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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	8 (4)	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	46	10.1	7	1	1	9	0
5	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	12 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	13	Apr 30	BOS	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 1	BOS	@	DET	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	15	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	16	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
12	18 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	19	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	21 (1)	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	23 (1)	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
16	24	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
17	25	May 17	BOS		CLE	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	32 (6)	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
19	34 (1)	May 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	36 (1)	May 28	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	16.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	37	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	40	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	41	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	42	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	47 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	48	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	50 (1)	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
32	52 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	55	Jun 18	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	56	Jun 19	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	57	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
37	59 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	60	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
39	61	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	63 (1)	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	65 (1)	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	66	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	68 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
44	70 (1)	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
45	72 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	73	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	76 (2)	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	79 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	81 (1)	Jul 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
50	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	83	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	88 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
53	89	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	91 (1)	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	93 (1)	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	94	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
57	95	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
58	96	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,11-16	CG	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	99 (2)	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	100	Aug 4	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	101	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	103 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	104	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	105	Aug 8	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	108 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	110 (1)	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	111	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	56	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
69	115 (2)	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	116	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	118 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
72	120 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
73	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	124 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	126 (1)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
77	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	134 (6)	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
79	135	Sep 3	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	137 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	139 (1)	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	141	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	144 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	145	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	146	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
87	148 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	149	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	150	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
90	152 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	154 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
92	155	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
							91gm		794.0	416	41	4	461	7