Herman Franks stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1949

Age 112

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Herman Franks played 6 MLB seasons, 1939 to 1949.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
188
AB
403
R
35
H
80
HR
3
RBI
43
SB
2
AVG
.199
Standard by season
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.
1939STL171711030.059
1940LAD6513111241142.183
1941LAD5713910281110.201
1947ATH81523010.200
1948ATH409810221140.224
1949SF1312000.667

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
1
AB
1
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.000

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
473
TB
111
XBH
23
HBP
3
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1939STL21100000
1940LAD1543151000
1941LAD1563880000
1947ATH19510000
1948ATH1203492000
1949SF3200000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.6
RC
38.9
RC/27
3.20
ISOP
.077
SECA
.223
BB/K
1.54
AB/HR
134.3
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1939STL-0.3-0.1-0.2.0000.2100
1940LAD-0.211.22.8.0530.23.31310
1941LAD-0.211.12.6.0720.21.11390
1947ATH0.02.35.1.1330.4100
1948ATH0.013.64.6.1220.31.5980
1949SF0.1128.3.0000000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
112 yearsJan 4, 1914
Debut
1939

What were Herman Franks's career stats?

Herman Franks played 6 seasons for the Cardinals, the Dodgers, the Athletics and the Giants. He was a career .199 hitter with 80 hits, 3 home runs and 43 RBI. His best season was 1949: a .667 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.

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