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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	21-34 / in Starts: 16-20
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	47 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 164 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	99 (52-26-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 164 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	110 (56-34-19)

Most Driven In
O Hale	6
H Trosky	3
A Wright	1
B Campbell	1
Self	1
B Berger	0

Most Driven In By
B Berger	4
M Pearson	2
B Knickerbocker	2
H Trosky	1
M Harder	1
M Galatzer	1
Self	1
R Winegarner	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	184	2 (1)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	11-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.37	-0.062	6.41	-0.10%	-0.26	C
2	185	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	8	1.38	-0.019	3.94	-0.03%	0.52	C
3	186	5 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.444	.500	.778	1.278	8	1.36	-0.009	3.95	-0.02%	0.83	C
4	187	7 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.700	1.155	9	1.56	-0.042	5.07	-0.08%	-0.27	PH
5	188	10 (2)	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.643	1.110	8	1.08	0.019	3.84	0.04%	0.34	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
6	189	12 (1)	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-12	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.467	.500	.800	1.300	9	.62	0.050	2.06	0.10%	0.92	PH
7	190	13	May 6	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.389	.421	.667	1.088	8	2.43	-0.176	8.74	-0.38%	-1.04	C
8	191	14	May 8	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.455	.667	1.121	8	.75	0.014	2.54	0.03%	0.53	C
9	192	16 (1)	May 10	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.385	.560	.945	8	1.26	-0.143	4.61	-0.32%	-1.28	C
10	193	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.357	.400	.536	.936	8	.90	0.037	3.03	0.08%	-0.24	C
11	194	18	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.364	.484	.848	7	.49	-0.040	1.61	-0.08%	-0.66	C
12	195	19	May 15	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.351	.457	.808	7	.80	0.048	2.83	0.10%	0.14	C
13	196	20	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.325	.421	.746	7	.85	-0.068	3.17	-0.15%	-0.97	C
14	197	21	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.405	.723	1	1.12	-0.048	3.80	-0.10%	-0.61	C
15	198	22	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.311	.395	.706	8	.93	-0.024	3.06	-0.05%	-0.25	PH C
16	199	23	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.311	.395	.706	8						C
17	200	25 (1)	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.326	.409	.735	9	.34	0.014	1.20	0.03%	0.41	PH
18	201	26	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.298	.340	.404	.744	7	1.26	0.044	4.25	0.09%	0.40	C
19	202	27	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.314	.364	.412	.775	7	.37	0.006	1.00	0.01%	1.45	C
20	203	28	May 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG(10)	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.367	.411	.777	7	2.08	0.089	6.46	0.17%	-0.31	C
21	204	29	May 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.361	.404	.764	8	.96	-0.026	3.14	-0.05%	-0.26	PH C
22	205	30	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.338	.377	.716	7	.65	-0.056	2.08	-0.11%	-0.99	C
23	206	31	May 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.348	.385	.732	7	1.16	-0.028	3.31	-0.05%	0.19	C
24	207	32	May 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.356	.406	.762	7	1.72	0.314	4.89	0.54%	1.20	C
25	208	33	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.351	.397	.748	7	1.13	-0.115	4.20	-0.26%	-0.88	C
26	209	35 (1)	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.295	.329	.372	.701	7	.84	-0.050	2.92	-0.10%	-1.09	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
27	210	36	Jun 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.325	.367	.692	9	.58	-0.016	1.87	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
28	211	37	Jun 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.333	.373	.707	7	.80	0.012	2.37	0.02%	0.26	C
29	212	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	.314	.352	.395	.747	7	1.14	-0.033	3.54	-0.06%	0.06	C
30	213	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG(14)	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.367	.402	.770	7	1.36	0.105	4.69	0.22%	0.51	C
31	214	40	Jun 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.323	.363	.406	.769	7	1.86	0.303	7.64	0.75%	1.26	C
32	215	42 (1)	Jun 6	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.320	.358	.400	.758	7	1.54	-0.113	6.41	-0.28%	-0.18	C
33	216	43	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.355	.394	.749	7	.97	-0.035	3.27	-0.07%	-0.38	C
34	217	44	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.354	.393	.747	7	1.50	0.043	5.12	0.09%	-0.06	C
35	218	45	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.359	.391	.750	7	1.55	0.050	5.37	0.10%	-0.02	C
36	219	46	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.361	.393	.754	7	.78	0.055	2.42	0.10%	0.55	PH C
37	220	47	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.367	.393	.760	7	1.28	0.056	3.42	0.09%	0.28	PH C
38	221	48	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.355	.379	.734	7	.67	-0.077	1.53	-0.11%	-1.41	C
39	222	49	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.319	.367	.387	.754	7	1.26	0.118	3.08	0.17%	1.09	C
40	223	50	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.371	.393	.765	7	.74	0.073	1.68	0.10%	0.30	C
41	224	51	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.368	.389	.757	7	.67	-0.012	1.79	-0.02%	-0.75	C
42	225	61 (9)	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.368	.389	.757	9						PR
43	226	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-8	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.320	.374	.391	.765	8	.56	0.011	2.24	0.03%	-0.19	C
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
44	227	65	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.369	.385	.753	8	1.19	-0.062	5.37	-0.17%	-0.57	PR C
45	228	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.359	.373	.732	8	.49	-0.051	2.06	-0.13%	-0.79	C
46	229	67	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-11	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.359	.373	.732	8						PR C
47	230	68	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	6-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.361	.382	.743	8	1.89	-0.022	6.12	-0.04%	0.57	PR C
48	231	69	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-10	6-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.353	.374	.727	9	1.47	-0.119	3.96	-0.19%	-2.05	PH C
49	232	70	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.353	.374	.727	8						PR C
50	233	71	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.358	.386	.743	8	1.63	0.098	2.88	0.10%	0.43	PH C
51	234	72	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.355	.378	.732	8	1.19	-0.071	1.60	-0.06%	-0.95	C
52	235	73	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.297	.350	.372	.723	8	1.05	-0.060	2.08	-0.07%	-0.65	C
53	236	74	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.348	.370	.718	8	.44	-0.012	.61	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
54	237	75	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.348	.370	.718	5						PR
55	238	76	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.348	.369	.717	8	.36	-0.022	.39	-0.01%	-0.53	C
							21-34		164	149	14	44	6	1	1	12	11	2	4	1	3		1		3	4	.295	.348	.369	.717		1.12	-0.052	3.59	-0.16%	-5.83

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