Frank Lary vs Tommy John

Frank Lary Tommy John

Frank Lary and Tommy John compared on their MLB careers: Frank Lary played 12 seasons, 1954 to 1965, Tommy John 26 seasons, 1963 to 1989. Frank Lary has 128 wins to Tommy John's 288.

Who has the better career numbers?

Frank Lary and Tommy John career totals

350	GP	760
128	W	288
116	L	231
3.5	ERA	3.3
2162.1	IP	4710.1
1,099	K	2,245
616	BB	1,259
1.3	WHIP	1.3
11	SV	4

Where each stands all time

Frank Lary and Tommy John all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	62nd (2,245)
—	Wins (pitching)	25th (288)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Frank Lary: 0 championships; AL Gold Glove
Tommy John: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Frank Lary and Tommy John season by season

1st	1954	0	0	2.45	1963	0	2	2.21
2nd	1955	14	15	3.10	1964	2	9	3.91
3rd	1956	21	13	3.15	1965	14	7	3.09
4th	1957	11	16	3.98	1966	14	11	2.62
5th	1958	16	15	2.90	1967	10	13	2.47
6th	1959	17	10	3.55	1968	10	5	1.98
7th	1960	15	15	3.51	1969	9	11	3.25
8th	1961	23	9	3.24	1970	12	17	3.27
9th	1962	2	6	5.74	1971	13	16	3.61
10th	1963	4	9	3.27	1972	11	5	2.89
11th	1964	3	5	5.03	1973	16	7	3.10
12th	1965	2	3	3.32	1974	13	3	2.59
13th	—	—	—	—	1976	10	10	3.09
14th	—	—	—	—	1977	20	7	2.78
15th	—	—	—	—	1978	17	10	3.30
16th	—	—	—	—	1979	21	9	2.96
17th	—	—	—	—	1980	22	9	3.43
18th	—	—	—	—	1981	9	8	2.63
19th	—	—	—	—	1982	14	12	3.69
20th	—	—	—	—	1983	11	13	4.33
21st	—	—	—	—	1984	7	13	4.52
22nd	—	—	—	—	1985	4	10	5.53
23rd	—	—	—	—	1986	5	3	2.93
24th	—	—	—	—	1987	13	6	4.03
25th	—	—	—	—	1988	9	8	4.49
26th	—	—	—	—	1989	2	7	5.80

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA