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	43-37 / in Starts: 36-27
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 267 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	184 (88-63-33)
Avg. MLBer w/ 267 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	174 (90-53-30)

Most Driven In
W Kamm	13
O Hale	6
H Boss	4
J Vosmik	3
E Averill	2
Self	2
W Ferrell	2
B Cissell	2

Most Driven In By
D Porter	8
B Knickerbocker	5
M Galatzer	3
B Cissell	2
Self	2
J Burnett	2
H Boss	2
W Kamm	1

1933 Batting Game Log

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1933 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	13	9 (8)	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	4-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	8	.48	0.013	1.70	0.03%	0.22	C
2	14	11 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	8	1.89	0.270	4.83	0.41%	1.86	C
3	15	12	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	8	.70	0.045	1.94	0.07%	0.49	C
4	16	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.455	.705	8	1.47	-0.104	4.24	-0.18%	-0.23	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
5	17	19 (5)	May 6	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	2-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.467	.779	8	1.01	0.072	3.93	0.17%	0.61	C
6	18	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	8	1.52	0.025	6.00	0.06%	0.43	C
7	19	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.591	1.008	8	.84	0.105	3.69	0.28%	1.18	C
8	20	36 (14)	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.591	1.008	9						PR
9	21	38 (1)	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.591	1.008	9						PR
10	22	39	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.333	.379	.519	.898	8	.38	0.075	1.01	0.12%	0.97	C
11	23	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,15-8	CG	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.400	.515	.915	8	.33	-0.025	1.04	-0.05%	-1.30	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
12	24	44 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.395	.500	.895	8	.57	-0.007	1.95	-0.01%	-0.08	C
13	25	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.405	.550	.955	8	1.34	0.076	4.85	0.17%	1.20	C
14	26	46	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.395	.537	.932	1	1.50	-0.044	5.24	-0.09%	-0.26	PH
15	27	47	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.426	.600	1.026	8	.78	0.150	2.76	0.32%	2.48	C
16	28	48	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,7-8	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.426	.600	1.026	9	2.65	-0.127	7.96	-0.23%	-1.01	PR
17	29	50 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		DET	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.587	1.004	9	5.15	-0.138	11.42	-0.18%	-0.83	PH
18	30	51	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.385	.540	.925	7	1.36	-0.144	2.60	-0.16%	-1.17	C
19	31	52	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.400	.585	.985	7	.66	-0.007	1.05	-0.01%	0.23	C
20	32	53	Jun 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.407	.571	.978	7	1.89	-0.052	3.44	-0.06%	-0.14	C
21	33	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.383	.413	.583	.996	7	2.10	0.111	4.86	0.15%	0.34	C
22	34	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.400	.565	.965	7	1.64	-0.087	4.15	-0.13%	-1.08	C
23	35	62 (6)	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,6-11	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.400	.565	.965	9						PR
24	36	67 (4)	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.400	.565	.965	6						PR
25	37	68	Jun 27	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.400	.565	.965	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	38	69	Jun 28	CLE		WSH	L,2-15	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.379	.406	.561	.966	7	.10	0.014	.10	0.01%	0.19	C
27	39	70	Jun 29	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.386	.411	.571	.982	7	1.00	0.040	.71	0.02%	0.00	C
28	40	71	Jun 30	CLE		NYY	W,13-12	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.392	.416	.581	.997	7	1.76	0.131	.97	0.04%	0.88	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
29	41	72	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.403	.432	.584	1.017	7	1.06	0.078	.63	0.03%	0.84	C
30	42	73	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.424	.568	.991	7	.73	-0.047	.28	-0.01%	-0.36	C
31	43	74	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.381	.416	.548	.963	7	.65	-0.018	.14	0.00%	-0.89	C
32	44	75	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.409	.534	.943	7	.73	0.009	.20	0.00%	-0.26	C
33	45	79 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.363	.396	.516	.912	7	.69	-0.057	.13	-0.01%	-0.76	C
34	46	80	Jul 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.363	.396	.516	.912	7						C
35	47	82 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.402	.522	.924	9	.96	0.059	.08	0.00%	1.61	PH
36	48	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.386	.500	.886	7	.94	-0.104	.05	0.00%	-0.93	C
37	49	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.381	.490	.871	7	1.42	-0.077	.05	0.00%	-0.52	C
38	50	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.376	.476	.852	7	1.07	0.007	.04	0.00%	0.05	C
39	51	87 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	1	.361	.400	.491	.891	6	1.40	0.153	.03	0.00%	1.34	C
40	52	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.395	.491	.886	6	.78	0.021	.02	0.00%	-0.06	C
