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Larry
French		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 1, 1907 in Usa, CA, VISALIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1937   
All-Star Selections 1936    1938    1941    1943   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 BOS AL $ 300,000 83 47 46 46 61 61 61 71 71 71
1931 23 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1932 24 BOS AL $ 3,178,571 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1933 25 BOS AL $ 3,178,571 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1934 26 BOS AL $ 3,178,571 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1935 27 BOS AL $ 3,178,571 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1936 28 BOS AL $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1937 29 BOS AL $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1938 30 BOS AL $ 7,500,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1939 31 BOS AL $ 8,800,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1940 32 BOS AL $ 8,800,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1941 33 BOS AL $ 8,800,000 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1942 34 BOS AL $ 8,800,000 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1943 35 NYA AL $ 8,000,000 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1944 36 BOS AL $ 410,000 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,800,000 83 47 46 46 61 61 61 71 71 71
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   25 25 25 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 51 51 51
1931 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 24 BOS AL $ 3,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 25 BOS AL $ 3,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 26 BOS AL $ 3,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 27 BOS AL $ 3,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 28 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 29 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 30 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 31 BOS AL $ 8,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 32 BOS AL $ 8,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 33 BOS AL $ 8,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 34 BOS AL $ 8,800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 35 NYA AL $ 8,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 36 BOS AL $ 410,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,800,000   25 25 25 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 51 51 51
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 22 BOS AL 17 18 .486 40 40 18 0 0 302.3 357 148 12 84 72 4.41 .294 .337 .396 .733 15.3
1931 23 BOS AL 7 24 .226 36 35 17 1 0 275.3 326 141 16 95 81 4.61 .298 .353 .417 .770 10.6
1932 24 BOS AL 6 8 .429 31 19 6 0 1 165.7 226 96 10 43 40 5.22 .326 .363 .423 .786 4.8
    AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 45.7 51 10 0 13 20 1.97 .290 .339 .324 .662  
1933 25 BOS AL 13 18 .419 36 36 16 0 0 271.7 312 140 16 85 76 4.64 .291 .341 .401 .741 14.5
1934 26 BOS AL 15 21 .417 42 42 17 1 0 323.7 371 161 22 107 107 4.48 .287 .341 .404 .745 17.5
1935 27 BOS AL 19 11 .633 39 39 12 1 0 311.7 316 120 11 107 123 3.47 .264 .323 .349 .672 25.5
1936 28 BOS AL 22 14 .611 41 41 12 2 0 314.7 337 145 18 89 133 4.15 .270 .316 .374 .690 18.0
1937 29 BOS AL 22 14 .611 41 41 22 3 0 338.3 303 115 22 89 149 3.06 .239 .288 .346 .634 26.6
