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Larry French

Starting Pitcher
1929—1942
BORN
November 1, 1907, in Visalia, CA
THROWS
Left-Handed
MLB DEBUT
April 18, 1929
PITCH ARSENAL
Forkball
Screwball
Slow Curve
Fastball
PRIMARY TEAM
Chicago Cubs
197
WINS
55.4
QUALITY START PCT
44.3
WAR
3.44
ERA
114
30.3
WAR7
1187
STRIKEOUTS
1.45
K / BB RATIO
2.8
WAR PER SEASON
Larry French
A professional pitcher who never refused the baseball. French threw hard early, then came back from a sore shoulder to fashion a knuckleball. He twice led the National League in shutouts.

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Larry French Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS WAR PER SN
French
44.3
30.3
18.6
14.4
37.3
2.8
AVG HOFer
73.0
49.8
30.3
21.5
61.4
4.5

Where Does Larry French Rank?

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
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CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3
WAR + WAR7 / 2

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