Frankie Pytlak
1932–1946 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians
796G
.282AVG
.355OBP
.363SLG
More career statistics
677H
7HR
272RBI
56SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,399 | 2,402 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 29 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 100 | 99 |
| Batting · Hits | 677 | 678 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,713 | 2,718 |
| Batting · Runs | 316 | 317 |
| Batting · RBI | 272 | 275 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 56 | 57 |
| Batting · Walks | 247 | 249 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | 2,713 | 2,399 | 316 | 677 | 100 | 36 | 7 | 272 | 247 | 97 | 56 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 870 | .282 | .355 | .363 | .718 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1938-09-15 to 1938-10-02
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1941-05-28 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1937-04-29 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1938-08-26 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 402 | 1358 | 347 | 1 | 140 | 131 | 49 | .292 | .352 | .368 |
| Away | 394 | 1360 | 331 | 6 | 135 | 118 | 48 | .273 | .330 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 256 | 67 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 12 | .291 | .336 | .378 |
| May | 136 | 490 | 117 | 0 | 57 | 40 | 17 | .270 | .320 | .328 |
| June | 156 | 549 | 145 | 1 | 55 | 51 | 19 | .298 | .357 | .391 |
| July | 166 | 560 | 138 | 1 | 57 | 46 | 20 | .273 | .329 | .337 |
| August | 131 | 400 | 104 | 2 | 39 | 44 | 14 | .299 | .370 | .402 |
| September | 134 | 449 | 104 | 1 | 46 | 45 | 15 | .267 | .332 | .354 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .300 | .500 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 126 | 410 | 93 | 1 | 35 | 32 | 20 | .253 | .305 | .326 |
| detroit-tigers | 116 | 380 | 96 | 1 | 39 | 26 | 15 | .281 | .321 | .345 |
| chicago-white-sox | 115 | 401 | 101 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 17 | .285 | .337 | .392 |
| st-louis-browns | 114 | 403 | 98 | 1 | 48 | 52 | 11 | .287 | .372 | .383 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 112 | 367 | 94 | 0 | 38 | 27 | 11 | .282 | .330 | .336 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 107 | 386 | 93 | 2 | 44 | 45 | 8 | .283 | .358 | .374 |
| boston-red-sox | 87 | 301 | 85 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 11 | .318 | .379 | .386 |
| cleveland-guardians | 19 | 70 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .273 | .314 | .364 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 29 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 80 | 248 | 77 | 2 | 35 | 3 | .310 | – | – |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 91 | 289 | 75 | – | 35 | 11 | .260 | – | – |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 55 | 149 | 44 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .295 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 75 | 224 | 72 | – | 31 | 5 | .321 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 125 | 397 | 125 | 1 | 45 | 16 | .315 | – | – |
| 1938 | Cleveland Guardians | 113 | 364 | 113 | 1 | 43 | 10 | .310 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 63 | 183 | 49 | – | 14 | 4 | .268 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 62 | 149 | 21 | – | 16 | – | .141 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Boston Red Sox | 107 | 339 | 91 | 2 | 39 | 5 | .268 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | .118 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .143 | – | – |