41	53	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.376	.466	.842	6	1.62	-0.258	.05	-0.01%	-1.64	C
42	54	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.380	.467	.847	7	.64	0.046	.04	0.00%	0.58	C
43	55	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.376	.460	.836	7	.56	0.085	.07	0.01%	0.51	C
44	56	92	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.380	.457	.837	7	1.90	-0.007	.13	0.00%	0.24	C
45	57	93	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.379	.455	.833	7	.41	0.021	.03	0.00%	0.05	C
46	58	95 (1)	Jul 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.485	.874	7	1.59	0.360	.03	0.00%	2.18	C
47	59	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.350	.385	.479	.864	7	.44	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.03	C
48	60	97	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.373	.462	.835	7	.28	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-1.02	C
49	61	98	Jul 28	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.329	.363	.450	.813	7	.35	-0.026	.01	0.00%	-0.35	C
50	62	99	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.322	.356	.441	.797	7	1.39	-0.142	.07	0.00%	-1.37	C
51	63	100	Jul 30	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.348	.429	.777	7	.41	-0.043	.02	0.00%	-0.93	C
52	64	101	Jul 31	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.355	.435	.790	7	.95	0.100	.02	0.00%	1.31	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
53	65	102	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.353	.427	.779	7	1.20	-0.104	.05	0.00%	-1.08	C
54	66	103	Aug 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.348	.420	.768	7	.49	-0.060	.01	0.00%	-0.02	C
55	67	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.314	.352	.419	.770	8	1.16	-0.034	.02	0.00%	-0.08	C
56	68	105	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,15-6	CG(13)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.351	.416	.767	8	.99	-0.072	.05	0.00%	1.24	C
57	69	108 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.354	.419	.773	7	2.17	0.085	.07	0.00%	0.40	PH
58	70	110 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.361	.426	.787	8	2.80	0.566	.00	0.00%	1.77	C
59	71	111	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.369	.432	.801	8	1.35	0.125	.00	0.00%	0.72	C
60	72	112	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.369	.432	.801	8						C
61	73	113	Aug 14	CLE		PHA	L,5-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.369	.432	.801	8						C
62	74	118 (4)	Aug 19	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.369	.432	.801	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
63	75	125 (6)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.372	.446	.818	9	5.05	0.465	.00	0.00%	2.01	PH C
64	76	126	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.368	.441	.810	8	1.95	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH C
65	77	128 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.371	.443	.813	8	.36	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
66	78	129	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.368	.436	.804	8	2.07	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
67	79	130	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.371	.437	.808	8	.33	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
68	80	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.373	.438	.812	8	.98	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.08	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
69	81	132	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.332	.374	.447	.821	8	.33	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.61	C
70	82	133	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,14-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.372	.443	.815	8	.67	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
71	83	134	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.329	.370	.444	.814	8	1.37	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
72	84	136 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.363	.436	.800	6	1.92	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-1.73	C
73	85	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.366	.435	.801	7	.26	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.46	C
74	86	142 (4)	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.365	.434	.799	7	.67	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
75	87	143	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.319	.361	.428	.789	7	1.78	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-0.92	C
76	88	144	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.360	.431	.791	7	.91	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.80	C
77	89	145	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.312	.353	.422	.775	7	.54	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
78	90	146	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.311	.352	.419	.771	7	1.55	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
79	91	147	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.349	.415	.763	8	1.68	-0.068	.00	0.00%	0.33	C
80	92	148	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.355	.423	.778	8	1.32	0.271	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
							43-37		267	248	36	77	10	6	2	35	17	4	10	0	2		6		3	4	.310	.355	.423	.778		1.09	0.909	.86	0.75%	8.86

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