	1	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	.79	0.215	1.87	0.30%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
15	95	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	11	1	1	3	2	0	1	3.22	3.99	37	9	12	2	1	10	60			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.50	0.392	3.76	0.59%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	96	60	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-8)	4	6.1	8	3	2	5	4	0	0	3.19	3.97	30	12	5	0	2	4	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.12	0.005	2.88	0.01%	0.37	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
17	97	62	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	13-GF(13)	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.96	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.72	0.258	18.12	0.26%	0.72	13b 123 2 out a1	13b end a 1
18	98	65	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-3		2	2.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.92	15	2	3	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.292	1.17	-0.24%	-4.15	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
19	99	69	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS-3	L(4-9)	3	2.2	7	7	7	3	0	1	1	3.98	4.12	20	6	5	1	2	5	13			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	1	.83	-0.438	1.22	-0.38%	-6.28	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d5
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
20	100	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	L(4-10)	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.98	4.11	36	12	13	1	3	9	53			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.29	-0.306	1.39	-0.20%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	101	77	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,1-3	GS-12	L(4-11)	3	11.1	11	3	3	4	5	1	1	3.84	4.10	47	20	9	1	1	8	65			1	0	1	42	1	0	1	3	0	1	1.91	0.178	.98	0.06%	1.62	1t start tie	12t 1-3 1 out d2
22	102	79	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS-3		4	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.06	4.09	12	1	3	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.286	.40	-0.06%	-2.65	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d1
23	103	84	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	1	4.12	4.07	30	14	5	2	0	4	51			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.087	.39	-0.02%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
24	104	88	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-12)	3	6.1	6	4	4	3	5	2	0	4.19	4.17	27	7	6	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	-0.253	.09	-0.01%	-1.18	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
25	105	92	Jul 25	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-5	L(4-13)	4	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	2	4.23	4.13	24	5	8	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.109	.13	-0.01%	-0.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
26	106	94	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-8	BS(1)	1	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.27	4.12	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	-0.376	.85	-0.05%	-1.98	8b 12- 0 out a3	8b 12- 2 out tie
27	107	97	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-14)	2	7.0	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	4.14	4.01	28	14	7	1	4	4	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	.76	0.035	.07	0.00%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
28	108	99	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.98	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	0.324	.10	0.01%	1.49	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
29	109	102	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-3	L(4-15)	2	2.2	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.27	4.11	13	5	3	0	1	4	33			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.250	.02	0.00%	-2.84	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
30	110	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	1	4.25	4.10	28	12	6	2	1	6	56			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.068	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
31	111	112	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	W(5-15)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.24	4.05	35	13	9	1	2	7	59			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.116	.00	0.00%	0.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
32	112	116	Aug 18(1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(6-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	1	1	1	4.08	4.11	35	12	13	4	2	4	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.295	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	113	120	Aug 22	DET		BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-15)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.88	4.00	29	15	8	2	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.487	.00	0.00%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	114	124	Aug 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(8-15)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.80	3.98	36	16	9	1	1	7	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	115	129	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	9	6	6	3	3	1	0	3.98	4.03	25	12	1	0	0	6	22			1	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	-0.537	.00	0.00%	-4.24	1b start a 1	5b -23 2 out d3
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
36	116	132	Sep 2(2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(9-15)	1	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	1	3.98	3.95	39	16	8	2	2	9	54			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.269	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
37	117	135	Sep 7	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS-2	L(9-16)	4	1.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.12	3.94	9	1	3	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-3.70	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d4
38	118	138	Sep 11(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	W(10-16)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.04	3.86	36	15	7	0	2	7	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.184	.00	0.00%	2.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
39	119	143	Sep 15(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(11-16)	3	6.2	5	3	3	2	1	2	0	4.04	3.95	26	8	10	1	0	5	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.03	1b start a 3	7b 12- 2 out a1
40	120	153	Sep 28	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GS-8		12	8.0	7	3	3	3	8	0	0	4.01	3.87	33	7	8	1	1	7	61			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	0	.72	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
							20-20		W-L:11-16,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.0	237.2	250	111	106	72	107	23	12	4.01	3.87	1012	1.29		6%	7%	217	50	8	25%	5	6	3	907	29	5	8	35	4	15	1.09	-0.402	1.14	0.28%	-2.26

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