Larry French

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 1, 1907 in Visalia, CA us

Died: February 9, 1987 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1929 (Age 21-168d, 6,882nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1942 (Age 34-329d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Lawrence Herbert French

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.4

197

171

ERA

3.44

570

383

3152.0

1187

WHIP

1.331

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-24 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 6

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	159	2	Apr 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.00	3.57	32	9	17	3	2	4	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.89	0.265	2.48	0.45%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	160	6	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(2-0)	8	10.0	13	5	4	1	2	1	1	2.37	4.01	42	14	13	2	6	11	49			2	0	0	39	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.69	0.015	5.51	0.03%	-0.54	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
3	161	11	Apr 28	PIT		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.61	3.54	33	10	13	1	0	6	77			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.576	4.69	1.23%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	162	15	May 2	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-2	L(3-1)	3	1.2	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.03	4.05	12	3	1	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.410	4.69	-1.03%	-4.10	1b start a 4	2b --- 2 out d1
5	163	18	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.33	3.68	30	6	14	0	3	3	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.550	4.56	1.52%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	164	22	May 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(4-2)	4	10.2	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.82	3.53	44	15	20	4	0	7	74			0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	3	2.16	0.038	11.27	0.12%	2.13	1b start tie	11b 123 2 out d1
7	165	26	May 17	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS-4		3	3.1	9	4	4	1	0	0	1	2.39	3.60	21	4	6	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.399	6.51	-1.02%	-3.35	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out a1
8	166	28	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	3-7		1	4.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.35	3.55	16	6	9	1	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.044	1.14	0.13%	1.64	3t 12- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
9	167	31	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-3)	2	8.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.48	3.47	33	16	11	1	0	6	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.080	4.10	-0.24%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	168	35	May 28(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.42	3.40	37	10	18	1	6	9	61			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.323	6.37	1.05%	1.90	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
11	169	39	May 31	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	3.39	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.003	.32	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
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	170	40	Jun 3(1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-9	GS-1		2	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	2.97	3.43	6	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.357	5.30	-0.99%	-4.19	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
13	171	41	Jun 3(2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF		-1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.42	5	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.014	.68	-0.04%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
14	172	43	Jun 4(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-9	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.94	3.38	11	3	6	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.34	6b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 7
15	173	46	Jun 8	PIT		CIN	L,2-8	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	5.0	7	8	3	2	0	0	0	3.08	3.42	27	10	8	1	3	7	29			1	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	3	.65	-0.303	2.21	-0.62%	-5.77	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
16	174	50	Jun 11(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-4)	2	9.0	8	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.79	3.31	38	10	12	2	2	8	76			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.553	6.32	1.48%	4.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	175	52	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.73	3.31	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.069	3.27	0.19%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	176	57	Jun 18(2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG(8)	W(7-4)	3	8.0	11	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.78	3.29	33	11	9	0	2	11	48			0	0	0	30	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.004	4.32	-0.01%	0.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
19	177	59	Jun 21(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.28	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	-0.086	12.09	-0.21%	0.46	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 1
20	178	62	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(7-5)	1	8.0	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.96	3.36	34	12	12	2	2	7	45			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.396	6.21	-0.75%	-1.61	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
21	179	67	Jun 28(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-7	GS-10	L(7-6)	4	9.1	9	6	5	4	8	2	0	3.11	3.51	42	9	13	1	1	8	52			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.67	-0.318	8.55	-0.98%	-0.71	1b start a 2	10b 1-3 1 out tie
22	180	69	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(7-7)	1	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.29	3.50	8	2	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	-0.728	11.08	-1.41%	-2.18	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end d 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
