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Frankie Pytlak

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: July 30, 1908 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: May 8, 1977 in Buffalo, NY

Buried: St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Buffalo, NY

High School: Masten Park HS (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: April 22, 1932 (Age 23-267d, 7,475th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 25, 1946 (Age 37-269d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Frank Anthony Pytlak

Pronunciation: \PIT-lack\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

2399

677

.282

316

RBI

272

OBP

.355

SLG

.363

OPS

.718

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-35 / in Starts: 23-24
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	54 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 210 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	128 (57-47-24) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 210 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (72-45-23)

Most Driven In
K Keltner	3
O Grimes	3
B Campbell	2
O Hale	2
J Shilling	1
B Chapman	1
M Solters	1
S Webb	1

Most Driven In By
B Campbell	3
B Chapman	2
O Hale	2
J Heath	2
R Weatherly	2
J Shilling	1
S Webb	1
E Averill	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	552	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.71	-0.079	1.85	-0.12%	-1.27	C
2	553	3 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	7	.65	0.049	1.97	0.09%	0.77	C
3	554	4	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.364	.364	.455	.818	7	.88	-0.072	2.30	-0.11%	-0.30	C
4	555	5	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	7	.32	-0.034	.78	-0.05%	-1.17	C
5	556	6	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	7	.76	-0.030	1.94	-0.05%	-0.04	C
6	557	7	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.318	.364	.682	7	.56	-0.014	1.35	-0.02%	-0.11	C
7	558	8	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.296	.296	.333	.630	7	1.54	-0.090	3.31	-0.12%	-0.02	C
8	559	9	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.323	.613	7	.62	-0.025	1.25	-0.03%	-1.10	C
9	560	10	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.314	.600	7	.51	0.037	1.13	0.05%	-0.35	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	561	11	May 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.306	.583	7	1.04	-0.028	2.05	-0.03%	-0.48	C
11	562	12	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	CG(10)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.310	.595	2	1.36	-0.153	2.33	-0.16%	-1.48	C
12	563	15 (2)	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	1	.267	.267	.289	.556	2	2.11	-0.404	2.89	-0.33%	-2.41	C
13	564	19 (3)	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.286	.333	.619	2	1.26	0.112	2.61	0.14%	0.38	C
14	565	22 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	8-GF(10)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.300	.333	.633	2	3.13	0.081	6.07	0.09%	0.40	C
15	566	23	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.283	.314	.597	2	.94	-0.074	1.94	-0.09%	-0.64	C
16	567	25 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.273	.302	.575	2	.99	-0.052	1.84	-0.06%	-0.51	PH C
17	568	27 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.305	.386	.691	2	.50	0.057	.99	0.07%	1.43	C
18	569	30 (2)	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.279	.313	.377	.690	2	1.92	-0.628	3.42	-0.67%	-2.95	C
19	570	32 (1)	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.308	.338	.431	.769	1	1.00	0.245	1.37	0.20%	2.74	C
20	571	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.324	.408	.733	1	1.58	-0.210	2.21	-0.18%	-0.83	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	572	36 (1)	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.342	.413	.755	1	.14	0.006	.27	0.01%	0.50	C
22	573	37	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.337	.397	.735	1	1.36	-0.088	2.13	-0.08%	-0.25	C
23	574	39 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.289	.330	.386	.715	1	1.18	-0.159	1.23	-0.10%	-1.23	C
24	575	40	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.333	.386	.720	1	.42	0.006	.32	0.00%	-0.04	C
25	576	43 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.327	.370	.696	1	.46	-0.039	.38	-0.02%	-1.13	C
26	577	45 (1)	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.376	.710	9	4.68	0.358	3.10	0.14%	0.89	PH
27	578	46	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.337	.378	.714	1	.56	-0.044	.41	-0.02%	-0.12	C
28	579	51 (4)	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.337	.378	.714	8						PR
29	580	52	Jun 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.337	.378	.714	9						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	581	64 (11)	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.330	.363	.693	1	1.42	-0.039	.43	-0.01%	-0.64	C
31	582	67 (2)	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.327	.358	.686	1	.87	-0.067	.29	-0.01%	-0.65	C
32	583	69 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.316	.345	.662	1	.53	-0.057	.09	-0.01%	-0.89	C
33	584	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.311	.339	.651	1	.80	-0.054	.18	-0.01%	-0.55	C
34	585	73 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.323	.345	.667	1	.48	-0.021	.15	0.00%	0.37	C
35	586	75 (1)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.328	.350	.678	9	.22	0.011	.11	0.00%	0.28	PH
36	587	77 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.326	.347	.673	9	.70	-0.019	.21	0.00%	-0.27	PH
37	588	78	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.323	.339	.662	1	1.15	-0.049	.27	-0.01%	-0.69	C
38	589	80 (1)	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.319	.333	.652	1	.57	-0.022	.03	0.00%	-0.23	C
39	590	81	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.317	.331	.648	1	.82	-0.067	.03	0.00%	-0.75	C
40	591	83 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.315	.324	.639	1	.73	-0.054	.02	0.00%	-0.28	C
41	592	84	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.264	.313	.321	.635	1	.99	-0.032	.04	0.00%	-1.05	C
42	593	85	Jul 23 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.318	.326	.644	9	2.35	0.061	.13	0.00%	1.00	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	594	98 (12)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	1	.67	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
44	595	100 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	8						C
45	596	103 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	9						PR
46	597	112 (8)	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
47	598	120 (7)	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	4						PR
48	599	122 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	8						PR
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	600	128 (5)	Sep 6	CLE		DET	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.324	.645	9						PR
50	601	130 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.325	.329	.654	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
51	602	131	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.315	.318	.633	8	.69	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.75	C
52	603	133 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.315	.314	.629	8	1.22	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
53	604	136 (2)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.324	.318	.642	8	.97	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.55	C
54	605	138 (1)	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.324	.319	.642	8	.74	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
55	606	140 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,18-5	CG	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.270	.331	.331	.663	8	.79	0.140	.00	0.00%	3.44	C
56	607	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.262	.322	.321	.644	8	.46	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
57	608	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-10	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.320	.640	9	1.66	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH
58	609	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.330	.337	.667	8	.26	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.09	C
59	610	146 (2)	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.328	.331	.660	8						C
60	611	147	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.261	.330	.330	.659	8	1.15	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
61	612	149 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	8	.77	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
62	613	151 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.337	.330	.666	8						C
63	614	154 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(5)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.343	.333	.676	8	1.03	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.79	C
							28-35		210	183	20	49	2	5	0	14	20	1	5	1	3		4	4	4	1	.268	.343	.333	.676		.93	-1.689	.96	-1.49%	-9.55

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