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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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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.4

197

171

ERA

3.44

570

383

3152.0

1187

WHIP

1.331

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	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	29	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	10 (1)	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	L,6-8	GF	15	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS	14	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
6	17 (3)	May 7	PIT		BRO	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	21 (3)	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,11-6	GS	17	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
8	24 (2)	May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-3	GF	14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
9	27 (2)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	32 (4)	May 28 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	1	1	0	2	1
11	35 (2)	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	19	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	39 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	44 (4)	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	45	Jun 10	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	46	Jun 12	PIT		BRO	L,7-9		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	48 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	52 (3)	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	55 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,7-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	57 (1)	Jun 23	PIT		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	62 (4)	Jun 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	65 (2)	Jul 1	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	71 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-4	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	72	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-12		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	74 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	79 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	80	Jul 18 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	84 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	88 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	92 (3)	Jul 29	PIT		STL	L,5-9		18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	93	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	98 (4)	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	99	Aug 5 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	105 (5)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	109 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	111 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-7		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
37	112	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-8		24	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
38	114 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	116 (1)	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	L,5-9	GS	25	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
40	119 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	121 (1)	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-5	GS	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	123 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-11	GS	12	1.2	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	127 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
44	131 (3)	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	135 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	139 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	GS	34	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	144 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,11-7		14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	146 (1)	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	150 (3)	Sep 30 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							49gm		264.0	10	40	3	53	4