23	181	73	Jul 4(2)	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.20	3.45	34	13	11	0	2	7	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.336	3.35	0.61%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	182	74	Jul 5	PIT		STL	W,7-6	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	3.45	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.297	10.38	0.66%	1.01	8t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
25	183	75	Jul 8(1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8			2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.44	4												4					0
26	184	77	Jul 10	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(9-7)	1	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.14	3.38	34	12	13	0	4	7	67			1	0	0	33	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.228	4.12	0.51%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
27	185	79	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	BW(10-7)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.38	5	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.070	8.85	0.17%	0.35	9t --3 1 out a1	10t end tie
28	186	81	Jul 14	PIT		BSN	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-8)	1	10.0	11	4	1	4	3	0	0	2.96	3.38	45	14	13	3	3	11	59			1	0	0	38	1	0	2	2	0	2	1.84	-0.183	7.43	-0.44%	0.46	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
29	187	85	Jul 19(1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.85	3.41	37	13	14	2	4	7	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.344	6.81	1.32%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	188	89	Jul 22(1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	L(11-9)	2	8.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.77	3.40	32	10	12	4	0	6	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.262	5.37	0.94%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	189	95	Jul 27	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.64	3.37	33	10	9	1	0	6	77			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.44	0.549	5.79	1.33%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	190	98	Jul 30(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7		2	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	2.68	3.39	30	12	10	0	3	6	53			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	2	.65	-0.109	2.62	-0.27%	0.03	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
33	191	101	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,3-4	9-GF(12)	L(12-10)	2	4.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.67	3.34	17	2	5	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.033	10.19	-0.12%	0.79	9t --- 0 out d1	12t end d 1
34	192	103	Aug 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS-7		1	7.0	11	4	4	0	4	0	0	2.76	3.28	30	11	4	0	1	11	43			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.187	6.45	-0.60%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
35	193	106	Aug 11	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	GS-5	L(12-11)	6	4.1	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	2.92	3.29	20	5	7	0	1	7	28			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.169	5.94	-0.60%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
36	194	110	Aug 16(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(12-12)	4	10.0	6	2	2	2	1	2	0	2.87	3.41	37	10	18	2	4	6	71			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.184	6.67	0.55%	2.24	1b start tie	11b --- 0 out d1
37	195	113	Aug 20(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	9	4	2	1	4	1	0	2.85	3.43	34	9	11	0	2	9	55			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.178	4.81	-0.37%	-0.71	1b start a 3	8b 3 out tie
38	196	116	Aug 25(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-8	GS-5		4	5.0	9	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.98	3.49	24	6	9	0	4	8	28			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.345	2.66	-0.56%	-2.79	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
39	197	121	Aug 28(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(13-12)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.91	3.42	34	7	13	3	2	6	77			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.216	.42	0.15%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
Sep/Oct				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
40	198	125	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(14-12)	3	11.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.81	3.42	44	17	14	1	8	6	80			1	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.32	0.690	4.63	1.45%	3.91	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
41	199	129	Sep 5	PIT		NYG	W,6-1	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	8	1	0	4	7	0	0	2.71	3.39	39	10	11	1	0	7	72			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.223	2.66	0.41%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
42	200	134	Sep 9(1)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(16-12)	3	9.0	11	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.69	3.40	38	15	11	2	0	8	55			1	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	0	.99	0.135	1.53	0.13%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
43	201	140	Sep 13	PIT		BSN	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-12)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.60	3.39	32	9	17	1	4	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.709	.31	0.10%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
44	202	146	Sep 19(1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(18-12)	5	9.0	8	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.52	3.35	37	12	10	1	4	7	73			2	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	0.441	.00	0.00%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
45	203	150	Sep 24(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(18-13)	4	4.1	11	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.61	3.33	25	9	0	0	0	11	28			0	0	0	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d1
46	204	152	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	5-6		0	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.63	3.33	6	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.31	5b 1-- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d3
47	205	153	Oct 1(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-4		5	3.0	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	2.72	3.32	17	2	6	0	1	8	26			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.372	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 0 out a2
							23-24		W-L:18-13,Sv:1,BSv:2	2.7	291.0	290	106	88	55	88	9	5	2.72	3.32	1209	0.91		5%	10%	271	56	11	27%	11	2	0	1130	42	8	3	26	0	24	1.24	2.025	4.62	4.28%	26.13

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