Bio
- Debut
- 1929
Bio
- Debut
- 1929
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 570
- W
- 197
- L
- 171
- ERA
- 3.44
- IP
- 3152.0
- K
- 1,187
- BB
- 819
- WHIP
- 1.33
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | PIT | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4.90 | 123.0 | 49 | 62 | 1.56 |
| 1930 | PIT | 42 | 17 | 18 | 4.36 | 274.2 | 90 | 89 | 1.51 |
| 1931 | PIT | 39 | 15 | 13 | 3.26 | 275.2 | 73 | 70 | 1.35 |
| 1932 | PIT | 47 | 18 | 16 | 3.02 | 274.1 | 72 | 62 | 1.32 |
| 1933 | PIT | 47 | 18 | 13 | 2.72 | 291.1 | 88 | 55 | 1.18 |
| 1934 | PIT | 49 | 12 | 18 | 3.58 | 263.2 | 103 | 59 | 1.36 |
| 1935 | CHC | 42 | 17 | 10 | 2.96 | 246.1 | 90 | 44 | 1.31 |
| 1936 | CHC | 43 | 18 | 9 | 3.39 | 252.1 | 104 | 54 | 1.25 |
| 1937 | CHC | 42 | 16 | 10 | 3.98 | 208.0 | 100 | 65 | 1.41 |
| 1938 | CHC | 43 | 10 | 19 | 3.80 | 201.1 | 83 | 62 | 1.35 |
| 1939 | CHC | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3.29 | 194.0 | 98 | 50 | 1.31 |
| 1940 | CHC | 40 | 14 | 14 | 3.29 | 246.0 | 107 | 64 | 1.24 |
| 1941 |  CHC/LAD | 32 | 5 | 14 | 4.51 | 153.2 | 68 | 47 | 1.46 |
| 1942 | LAD | 38 | 15 | 4 | 1.83 | 147.2 | 62 | 36 | 1.10 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 3.21
- IP
- 14.0
- K
- 10
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.36
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 198
- SHO
- 40
- K/9
- 3.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | PIT | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | PIT | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | PIT | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | PIT | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | PIT | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHC | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHC | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHC | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHC/LAD | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Larry French's career stats?
Larry French played 14 seasons for the Pirates, the Cubs and the Dodgers. He had 197 wins and 1,187 strikeouts with a 3.44 ERA over 3,152.0 innings. His best season was 1932: 18 wins, a 3.02 ERA and 72 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1929 to 1942
All-time career rank
- 118th in wins (pitching) (197)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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