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	31-31 / in Starts: 23-19
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 172 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	131 (69-36-26) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 172 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	112 (57-36-18)

Most Driven In
B Bell	5
J Heath	4
K Keltner	3
R Mack	1
O Grimes	1
B Chapman	1
H Trosky	1
R Peters	0

Most Driven In By
B Chapman	4
R Weatherly	4
L Boudreau	3
J Heath	1
R Mack	1
A Milnar	1
B Bell	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	615	23 (22)	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,18-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
2	616	26 (2)	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PR C
3	617	27	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.02	-0.026	4.07	-0.06%	-0.38	C
4	618	31 (3)	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.143	.400	.143	.543	7	.64	0.116	2.81	0.31%	3.01	C
5	619	33 (1)	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.364	.125	.489	9	.72	-0.019	3.42	-0.05%	-0.18	PH
6	620	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	7	.64	-0.053	2.80	-0.14%	-0.82	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
7	621	39 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-12	CG(8)	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	8	1.14	0.148	4.60	0.36%	1.52	C
8	622	41 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.316	.679	8	1.03	0.015	4.47	0.04%	-0.22	C
9	623	44 (2)	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	8	1.71	0.137	7.27	0.35%	-0.18	C
10	624	51 (6)	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,8-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.321	.612	3	.50	-0.015	2.18	-0.04%	-0.98	C
11	625	52	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.345	.657	9	1.30	0.065	5.66	0.17%	0.51	PH
12	626	54 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.303	.581	3	.98	-0.087	4.07	-0.22%	-1.01	C
13	627	64 (9)	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.250	.270	.520	3	1.45	-0.155	7.98	-0.51%	-1.12	C
14	628	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.222	.238	.460	3	.41	-0.061	2.28	-0.20%	-1.55	C
15	629	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.222	.238	.460	3						C
16	630	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.224	.222	.447	3	1.33	-0.020	7.00	-0.06%	-0.11	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
17	631	68	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.226	.208	.435	8	1.73	-0.107	9.24	-0.34%	-0.57	C
18	632	70 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.137	.228	.196	.424	8	.58	-0.020	3.10	-0.06%	-0.45	C
19	633	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.217	.185	.402	8	1.31	-0.102	10.90	-0.51%	-0.88	C
20	634	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.190	.408	8	1.63	-0.110	13.17	-0.54%	-0.71	C
21	635	73	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.224	.183	.407	8	.86	0.033	4.71	0.11%	0.15	C
22	636	77 (3)	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.211	.172	.383	8	.84	-0.094	4.63	-0.31%	-0.91	C
23	637	82 (4)	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.123	.208	.169	.378	8	.64	-0.019	4.00	-0.07%	-0.25	C
24	638	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.205	.167	.372	8	.04	-0.001	.24	0.00%	-0.38	C
25	639	86 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.197	.159	.357	8	1.38	-0.034	9.13	-0.14%	-0.53	C
26	640	89 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.190	.153	.343	8	1.19	-0.094	6.75	-0.32%	-0.90	C
27	641	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.110	.188	.151	.338	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH C
28	642	91	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.181	.145	.325	8	.75	-0.056	4.33	-0.19%	-0.67	C
29	643	93 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.176	.141	.317	8	.02	-0.001	.12	0.00%	-0.37	C
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
30	644	96 (2)	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.176	.141	.317	8						C
31	645	97	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.101	.174	.139	.314	8	.01	0.000	.06	0.00%	-0.39	C
32	646	102 (4)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.096	.167	.133	.299	8	.39	-0.041	2.50	-0.16%	-0.75	C
33	647	105 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.094	.172	.129	.301	8	1.67	-0.100	10.75	-0.39%	-0.95	C
34	648	108 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.093	.179	.128	.307	8	1.33	-0.009	8.74	-0.04%	-0.23	C
35	649	110 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.093	.179	.128	.307	8	3.15	-0.015	37.92	-0.11%	-0.23	C
36	650	116 (5)	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.102	.186	.136	.322	8	.04	0.001	.25	0.01%	0.49	C
37	651	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.186	.136	.322	8						C
38	652	119 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-15	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.133	.315	8	.05	-0.002	.22	-0.01%	-0.50	C
39	653	122 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.188	.141	.329	8	.57	0.018	3.62	0.07%	0.28	C
40	654	125 (2)	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.117	.194	.149	.343	8	2.34	0.231	16.40	0.97%	0.73	C
Sept		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
41	655	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.124	.206	.155	.360	8	1.84	0.094	12.92	0.40%	0.68	C
42	656	127	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.209	.152	.361	8	1.18	-0.027	7.75	-0.11%	0.03	C
43	657	128	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.212	.157	.369	8	1.51	-0.039	11.16	-0.17%	-0.44	C
44	658	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.126	.211	.155	.366	8	.21	-0.005	2.31	-0.04%	-0.28	C
45	659	131 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.220	.160	.381	8	.56	0.006	8.17	0.05%	0.14	C
46	660	132	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.131	.218	.159	.377	9	3.59	-0.094	34.52	-0.54%	-0.26	PH
47	661	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.131	.218	.159	.377	2						RF
48	662	136 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.215	.156	.371	8	.44	-0.025	6.01	-0.20%	-0.37	C
49	663	137	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.224	.161	.385	8	.58	0.068	6.03	0.42%	0.58	C
50	664	138	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.219	.157	.375	8	.59	-0.046	5.93	-0.28%	-0.49	C
51	665	139	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.128	.221	.154	.375	8	.53	-0.013	5.41	-0.08%	-0.67	C
52	666	141 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.134	.231	.160	.391	8	1.47	0.160	15.67	1.02%	0.99	C
53	667	142	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.225	.154	.379	8	.53	-0.064	5.76	-0.42%	-1.25	C
54	668	144 (1)	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.127	.220	.151	.371	8	1.91	-0.222	21.34	-1.49%	-1.98	C
55	669	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.222	.155	.377	8	1.04	0.027	12.07	0.19%	0.16	C
56	670	148 (2)	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.230	.159	.389	8	.91	0.029	23.25	0.45%	-0.13	C
57	671	149	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	5-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.235	.159	.394	8	1.09	0.031	28.42	0.48%	0.35	C
58	672	150	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.235	.169	.404	8	.58	0.142	13.27	1.95%	1.33	C
59	673	151	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.139	.234	.168	.402	8	1.96	-0.090	30.29	-0.84%	-1.05	C
60	674	152	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.234	.164	.398	8	.90	-0.029	12.78	-0.25%	-0.82	C
61	675	154 (1)	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.140	.236	.168	.404	8						C
62	676	155	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.234	.168	.401	8	1.67	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
							31-31		172	149	16	21	2	1	0	16	17	3	5	1	5		1	2	0	1	.141	.234	.168	.401		1.02	-0.663	7.69	-1.56%	-14.86

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