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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: 15-26 / in Starts: 11-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 9

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	382	5	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.50	33	10	14	0	1	4	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.463	2.21	0.70%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	383	9	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.2	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	2.87	4.07	31	12	7	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	-0.389	4.54	-0.75%	-1.64	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d1
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
3	384	13	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.1	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.32	3.58	14	8	0	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.117	3.26	-0.21%	-0.86	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out a1
4	385	16	May 4	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	5.2	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.01	3.70	25	5	6	2	1	8	39			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.179	2.44	-0.34%	-1.45	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
5	386	20	May 8	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	7.0	5	4	4	4	1	2	0	4.26	4.69	28	12	6	0	1	5	48			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.080	2.71	-0.22%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	387	24	May 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	GS-10	L(1-4)	4	9.2	7	4	4	5	4	0	0	4.14	4.48	40	16	8	0	3	7	58			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.045	5.06	0.08%	1.65	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out d2
7	388	27	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	0	3	2	0	3.91	4.69	25	11	8	3	1	3	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.077	2.48	0.13%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
8	389	30	May 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	W(2-4)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.45	4.31	34	17	8	1	1	3	77			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	3	.51	0.316	1.49	0.56%	3.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
9	390	34	May 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.26	4.23	32	15	10	2	1	0	72			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.264	2.50	0.53%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	391	37	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-5)	3	8.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.15	4.28	31	19	0	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.13	0.073	4.85	0.19%	1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
11	392	42	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(4-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.92	4.13	34	12	8	1	3	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.244	2.23	0.57%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	393	46	Jun 8(1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(4-6)	3	10.0	11	4	4	2	8	1	0	2.99	4.05	42	13	8	0	3	11	60			1	1	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.073	9.29	0.30%	1.09	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
13	394	50	Jun 12(2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	GS-5	L(4-7)	3	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.29	4.12	24	5	6	0	0	10	28			0	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.267	3.87	-0.66%	-2.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
14	395	54	Jun 17(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-1	L(4-8)	4	0.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.48	4.12	5	2	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.65	-0.341	7.14	-0.89%	-4.34	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d3
15	396	56	Jun 19(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-	L(4-9)	1	4.1	6	3	3	5	0	0	0	3.59	4.22	22						34						16					0
16	397	62	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-6	L(4-10)	6	6.0	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.48	4.19	23	14	3	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.037	4.93	0.12%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
17	398	67	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-10)	7	7.0	8	3	1	3	0	0	1	3.35	4.23	34	20	2	0	1	8	50			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.08	-0.064	3.24	-0.12%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
18	399	68	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.22	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.027	3.50	0.06%	0.45	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
19	400	69	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	L(5-11)	3	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.38	4.31	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.297	3.85	-0.55%	-0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
20	401	72	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	L(5-12)	2	9.0	11	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.50	4.22	37	10	11	0	1	11	46			1	0	0	35	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	-0.675	3.65	-0.76%	-0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	402	73	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-14	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	4.21	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
22	403	76	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(6-12)	2	9.0	10	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.31	4.13	36	11	10	0	2	10	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.318	1.16	0.24%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	404	81	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-13)	3	4.0	9	8	8	4	1	1	0	3.73	4.27	23	9	4	1	0	5	9			0	2	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.382	2.24	-0.60%	-4.96	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
24	405	86	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.84	4.22	25	11	2	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.250	5.36	-0.55%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d1
25	406	87	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-8	7-GF	W(7-13)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.78	4.18	8	0	5	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.243	4.43	0.42%	1.25	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 2
26	407	89	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	L(7-14)	2	3.0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.70	4.15	13	6	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.78	0.043	7.79	0.07%	0.65	9b -23 2 out tie	12b end d 1
27	408	90	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	5-GF(8)	L(7-15)	0	4.0	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.72	4.14	18	3	6	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.66	-0.278	3.43	-0.35%	-0.54	5b -23 0 out a1	8b end d 1
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	409	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-15)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.52	4.06	32	11	11	2	4	6	77			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.325	1.72	0.40%	4.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	410	99	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-15)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.34	3.95	32	10	11	2	0	6	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.558	2.02	0.70%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	411	101	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-GF(14)	L(9-16)	1	4.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.31	3.99	14	5	7	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.327	6.11	0.56%	1.70	9b 123 2 out tie	14b end d 1
31	412	107	Aug 16(2)	CHC		STL	L,2-5	GS-3	L(9-17)	4	2.1	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.41	4.05	14	2	4	1	2	6	33			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.242	2.80	-0.40%	-2.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
32	413	108	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.39	4.04	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
33	414	109	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	6-9		0	3.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.44	4.02	15	6	2	0	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.008	.17	-0.01%	-1.20	6t -2- 1 out d5	9t -23 1 out d7
34	415	110	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	4.01	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	0.004	.13	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
35	416	114	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	GS-1	L(9-18)	2	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.61	4.00	5	1	3	1	1	1	27			0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.277	1.48	-0.22%	-3.18	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d3
36	417	122	Aug 30	CHC		BSN	L,1-8	8-GF		6	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.62	3.99	8	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.07	-0.01%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
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
37	418	126	Sep 3(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	7-8		3	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.64	3.99	7	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.024	.85	0.02%	-0.29	7b --- 0 out d3	8b --- 1 out tie
38	419	140	Sep 18(2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,3-3	GS-5		14	4.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.70	4.06	23	10	1	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.235	10.45	-1.03%	-1.96	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out tie
39	420	144	Sep 23(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	8-GF	W(10-18)	4	2.0	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	3.71	4.15	11	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.032	14.79	0.15%	-1.01	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
40	421	145	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,9-3	6-6		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	4.15	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.101	11.18	-0.64%	-2.03	6t 12- 1 out a5	6t --3 1 out a3
41	422	149	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	8-8		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	4.15	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.080	77.40	-1.68%	-0.65	8t 1-3 0 out tie	8t 12- 0 out d1
42	423	151	Sep 30	CHC	@	STL	T,7-7	5-7		1	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.77	4.17	12	2	4	0	2	4		3	3	0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.53	-0.165	33.08	-1.30%	-1.51	5b 123 0 out a4	7b 1-- 0 out a1
43	424	154	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(10-19)	1	5.0	8	7	3	1	2	1	0	3.81	4.20	26	13	2	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.395	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
							15-26		W-L:10-19	2.6	201.0	211	95	85	62	83	16	1	3.81	4.20	854	1.71		4%	6%	185	50	18	50%	4	10	0	776	32	3	8	17	0	13	1.11	-1.328	4.20	-5.48%	2.45

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