Contact info for former Tiger pitcher Frank Lary

**Ed Golick** · April-03-10, 09:57 AM

Looking for contact information for former Detroit Tigers pitcher Frank Lary. I recently acquired some rare film footage and I'd like to give him a DVD copy.

**Hermod** · April-03-10, 10:20 AM

Frank Lary, the "Yankee Killer"

**jiminnm** · April-03-10, 10:27 AM

ZabaSearch has this info:
FRANK S LARY Born Apr 1930
11813 BASEBALL DR
NORTHPORT, AL 35475 [[205) 339-2838

Not sure if he's the same, but Lary was from Alabama and the birth date's correct.

**Lowell** · April-03-10, 10:41 AM

That's got to be him. It matches his daetes in Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...laryfr01.shtml

A tough little pitcher and a fan favorite because he had the hated Yankees number. I had a Frank Lary Fan Club card from when I was a kid.
Great career record:
12 Seasons 128-116 .525 3.49 ERA
He would have been a multi-millionaire in today's game.

**Ed Golick** · April-03-10, 10:53 AM

Wow! That was quick! What I have is film footage of Lary from 1963 singing and playing "Wabash Cannonball" on a guitar. And he ain't half bad!

**eno** · April-03-10, 10:54 AM

I recall going to a Tiger game with Frank Lary going up against Whitey Ford. I don't recall the score but the Tigers lost. May have been shutout.

Frank Lary was on that Tiger team in '61 that won 100 games and came in second place.

**FlyingJ** · April-03-10, 12:46 PM

If Rosa Parks can live on her Street[[@ least til she wintered out here) you figure a Tiger can live on Baseball Drive. There's a Red Wing i run into @ Mass out here-he had the bad timing to go on the line after Gordie Howe left & told me he never got used 2 the bad press[[as if ANYBODY can replace Gordie Howe...).

**douglasm** · April-03-10, 03:28 PM

Didn't he blow out his arm [[elbow?) out in '63, effectively ending his major league career?

He could hit decently enough, too for a pitcher. I'll grant you he was no Don Mossi [[although Mossi's batting skills may be a myth, he carried a .163 lifetime BA), but Lary hit .177 for his career, and had a little power. I remember watching him hit a homer in Tiger Stadium in '62.

**eno** · April-03-10, 05:44 PM

Too bad he was not related to Yale Lary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Lary

**fratman** · April-09-10, 02:48 PM

Pretty fair pitching lineup back then-Lary, Bunning, Mossi & Foytack. Too bad
Bunning turned out to such a creep personally but you can't deny his talent. Wonder if there was any jelousy between Bunning & Lary.

**highhat** · April-09-10, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Hermod

Frank Lary, the "Yankee Killer"

I was about 11 and we would buy a box of cards ...5 cents a pack...almost got into a fight with my best friend over who got to use 'the Yankee Killer' in our flip card games....Paw Paw was my favorite non Al Kaline Tiger.

**daddeeo** · April-10-10, 12:34 PM

Yes, old Charlie Maxwell.
I remember him catching fly balls in batting practice backhanded!

**lafontaine** · April-10-10, 12:47 PM

11813 Baseball Dr is off Frank Lary Dr and situated on Lary Lake. I would think Mr. Lary is quite popular in Northport AL.

**douglasm** · April-11-10, 12:01 PM

paw Paw was my hero too because he was left handed. I believe he at one time held a major league record for left fielders, 160 games without an error. I was proud of him until dad pointed out that Charlie was so slow he never could get into position to make an error.

**KENSINGTONY** · April-12-10, 12:52 PM

I've always thought it was Opening Day 1962 when Frank Lary ruined his arm by pitching in cold weather but memory being what it is I could be off by a year.