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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	3	2	1	6	0
5	5	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 30	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	1	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	CG	57	11.0	8	2	0	10	0
10	10	May 6	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	11	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 8	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
13	13	May 9	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	May 10	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	13	1	0	14	0
15	15	May 11	CLE		BOS	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	18 (1)	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
18	19	May 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
19	20	May 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	21	May 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	22	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	23	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-14	GS	33	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	24	May 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	25	May 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	27 (1)	May 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	29 (1)	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,15-3	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	31 (1)	May 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	33 (1)	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
29	34	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
30	35	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	36	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	37	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	39 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,17-5	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	40	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
35	43 (2)	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	44	Jun 13 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
37	45	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	46	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
39	47	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
40	48	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	49	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	50	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	51	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	52	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
45	53	Jun 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-14	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	55 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
47	57 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	58	Jun 29	CLE		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	59	Jun 30	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	60	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	61	Jul 4	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	62	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	63	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-4	GS	33	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
54	64	Jul 9	CLE	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	65	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	67 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
57	68	Jul 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	69	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	70	Jul 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	73 (2)	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	74	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	75	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	77 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	78	Jul 22	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	79	Jul 23	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	80	Jul 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	10	2	0	12	0
67	81	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	82	Jul 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	84 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
70	85	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-13	GS	27	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	86	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	87	Aug 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
73	88	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
74	89	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	91 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	92	Aug 6	CLE	@	NYY	T,6-7	CG	48	9.2	15	1	0	16	1
77	94 (1)	Aug 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
78	95	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	101 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	102	Aug 18 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	105 (2)	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	106	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
83	108 (1)	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	109	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	16	1	1	18	0
85	110	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	111	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	115 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	118 (2)	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	119	Sep 2	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
90	120	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	121	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	123 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	126 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	127	Sep 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	136 (8)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
96	137	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	138	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	139	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
99	140	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
100	141	Sep 19 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
101	142	Sep 19 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
102	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
103	144	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
104	145	Sep 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	146	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	147	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	148	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
108	149	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
109	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
110	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	153	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
113	154	Sep 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
114	155	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
115	156	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
							115gm		986.0	559	80	9	648	13