1938 30 BOS AL 23 11 .676 40 40 19 4 0 329.0 329 117 6 87 167 3.20 .259 .305 .343 .648 27.8
1939 31 BOS AL 17 11 .607 36 36 18 3 0 286.0 304 106 13 63 156 3.34 .274 .313 .381 .694 21.1
1940 32 BOS AL 19 13 .594 38 38 16 2 0 299.3 315 133 29 84 169 4.00 .269 .319 .412 .731 17.1
1941 33 BOS AL 14 7 .667 26 26 13 2 0 205.3 173 73 13 52 100 3.20 .227 .276 .324 .600 16.3
1942 34 BOS AL 17 16 .515 38 38 18 1 0 302.7 304 127 25 92 138 3.78 .259 .313 .392 .705 20.8
1943 35 NYA AL 12 8 .600 24 20 6 0 0 150.0 165 67 15 66 63 4.02 .279 .351 .408 .758 10.8
    AAA   2 5 .286 7 7 0 0 0 40.3 46 24 8 30 19 5.36 .279 .390 .467 .856  
1944 36 BOS AL 14 23 .378 40 40 10 1 0 282.0 329 180 36 134 59 5.74 .296 .370 .449 .819 9.3
15 Years Sim 237 217 .522 548 531 220 21 1 4157.6 4467 1869 264 1277 1633 4.05 .275 .326 .387 .713 256.0
2 Years AAA 5 7 .417 13 13 0 0 0 86.0 97 34 8 43 39 3.56 .284 .365 .393 .758  
Season Average 15 14 .517 36 35 14 1 0 277.2 297 124 17 85 108 4.05 .275 .326 .387 .713  
Career Highs 23 24 .676 42 42 22 4 1 338.3 371 180 36 134 169 5.74 .326 .370 .449 .819  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3260 1326 200 904 1145   .285 .337 .404 .742
vs LH   1207 543 64 373 488   .250 .303 .345 .649
Home 117 109 .518 274 262 111 9 0 2081.0 2161 918 128 645 753 3.97 .268 .322 .381 .703
Away 120 108 .526 274 269 109 12 1 2076.6 2306 951 136 632 880 4.12 .281 .333 .392 .725
Mar/Apr 30 37 .448 90 89 36 2 0 686.9 736 325 49 209 289 4.26 .273 .325 .394 .719
May 42 40 .512 97 97 39 6 0 741.3 799 361 55 225 282 4.38 .275 .327 .396 .724
June 47 36 .566 94 92 43 5 0 737.6 758 293 45 221 285 3.58 .264 .317 .374 .691
July 26 39 .400 89 78 29 2 0 597.3 697 296 44 196 239 4.46 .292 .346 .412 .758
August 53 27 .663 91 88 41 4 1 723.3 745 275 27 205 255 3.42 .268 .318 .353 .671
Sep/Oct 39 38 .506 87 87 37 3 0 670.9 732 319 44 221 283 4.28 .278 .334 .397 .730
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 22 BOS AL 40 103 10 22 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 16 .214 .255 .223 .478 6.0 0.0
1931 23 BOS AL 36 93 1 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .118 .128 .129 .257 -1.1 0.0
1932 24 BOS AL 31 55 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .127 .127 .127 .255 -0.5 0.0
1933 25 BOS AL 36 81 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .123 .145 .136 .280 0.2 0.0
1934 26 BOS AL 42 107 8 25 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 20 .234 .248 .262 .509 7.6 0.0
1935 27 BOS AL 39 105 6 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .171 .179 .181 .360 2.0 0.0
1936 28 BOS AL 41 110 8 19 1 0 2 15 0 0 3 12 .173 .191 .236 .428 6.0 0.0
1937 29 BOS AL 41 120 5 18 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .150 .163 .158 .321 0.5 0.0
1938 30 BOS AL 40 116 9 23 4 1 0 7 0 0 2 18 .198 .212 .250 .462 4.6 0.0
1939 31 BOS AL 36 98 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .092 .091 .092 .183 -3.5 0.0
1940 32 BOS AL 38 97 8 16 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 24 .165 .178 .216 .395 3.8 0.0
1941 33 BOS AL 26 69 5 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 15 .130 .155 .174 .329 0.7 0.0
1942 34 BOS AL 38 94 8 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 23 .128 .144 .128 .272 -0.2 0.0
1943 35 NYA AL 24 52 3 9 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 14 .173 .185 .231 .416 2.5 0.0
