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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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	32	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	11 (3)	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (3)	May 4	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	17 (1)	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (1)	May 9	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	44	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	23 (3)	May 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
8	27 (3)	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
9	28	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	31 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-12	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	35 (3)	May 29	CHC		STL	L,2-8	GS	27	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (7)	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	47 (3)	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	52 (4)	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	57 (4)	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	25	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	58	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	62 (3)	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	GS	28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	66 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	26	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
19	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	71 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	77 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	82 (4)	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	GS	33	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	87 (4)	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	GS	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	93 (5)	Jul 26	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	99 (5)	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	34	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
26	101 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	104 (2)	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	109 (4)	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	114 (4)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	118 (3)	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
31	119	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-11	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	121 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	124 (2)	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	GS	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	128 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	132 (3)	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	137 (4)	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	143 (5)	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
38	147 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
39	151 (3)	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	153 (1)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		246.0	7	63	2	72	2