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: 7-16 / in Starts: 5-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	299	2	Apr 17	DET		LAA	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	15.00	7.27	16	2	6	0	0	6	27			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.335	1.53	-0.44%	-3.62	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
2	300	6	Apr 21	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS-3		3	2.0	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	14.40	7.41	13	2	3	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.254	3.14	-0.35%	-2.14	1b start a 1	3b 12- 0 out tie
3	301	11	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	GS-5	L(0-2)	6	4.1	7	5	4	2	1	1	0	11.57	7.00	22	5	7	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.243	1.92	-0.37%	-2.31	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
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	302	19	May 8	DET		BAL	L,3-4	3-9		9	6.1	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	6.89	6.05	26	9	8	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.86	0.555	4.03	0.72%	3.71	3t -23 1 out tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
5	303	30	May 18	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	GS-2		9	1.1	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.41	6.43	9	1	2	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.196	1.66	-0.16%	-1.95	1b start a 3	2b 12- 1 out a1
6	304	35	May 23	DET	@	CLE	L,9-11	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.00	6.27	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.012	.39	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to New York Mets
7	305	46	May 31(2)	NYM		SFG	L,6-8	6-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.30	5.71	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.022	.02	0.00%	0.86	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 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
8	306	47	Jun 2	NYM		HOU	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	5.33	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.062	.06	0.00%	0.86	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
9	307	52	Jun 7(2)	NYM		LAD	T,1-1	CG(5)		4	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.00	4.72	19	8	6	3	0	1	55			0	3	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.110	.05	0.00%	1.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
10	308	58	Jun 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-3)	5	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	5.34	4.82	24	8	2	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.241	.06	-0.01%	-1.78	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
11	309	68	Jun 21(2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-4)	7	4.0	7	6	6	3	2	2	1	6.25	5.52	23	4	6	2	1	7	23			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.391	.00	0.00%	-3.88	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d3
12	310	71	Jun 25	NYM		PIT	L,1-8	9-GF		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.08	5.44	4	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
13	311	75	Jun 28(2)	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-9	GS-5	L(0-5)	2	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	6.43	5.51	22	9	9	2	0	1	32			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-2.74	1b start tie	5b 3 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
14	312	79	Jul 2	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-7	6-7		3	2.0	5	4	1	1	3	0	0	6.34	5.31	12	2	6	2	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	.41	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-3.16	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d5
15	313	87	Jul 12(2)	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(1-5)	9	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	0	5.43	4.93	33	5	20	9	0	1	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	314	94	Jul 19(2)	NYM	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-9		6	8.0	11	5	4	2	0	0	0	5.31	4.72	37	19	16	5	5	0	40			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start a 2	9b 1-3 0 out a3
17	315	101	Jul 26(2)	NYM		MLN	L,10-15	GS-5		6	4.1	8	7	7	0	2	2	1	5.92	4.96	22	2	10	1	3	7	21			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.466	.00	0.00%	-5.31	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
18	316	102	Jul 28	NYM		LAD	L,0-9	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.83	4.97	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
19	317	104	Jul 31(1)	NYM		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-5)	2	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	5.14	4.69	30	13	12	2	1	0	85			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.568	.00	0.00%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 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
				Player went from New York Mets to Milwaukee Braves
20	318	115	Aug 16(1)	MLN	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-5)	15	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	5.09	4.99	24	12	8	2	0	3	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.052	.13	-0.01%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	319	121	Aug 22	MLN	@	HOU	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.96	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.024	.12	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
22	320	129	Aug 30(1)	MLN		SFG	L,10-13	GS-3		7	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.17	4.98	13	3	7	4	0	1	39			2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.190	.04	0.00%	-1.64	1t start tie	3t 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
23	321	151	Sep 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		23	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.05	4.91	8	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
24	322	154	Sep 26	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-4	8-8		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.90	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.03	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out d1
							7-16		W-L:3-5,Sv:1	4.8	87.2	101	55	49	24	37	14	7	5.03	4.90	384	0.86		14%	4%	58	42	2	0%	6	5	0	347	14	0	3	3	1	3	.88	-1.180	.60	-0.61%	-14.28

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