1944 36 BOS AL 40 88 4 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 22 .136 .174 .136 .310 0.5 0.0
15 Years Sim 548 1388 84 220 17 3 3 85 1 0 25 269 .159 .175 .182 .357 29.1 0.0
162 Game Average 410 24 65 5 0 0 25 0 0 7 79 .159 .175 .182 .357 8.6  
Career Highs 42 120 10 25 4 1 2 15 1 0 4 25 .234 .255 .262 .509 7.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1001 59 150 14 2 2 59 0 0 16 193 .150 .165 .174 .339 4.8
vs LH   387 25 70 3 1 1 26 1 0 9 76 .181 .201 .202 .403 9.9
Home 274 658 36 98 8 3 0 35 0 0 14 128 .149 .168 .170 .338 3.4
Away 274 730 48 122 9 0 3 50 1 0 11 141 .167 .182 .192 .374 11.4
RISP   351 0 55 4 1 2 84 0 0 6 77 .157 .168 .191 .358 4.4
Close/Late   113 7 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 26 .142 .155 .186 .341 0.7
Mar/Apr 90 233 20 33 3 1 1 12 0 0 2 51 .142 .152 .176 .328 0.1
May 97 243 8 33 2 0 0 11 0 0 5 53 .136 .155 .144 .299 -1.5
June 94 246 16 44 3 1 1 17 1 0 6 44 .179 .196 .211 .407 7.0
July 78 193 9 23 4 1 0 12 0 0 4 36 .119 .135 .150 .285 -2.0
August 91 251 18 48 3 0 1 22 0 0 6 44 .191 .215 .215 .430 8.2
Sep/Oct 87 222 13 39 2 0 0 11 0 0 2 41 .176 .190 .185 .375 3.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 22 BOS AL P 40 40 302.3 22 87 3 5 .973 3.24    
1931 23 BOS AL P 36 35 275.3 30 63 2 4 .979 3.04    
1932 24 BOS AL P 31 19 165.7 11 41 1 3 .981 2.83    
1933 25 BOS AL P 36 36 271.7 19 71 3 4 .968 2.98    
1934 26 BOS AL P 42 42 323.7 21 85 5 9 .955 2.95    
1935 27 BOS AL P 39 39 311.7 19 78 3 6 .970 2.80    
1936 28 BOS AL P 41 41 314.7 18 70 4 6 .957 2.52    
1937 29 BOS AL P 41 41 338.3 25 76 6 6 .944 2.69    
1938 30 BOS AL P 40 40 329.0 23 71 2 2 .979 2.57    
1939 31 BOS AL P 36 36 286.0 16 66 3 8 .965 2.58    
1940 32 BOS AL P 38 38 299.3 25 56 2 1 .976 2.44    
1941 33 BOS AL P 26 26 205.3 12 42 1 3 .982 2.37    
1942 34 BOS AL P 38 38 302.7 25 72 3 7 .970 2.88    
1943 35 NYA AL P 24 20 150.0 4 42 0 2 1.000 2.76    
1944 36 BOS AL P 40 40 282.0 21 52 2 4 .973 2.33    
Career Totals   548 531 4157.6 291 972 40 70 .969 2.73    
Career Highs   42 42 338.3 30 87 6 9 1.000 3.24    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1933 25 BOS AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 20 14 2 6 3 11.45 .408 .473 .633 1.105
1934 26 BOS AL 3 0 1.000 4 4 3 1 0 34.0 23 7 2 7 18 1.85 .193 .238 .269 .507
1935 27 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 17.3 15 7 2 6 7 3.64 .234 .300 .391 .691
1936 28 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 16 6 0 2 5 3.95 .291 .316 .327 .643
1937 29 BOS AL 1 1 .500 4 4 1 0 0 30.0 41 16 3 10 7 4.80 .336 .386 .484 .870
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 4 .600 14 14 5 1 0 106.0 115 50 9 31 40 4.25 .281 .332 .403 .735
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 25 BOS AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1934 26 BOS AL 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .000 .143 .000 .143
1935 27 BOS AL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1936 28 BOS AL 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 29 BOS AL 4 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .333 .444
Career Post-Season Batting 14 37 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 11 .027 .077 .081 .158
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1935-1-3.47
1936-10-4.15
1937-2-3.06
1938-2-3.20
1939-2-3.34
1941-1-3.20
1942-9-3.78
 Wins
1935-6-19
1936-5-22
1937-3-22
1938-4-23
1940-6-19
1942-10-17
CAR-35-237
 Losses
1930-10-18
1931-2-24
