Frankie Pytlak

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: July 30, 1908 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: May 8, 1977 in Buffalo, NY

Buried: St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Buffalo, NY

High School: Masten Park HS (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: April 22, 1932 (Age 23-267d, 7,475th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1946 (Age 37-269d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Frank Anthony Pytlak

Pronunciation: \PIT-lack\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2399

677

.282

316

RBI

272

OBP

.355

SLG

.363

OPS

.718

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-2	GS	20	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-20	GS	30	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
14	14	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	17 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-10	GF	13	3.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	18	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	19	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	20	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	22	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	23	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	24	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
24	25	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	26	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	27	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
27	28	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,18-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	29	May 26	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 27	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	31	May 28	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
31	32	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	35	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,5-12	GS	34	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
36	37	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-12	GS	38	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	38	Jun 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-20	CG	49	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	39	Jun 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	42 (2)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	43	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
41	44	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	46	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	47	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	49 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	50	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	51	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	54 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
52	60 (2)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	64 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	67 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	70 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	71	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	72	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	73	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	76 (2)	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
60	77	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	78	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	79	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	83 (3)	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	84	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	87 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	90 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
67	92 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	94 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	95	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	96	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	GF	24	6.0	6	1	1	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	97	Aug 1	CLE		DET	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	98	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	99	Aug 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	100	Aug 4	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
75	101	Aug 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	102	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	105 (2)	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	107 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
80	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	110	Aug 18 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	111	Aug 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	112	Aug 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
84	113	Aug 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	115 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	116	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	118 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS	20	3.1	4	1	0	5	1
							88gm		705.0	325	38	4	367	4