Frankie Pytlak
[edit] Biography
Frankie Pytlak (Frank Anthony Pytlak) was born on July 30, 1908 in Buffalo, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1932 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .310 with 2 home runs and 33 RBI. Pytlak played for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Frankie Pytlak's best season was 1937, when he hit for a .315 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| CLE
| A
| 12
| 29
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .241
| .333
| .345
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CLE
| A
| 80
| 248
| 36
| 77
| 2
| 33
| .310
| .355
| .423
| 10
| 6
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| CLE
| A
| 91
| 289
| 46
| 75
| 0
| 35
| .260
| .352
| .329
| 12
| 4
| 36
| 11
| 5
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 55
| 149
| 14
| 44
| 1
| 12
| .295
| .348
| .369
| 6
| 1
| 11
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 75
| 224
| 35
| 72
| 0
| 31
| .321
| .394
| .424
| 15
| 4
| 24
| 11
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 125
| 397
| 60
| 125
| 1
| 44
| .315
| .404
| .390
| 15
| 6
| 52
| 15
| 7
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 113
| 364
| 46
| 112
| 1
| 43
| .308
| .376
| .393
| 14
| 7
| 36
| 15
| 4
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 63
| 183
| 20
| 49
| 0
| 14
| .268
| .343
| .333
| 2
| 5
| 20
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 62
| 149
| 16
| 21
| 0
| 16
| .141
| .234
| .168
| 2
| 1
| 17
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| BOS
| A
| 106
| 336
| 36
| 91
| 2
| 39
| .271
| .329
| .363
| 23
| 1
| 28
| 19
| 1
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 6
|
| 1945
| BOS
| A
| 9
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .250
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 795
| 2399
| 316
| 677
| 7
| 272
| .282
| .355
| .363
| 100
| 36
| 247
| 97
| 24
| 43
| 56
| 0
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| CLE
| A
| C
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| CLE
| A
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 246
| 57
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| CLE
| A
| C
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 325
| 38
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| C
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 166
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| C
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 224
| 35
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| C
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 559
| 80
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| C
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 475
| 56
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| C
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 227
| 24
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| C
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 235
| 30
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .996
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1941
| BOS
| A
| C
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 416
| 41
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1945
| BOS
| A
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| BOS
| A
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 699
| 0
| 0
| 2958
| 395
| 29
| 64
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Odell Hale and Joe Dobson to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Gene Desautels, Jim Bagby and Gee Walker (December 12, 1940).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (August 5, 1946).
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