1933-4-18
1934-2-21
1942-7-16
1944-1-23
CAR-14-217
 Winning Pct
1935-5-.633
1936-9-.611
1937-8-.611
1938-5-.676
1939-6-.607
1940-8-.594
1941-2-.667
1943-7-.600
 Games Started
1934-1-42
CAR-36-531
 Complete Games
1933-4-16
1934-6-17
1937-5-22
1938-3-19
1939-5-18
1940-6-16
1942-3-18
1944-8-10
CAR-19-220
Shutouts
1935-8-1
1936-4-2
1937-3-3
1938-1-4
1939-1-3
1940-4-2
1941-3-2
1942-8-1
1944-9-1
CAR-48-21
 Innings Pitched
1934-6-323.7
1936-10-314.7
1937-3-338.3
1938-7-329.0
1942-10-302.7
CAR-30-4157.6
 Hits Allowed
1934-8-371
1938-10-329
1944-4-329
CAR-14-4467
 Homeruns Allowed
1934-5-22
1937-8-22
1940-3-29
1942-6-25
1944-1-36
 Strikeouts
1935-9-123
1936-5-133
1937-6-149
1938-5-167
1939-8-156
1940-7-169
1942-10-138
 Walks Allowed
1934-10-107
1935-8-107
1944-9-134
Walks per 9IP
1932-10-2.3
1938-7-2.4
1939-5-2.0
1941-10-2.3
 Hits per 9IP
1935-6-9.1
1936-10-9.6
1937-4-8.1
1938-10-9.0
1941-2-7.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1935-8-3.6
1936-6-3.8
1937-9-4.0
1938-10-4.6
1939-6-4.9
1940-6-5.1
1941-8-4.4
 WHiP
1935-7-1.36
1936-9-1.35
1937-1-1.16
1938-5-1.26
1939-6-1.28
1941-1-1.10
1942-9-1.31
 OAVG
1935-6-.264
1936-9-.270
1937-3-.239
1938-9-.259
1941-2-.227
1942-9-.259
 OOBP
1935-8-.323
1936-6-.316
1937-2-.288
1938-6-.305
1939-8-.313
1941-1-.276
1942-8-.313
OSLG
1935-1-.349
1936-9-.374
1937-3-.346
1938-2-.343
1941-1-.324
 OOPS
1935-1-.672
1936-6-.690
1937-2-.634
1938-3-.648
1939-10-.694
1941-1-.600
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 177    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Bobo Newsom (936)
  2. Danny Macfayden (923)
  3. Jerry Reuss (916)
  4. Vito Tamulis (905)
  5. Johnny Rigney (895)
  6. Mike Garcia (885)
  7. Jim Kaat (879)
  8. Walt Masterson (877)
  9. Joe Dobson (871)
  10. Stubby Overmire (867)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Vito Tamulis (994)
  2. Stubby Overmire (993)
  3. Cliff Melton (993)
  4. Johnny Rigney (986)
  5. Don Drysdale (986)
  6. Curt Simmons (984)
  7. Howie Pollet (983)
  8. Dutch Leonard (983)
  9. Joe Presko (982)
  10. Mike Garcia (982)
History
Had first career hit on 4/3/1930, off George Milstead (PIT)
Earned first career win on 4/11/1930
Injured on 3/27/1931 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/19/1933 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1935: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1936, off Dutch Henry (SDP)
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 10/16/1936 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Won Platinum Arm in 1937, going 22-14, 3.06 ERA
6/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1938, going 5-1, 1.19
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1939, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 6/16/1939 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1940 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1940, going 4-1, 2.01
Injured on 3/5/1941 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1941, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 7/15/1941 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 6/16/1942 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/5/1943 to a 1-year deal worth $8,000,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1943, going 5-2, 2.29
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/10/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $410,000 per year
 
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