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Frankie Gustine
Frank William Gustine

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 13, 1939
Final Game May 17, 1950
Born February 20, 1920 in Hoopeston, IL
Died April 1, 1991 in Davenport, IA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 19 PIT NL  22   70    5   13   3  0   0    3   0      9   4  .186  .278  .229   39   16   5           0   3
 1940 20 PIT NL 133  524   59  147  32  7   1   55   7     35  39  .281  .328  .374   94  196   4           2  13 MVP-34
 1941 21 PIT NL 121  463   46  125  24  7   1   46   5     28  38  .270  .313  .359   89  166   5           1   9
 1942 22 PIT NL 115  388   34   89  11  4   2   35   5     29  27  .229  .286  .294   68  114   3           2  14
 1943 23 PIT NL 112  414   40  120  21  3   0   43  12     32  36  .290  .341  .355   99  147   8           0   8
 1944 24 PIT NL 127  405   42   93  18  3   2   42   8     33  41  .230  .288  .304   64  123   8           0  14
 1945 25 PIT NL 128  478   67  134  27  5   2   66   8     37  33  .280  .335  .370   93  177   6           2  14
 1946 26 PIT NL 131  495   60  128  23  6   8   52   2     40  52  .259  .318  .378   95  187  10           3  13 MVP-28,AS
 1947 27 PIT NL 156  616  102  183  30  6   9   67   5     63  65  .297  .364  .409  102  252  10           2  15 AS
 1948 28 PIT NL 131  449   68  120  19  2   9   42   5     42  62  .267  .333  .379   90  170   6           2  12 AS
 1949 29 CHC NL  76  261   29   59  13  4   4   27   3     18  22  .226  .279  .352   70   92   5           1   9
 1950 30 SLB AL   9   19    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  1   3   8  .158  .273  .211   23    4   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1261 4582  553 1214 222 47  38  480  60  1 369 427  .265  .322  .359   87 1644  71   0   0  15 125
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        589   71  156  29  6   5   62   8  0  47  55  .265  .322  .359   87  211   9   0   0   2  16
 Career High    156  616  102  183  32  7   9   67  12  1  63  65  .297  .364  .409  102  252  10   0   0   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 19 PIT NL   84   65    4   1.6   102| .186  .278| .278  .343| .229  .397| .507  .740|  39  .133  -5.8  -0.6     
 1940 20 PIT NL  565  394   64   4.4    97| .281  .270| .328  .335| .374  .389| .702  .724|  94  .501  -4.3  -0.4     
 1941 21 PIT NL  497  352   52   4.0    94| .270  .266| .313  .336| .359  .375| .672  .711|  89  .479  -8.1  -0.8     
 1942 22 PIT NL  422  316   32   2.7    89| .229  .259| .286  .332| .294  .360| .580  .692|  68  .352 -16.8  -1.8     
 1943 23 PIT NL  454  310   50   4.4    92| .290  .268| .341  .337| .355  .364| .696  .701|  99  .544  -0.8  -0.1     
 1944 24 PIT NL  446  334   35   2.8    97| .230  .273| .288  .340| .304  .383| .592  .723|  64  .324 -20.2  -2.1     
 1945 25 PIT NL  523  364   59   4.3   100| .280  .278| .335  .348| .370  .384| .705  .732|  93  .506  -5.3  -0.5     
 1946 26 PIT NL  548  390   59   4.0    94| .259  .265| .318  .340| .378  .371| .696  .711|  95  .501  -4.7  -0.5     
 1947 27 PIT NL  691  458   91   5.3   108| .297  .277| .364  .353| .409  .412| .773  .765| 102  .559   2.6   0.3     
 1948 28 PIT NL  499  347   56   4.3   104| .267  .271| .333  .346| .379  .401| .712  .747|  90  .482  -6.4  -0.6     
 1949 29 CHC NL  285  216   25   3.1   101| .226  .267| .279  .340| .352  .399| .631  .739|  70  .329 -11.7  -1.2     
