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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
3	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
4	5	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	11 (1)	Apr 30	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	13	May 2	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	14	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	16 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS	32	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	17	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
14	18	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	20 (1)	May 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-15	GS	35	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
16	23 (2)	May 13	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
17	24	May 16	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
18	28 (3)	May 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	31 (2)	May 24	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	34 (2)	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
21	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	41	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
29	43	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
31	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	46	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	47	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	48	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	49	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
36	51 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
37	52	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	GF	24	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	53	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
39	56 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	57	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
41	58	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	60 (1)	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	61	Jun 29	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	62	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	63	Jul 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	66 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
47	69 (2)	Jul 10	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	72 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	73	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	74	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	76 (1)	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	78 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	80 (1)	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	81	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	82	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	83	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	85 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	86	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	88 (1)	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	89	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
61	90	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
62	91	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	93 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
64	95 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	96	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	47	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	99 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	100	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	102 (1)	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	104 (1)	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	106 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	109 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS	26	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	110	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,12-14	GF	23	3.2	2	0	0	2	0
73	111	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
74	113 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-15	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
75	115 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	116	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
77	118 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	120 (1)	Aug 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	121	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	123 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	124	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	127 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	129 (1)	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
84	131 (1)	Sep 9	CLE		DET	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	7	1	2	10	0
85	134 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	135	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	136	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	138 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
89	140 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	141	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	CG	43	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	142	Sep 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
92	143	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
93	145 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
94	146	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	147	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	148	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
97	149	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	L,11-14	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	150	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	152 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
							99gm		836.0	475	56	7	538	11