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Larry French played 14 major-league seasons (1929-1942) as a P (570). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 22 | PIT | 30 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .190 | .442 | 14 |
| 1930 | 23 | PIT | 42 | 91 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .242 | .563 | 40 |
| 1931 | 24 | PIT | 39 | 95 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .179 | .417 | 17 |
| 1932 | 25 | PIT | 47 | 92 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .207 | .476 | 31 |
| 1933 | 26 | PIT | 47 | 101 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .149 | .377 | 11 |
| 1934 | 27 | PIT | 49 | 84 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .190 | .453 | 26 |
| 1935 | 28 | CHN | 42 | 85 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .141 | .314 | -12 |
| 1936 | 29 | CHN | 43 | 85 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .212 | .482 | 35 |
| 1937 | 30 | CHN | 42 | 71 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .127 | .268 | -25 |
| 1938 | 31 | CHN | 43 | 62 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .210 | .559 | 59 |
| 1939 | 32 | CHN | 36 | 73 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .192 | .504 | 40 |
| 1940 | 33 | CHN | 40 | 85 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .165 | .437 | 26 |
| 1941 | 34 | CHN|BRO | 32 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .196 | .470 | 38 |
| 1942 | 35 | BRO | 38 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .300 | .724 | 119 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 22 | PIT | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 123 | 49 | 62 | 4.90 | 96 |
| 1930 | 23 | PIT | 42 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 274.2 | 90 | 89 | 4.36 | 114 |
| 1931 | 24 | PIT | 39 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 275.2 | 73 | 70 | 3.26 | 118 |
| 1932 | 25 | PIT | 47 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 274.1 | 72 | 62 | 3.02 | 129 |
| 1933 | 26 | PIT | 47 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 291.1 | 88 | 55 | 2.72 | 123 |
| 1934 | 27 | PIT | 49 | 35 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 263.2 | 103 | 59 | 3.58 | 113 |
| 1935 | 28 | CHN | 42 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 246.1 | 90 | 44 | 2.96 | 136 |
| 1936 | 29 | CHN | 43 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 252.1 | 104 | 54 | 3.39 | 119 |
| 1937 | 30 | CHN | 42 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 208 | 100 | 65 | 3.98 | 98 |
| 1938 | 31 | CHN | 43 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 201.1 | 83 | 62 | 3.80 | 100 |
| 1939 | 32 | CHN | 36 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 194 | 98 | 50 | 3.29 | 119 |
| 1940 | 33 | CHN | 40 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 246 | 107 | 64 | 3.29 | 117 |
| 1941 | 34 | CHN|BRO | 32 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 153.2 | 68 | 47 | 4.51 | 81 |
| 1942 | 35 | BRO | 38 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 147.2 | 62 | 36 | 1.83 | 181 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | P | 30 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| 1930 | P | 42 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| 1931 | P | 39 | 0 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 6 |
| 1932 | P | 47 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 7 | 3 |
| 1933 | P | 47 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 3 | 4 |
| 1934 | P | 49 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 4 |
| 1935 | P | 42 | 0 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 5 |
| 1936 | P | 43 | 0 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| 1937 | P | 42 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 4 |
| 1938 | P | 43 | 0 | 19 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 1939 | P | 36 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 3 |
| 1940 | P | 40 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 2 |
| 1941 | P | 32 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 1942 | P | 38 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Larry French won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1942, 1933.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 10 / 80 | 0 |
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
Larry French ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #135 | relief pitchers | 1942 | 181 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.