Frank LaCorte

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 13, 1951 in San Jose, CA us

High School: Gilroy HS (Gilroy, CA)

School: Gavilan College (Gilroy, CA)

Debut: September 8, 1975 (Age 23-330d, 13,703rd in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 1 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 24, 1984 (Age 32-347d)
vs. KCR 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Frank Joseph LaCorte

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-4.1

ERA

5.01

253

490.0

372

WHIP

1.459

Summary of 49 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 2 tying, 18 go ahead

3 Tms
HOU	21
ATL	19
CAL	9

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Away	25
Home	24

Outs
2	19
1	16
0	14

17 Opps
LAD	8
ATL	6
CIN	5
CHC	5
SDP	4
MON	3
CHW	3
SFG	2
KCR	2
PIT	2
PHI	2
HOU	2
MIN	1
STL	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
DET	1

45 Batters
Bob Horner	3
Dusty Baker	2
Gary Carter	2
Lance Parrish	1
Bill Russell	1
Jerry Morales	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Tom Seaver	1
Ron Cey	1
Bill Robinson	1
Steve Sax	1
Steve Yeager	1
Jack Clark	1
Dave Concepción	1
Andre Dawson	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Ron Kittle	1
Ollie Brown	1
Joe Lefebvre	1
Dave Parker	1
Harold Baines	1
Jody Davis	1
Garry Maddox	1
Don Mattingly	1
Steve Garvey	1
Brett Butler	1
Johnny Bench	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Gene Tenace	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Doug Rader	1
Joe Wallis	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Darryl Motley	1
Dan Driessen	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Bob Watson	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Pat Sheridan	1
Glenn Hubbard	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Mike Lum	1
Keith Moreland	1
Jeff Burroughs	1

11 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	15
Astrodome (HOU)	11
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	17
8	6
9	6
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	9
12-	8
-2-	4
1-3	4
123	3

95 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	21
1 on	13
2 on	12
3 on	3
Any on	28

