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Frank Lary
Frank Strong Lary (Mule,Taters,The Yankee Killer)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Alabama

MLB Debut September 14, 1954
Final Game September 21, 1965
Born April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
Died December 14, 2017 (age 87)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1955 25 DEA AL  18  13  .581  35  35   5   0   0   1  241.0  227  1030  127  113  13   94   1   3   89   8  0  4.22  CY-10
 1956 26 DEA AL  14  14  .500  39  38   7   1   1   0  257.1  308  1178  158  134  26  114   4   9  144   4  0  4.69  
 1957 27 DEA AL  13   5  .722  39  23   3   8   0   2  168.2  184   727   82   73  23   54   7   2   71   5  0  3.90  
 1958 28 DEA AL  19  12  .613  36  36   6   0   0   4  253.1  249  1053  107  100  26   70   8   4  129   2  0  3.55  CY-9
 1959 29 DEA AL  16  10  .615  35  35   8   0   0   3  244.1  214   978   95   83  26   44   3   3  151   3  1  3.06  CY-5
 1960 30 DEA AL  18  11  .621  38  38   6   0   0   3  275.1  263  1133  121  108  32   67   4   4  162  10  0  3.53  CY-5
 1961 31 DEA AL  21   6  .778  34  34  14   0   0   2  267.1  239  1087  102   84  28   58   5   4  161   5  0  2.83  CY-1
 1962 32 DEA AL   2   2  .500   7   4   0   2   0   0   27.0   31   119   16    9   4    5   0   0   15   0  0  3.00  
 1963 33 DEA AL   3   9  .250  36  13   1  14   2   1  102.2   94   425   54   49  21   23   2   4   40   1  0  4.30  
 1964 34 DEA AL   1   3  .250  25   0   0  11   2   0   31.1   37   134   15   13   4    6   2   2   11   2  0  3.73  
 1965 35 NYN NL   2   2  .500  14   1   0   8   0   0   26.1   31   122   16   15   2   14   3   0    5   0  0  5.13  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons     127  87  .593 338 257  50  44   5  16 1894.2 1877  7986  893  781 205  549  39  35  978  40  1  3.71
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA     125  85  .595 324 256  50  36   5  16 1868.1 1846  7864  877  766 203  535  36  35  973  40  1  3.69
   With NYN       2   2  .500  14   1   0   8   0   0   26.1   31   122   16   15   2   14   3   0    5   0  0  5.13
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     128 116  .525 350 292 126  30  11  21 2163.1 2123  9107  960  838 197  616  35  97 1099  47  7  3.49
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1955 25 DEA AL  33  100   3.7   0  5.09   79  13   0  .165   3    8    6  .750    9    7  .562  -42   
 1956 26 DEA AL  45  166   5.8   1  5.34   79  11   1  .139   0   11    9  .818    8    3  .727   69   
 1957 27 DEA AL  38   97   5.2   1  5.00   54   4   0  .074   2   10    8  .800   10    6  .625   25   
 1958 28 DEA AL  46  111   3.9   0  4.97   88  13   2  .148   1    6    5  .833   12    5  .706  -12   
 1959 29 DEA AL  42   92   3.4   0  5.29   82  12   2  .146   0    8    6  .750    4    3  .571  -89   
 1960 30 DEA AL  38  116   3.8   0  5.29   99  19   5  .192   3   11    7  .636    9   11  .450  -33   
 1961 31 DEA AL  41   99   3.3   0  6.35   99  25   0  .253   0   12   12 1.000    9    5  .643  -37   
 1962 32 DEA AL  32   14   4.5   0  4.25    8   2   0  .250   1    1    0  .000    1    2  .333  -99   
 1963 33 DEA AL  45   52   4.6   2  6.15   27   1   0  .037   0    5    5 1.000    2    1  .667   46   
 1964 34 DEA AL  43   18   5.4   4          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    3    0 1.000  -46   
 1965 35 NYN NL  53   20   7.1   1  2.00    1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    9    0 1.000  200   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons          890   4.2   9        617 100  10  .162  10   72   58  .806   76   43  .639  -13   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 22.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 62.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    1  1.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   6   1   3   4
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    2  0.50   1-0   0  2  18.0   8   1   4   8
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    3  4.50   1-1   0  3  20.0  22  10   3   8
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  DEA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1965  NYN   60-102  Steve Dewing

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