Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1982
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1982
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 268
- AB
- 542
- R
- 70
- H
- 109
- HR
- 20
- RBI
- 58
- SB
- 13
- AVG
- .201
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | 16 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .206 |
| 1983 | PIT | 32 | 60 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .283 |
| 1984 | PIT | 126 | 276 | 33 | 56 | 12 | 28 | 7 | .203 |
| 1985 |  PIT/WSH | 65 | 132 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .189 |
| 1987 | CLE | 29 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .100 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 607
- TB
- 198
- XBH
- 45
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 8
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | 35 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 64 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | 306 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT/WSH | 156 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.3
- RC
- 56.5
- RC/27
- 3.40
- ISOP
- .164
- SECA
- .271
- BB/K
- 0.35
- AB/HR
- 27.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PIT | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | .235 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 0.5 | 10.3 | 6.3 | .250 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | -0.1 | 29.8 | 3.5 | .185 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT/WSH | -1.1 | 11.4 | 2.7 | .068 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 132 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE | -0.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .150 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 20 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Doug Frobel's career stats?
Doug Frobel played 5 seasons for the Pirates and the Guardians. He was a career .201 hitter with 109 hits, 20 home runs and 58 RBI. His best season was 1983: a .283 batting average, 3 home runs and 11 RBI.
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