Inning
1	1
2	4
3	4
4	7
5	4
6	6
7	6
8	10
9	4
Extra	3

1-3	9
4-6	17
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	8
+1	6
Tied	14
-1	4
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	26
Tied	14
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	9
LF	9
RF	8
1B	7
3B	6
2B	3
CF	3
SS	2
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	10
6th	7
3rd	4
7th	4
9th	4
2nd	4
1st	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-09-19	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	1	2	6	16%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1976-07-24 (2)	Mike Lum	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	1	7	7	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1976-08-02 (2)	Johnny Grubb	SDP	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1976-08-22	Keith Hernandez	STL		ATL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	3	5	3	21%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Crawford Scores; T. Simmons Scores
5	5	4	1	1976-08-27	Joe Wallis	CHC		ATL	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	8	13%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	5	2	1976-08-27	Jerry Morales	CHC		ATL	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	1--	2	4	9	17%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Cardenal Scores
7	7	6	1	1976-09-28	Bobby Murcer	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	4	9	12%	71%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1977-04-18	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	10%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	2	2	1977-04-18	Doug Rader	SDP	@	ATL	tied 1-1	t 4	2	12-	3	7	5	29%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores; G. Tenace Scores
10	10	3	1	1977-04-24	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 3-2	t 3	1	12-	3	5	3	20%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smith Scores; R. Cey Scores
11	11	4	1	1977-04-26	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	2	7	2	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Foster Scores
12	12	5	2	1977-04-26	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	5	3	15%	83%		Home Run (CF-RF); K. Griffey Scores
13	13	6	1	1977-06-06	Gary Carter	MON		ATL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	12%	64%		Home Run
14	14	7	1	1977-06-18	Ollie Brown	PHI		ATL	tied 5-5	b 12	2	1-3	3	9	7	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; B. Boone Scores; T. Harmon Scores
15	15	8	1	1977-06-29	Bill Russell	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 8-2	t 8	2	1-3	3	2	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hale Scores; D. Lopes Scores
16	16	9	1	1977-07-03	Joe Ferguson	HOU		ATL	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	12%	65%		Home Run
17	17	10	2	1977-07-03	Bob Watson	HOU		ATL	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	3	13%	90%		Home Run; C. Cedeño Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1979-04-09	Tom Seaver	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 5-3	t 4	0	---	1	9	1	8%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	1979-05-02	Bill Robinson	PIT		ATL	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Parker Scores
20	20	3	1	1979-07-27	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	HOU	ahead 8-0	t 6	2	12-	3	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Martínez Scores; S. Garvey Scores
21	21	4	1	1979-08-04 (2)	Bob Horner	ATL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	4	5	23%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Office Scores
22	22	5	1	1979-09-24 (1)	Bob Horner	ATL		HOU	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1	4	5	26%	87%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1980-07-02	Jeff Burroughs	ATL		HOU	ahead 13-0	b 8	2	---	1	6	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	2	1	1980-07-11	Dusty Baker	LAD		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	1--	2	5	7	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Garvey Scores
25	25	3	1	1980-07-25	Gary Carter	MON		HOU	behind 7-9	b 9	2	---	1	7	2	3%	4%		Home Run
26	26	4	1	1980-10-05	Ron Cey	LAD		HOU	behind 2-3	b 8	0	1--	2	5	5	50%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Garvey Scores/unER
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1981-06-10	Garry Maddox	PHI		HOU	behind 2-4	b 8	2	12-	3	6	8	71%	86%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores; R. Avilés Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1982-04-11	Bob Horner	ATL		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 8	1	---	1	4	5	1%	100%		Home Run
29	29	2	1	1982-05-07	Keith Moreland	CHC		HOU	ahead 9-1	b 6	2	1-3	3	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run; B. Wills Scores; B. Buckner Scores
30	30	3	1	1982-07-15	Dave Parker	PIT	@	HOU	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	12-	3	5	9	11%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Madlock Scores; J. Thompson Scores/unER
31	31	4	1	1982-08-01	Jack Clark	SFG	@	HOU	tied 2-2	t 10	2	-2-	2	4	9	45%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morgan Scores
32	32	5	1	1982-08-03	Joe Lefebvre	SDP	@	HOU	behind 5-6	t 9	0	---	1	9	PH	36%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1983-04-05	Pedro Guerrero	LAD	@	HOU	ahead 9-6	t 6	1	1-3	3	4	5	6%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Landreaux Scores; D. Baker Scores
34	34	2	1	1983-04-13	Steve Yeager	LAD		HOU	tied 3-3	b 14	2	-2-	2	8	2	40%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; D. Thomas Scores
35	35	3	1	1983-04-16	Andre Dawson	MON	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 9	1	---	1	3	8	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	4	1	1983-05-23	Jody Davis	CHC	@	HOU	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	11%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	5	1	1983-05-31	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		HOU	behind 5-8	b 6	1	123	4	2	4	44%	73%		Home Run; S. Lake Scores; L. Bowa Scores; M. Hall Scores
38	38	6	1	1983-06-20	Glenn Hubbard	ATL	@	HOU	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	123	4	6	4	18%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Butler Scores; C. Washington Scores; C. Chambliss Scores
39	39	7	1	1983-06-24	Steve Sax	LAD		HOU	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	1	1	4	3%	98%		Home Run
40	40	8	1	1983-09-05	Brett Butler	ATL		HOU	ahead 6-1	b 8	1	---	1	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1984-05-07	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	CAL	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	12-	3	5	7	12%	97%		Home Run; T. Teufel Scores; R. Bush Scores
42	42	2	1	1984-05-23	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CAL	tied 2-2	t 7	0	1--	2	4	2	26%	82%		Home Run; B. Garbey Scores
43	43	3	1	1984-05-26	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	CAL	ahead 5-3	t 7	0	1--	2	9	2	10%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dauer Scores
44	44	4	1	1984-05-29	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	CAL	behind 1-6	t 6	0	1--	2	3	3	7%	13%		Home Run; K. Griffey Scores
45	45	5	1	1984-06-07	Harold Baines	CHW		CAL	behind 6-7	b 5	2	12-	3	6	9	38%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Paciorek Scores; G. Luzinski Scores
46	46	6	2	1984-06-07	Tom Paciorek	CHW		CAL	ahead 9-7	b 7	1	---	1	3	3	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	7	3	1984-06-07	Ron Kittle	CHW		CAL	ahead 10-7	b 7	2	---	1	5	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	8	1	1984-09-24 (2)	Darryl Motley	KCR		CAL	ahead 7-2	b 6	1	123	4	5	7	1%	100%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores; G. Pryor Scores; J. Orta Scores
49	49	9	2	1984-09-24 (2)	Pat Sheridan	KCR		CAL	ahead 11-3	b 8	0	---	1	2	9	0%	100%		Home Run