 1950 30 SLB AL   23   19    1   1.4   117| .158  .283| .273  .371| .211  .425| .484  .796|  23  .090  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5037 3565  528   4.0    98| .265  .270| .322  .342| .359  .385| .681  .727|  87  .468 -83.9  -8.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 19 PIT NL 3B 22 17 52 8 3 .896 .943 3.14 2.79 1940 20 PIT NL 2B 130 288 402 43 92 .941 .964 5.31 5.14 1941 21 PIT NL 2B 104 269 317 28 45 .954 .962 5.63 5.25 3B 15 24 36 8 2 .882 .949 4.00 3.16 1942 22 PIT NL 2B 108 227 312 26 53 .954 .968 4.99 5.19 3B 2 2 2 1 1 .800 .930 2.00 3.05 SS 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.85 C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 0 1943 23 PIT NL SS 68 135 230 24 41 .938 .954 5.37 4.97 2B 40 75 115 6 23 .969 .969 4.75 5.40 1B 1 3 0 3 1 .500 1.000 3.00 10.00 1944 24 PIT NL SS 116 183 330 34 52 .938 .954 4.42 4.85 2B 11 23 21 2 3 .957 .963 4.00 5.04 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1945 25 PIT NL SS 104 177 291 35 52 .930 .947 4.50 4.75 2B 29 69 75 6 11 .960 .967 4.97 5.05 C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 3.80 0 1946 26 PIT NL 2B 113 290 328 21 61 .967 .970 5.47 5.09 AS SS 13 20 40 2 8 .968 .957 4.62 4.67 AS 3B 7 9 19 1 1 .966 .952 4.00 2.84 AS 1947 27 PIT NL 3B 156 193 330 31 35 .944 .947 3.35 2.80 AS 1948 28 PIT NL 3B 118 119 256 21 21 .947 .941 3.18 2.81 AS 1949 29 CHC NL 3B 55 52 110 12 13 .931 .952 2.95 2.98 2B 16 52 47 4 15 .961 .976 6.19 5.07 1950 30 SLB AL 3B 6 10 8 3 3 .857 .957 3.00 3.03
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 23 PIT NL 1B 1 3 0 3 1 .500 1.000 3.00 10.00 1940 20 PIT NL 2B 130 288 402 43 92 .941 .964 5.31 5.14 1941 21 PIT NL 2B 104 269 317 28 45 .954 .962 5.63 5.25 1942 22 PIT NL 2B 108 227 312 26 53 .954 .968 4.99 5.19 1943 23 PIT NL 2B 40 75 115 6 23 .969 .969 4.75 5.40 1944 24 PIT NL 2B 11 23 21 2 3 .957 .963 4.00 5.04 1945 25 PIT NL 2B 29 69 75 6 11 .960 .967 4.97 5.05 1946 26 PIT NL 2B 113 290 328 21 61 .967 .970 5.47 5.09 1949 29 CHC NL 2B 16 52 47 4 15 .961 .976 6.19 5.07 1939 19 PIT NL 3B 22 17 52 8 3 .896 .943 3.14 2.79 1941 21 PIT NL 3B 15 24 36 8 2 .882 .949 4.00 3.16 1942 22 PIT NL 3B 2 2 2 1 1 .800 .930 2.00 3.05 1944 24 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1946 26 PIT NL 3B 7 9 19 1 1 .966 .952 4.00 2.84 1947 27 PIT NL 3B 156 193 330 31 35 .944 .947 3.35 2.80 1948 28 PIT NL 3B 118 119 256 21 21 .947 .941 3.18 2.81 1949 29 CHC NL 3B 55 52 110 12 13 .931 .952 2.95 2.98 1950 30 SLB AL 3B 6 10 8 3 3 .857 .957 3.00 3.03 1942 22 PIT NL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.30 0 1945 25 PIT NL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 3.80 0 1942 22 PIT NL SS 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.85 1943 23 PIT NL SS 68 135 230 24 41 .938 .954 5.37 4.97 1944 24 PIT NL SS 116 183 330 34 52 .938 .954 4.42 4.85 1945 25 PIT NL SS 104 177 291 35 52 .930 .947 4.50 4.75 1946 26 PIT NL SS 13 20 40 2 8 .968 .957 4.62 4.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 2B 551 1293 1617 136 303 .955 .966 5.28 5.17 3B 382 426 813 85 79 .936 .946 3.24 2.85 SS 303 517 893 95 153 .937 .952 4.65 4.83 C 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.05 0 1B 1 3 0 3 1 .500 1.000 3.00 10.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1239 2243 3323 319 536 .946 .958 4.49 4.37
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1946   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1947   PIT NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1948   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .200  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1946 *
1947 (3B)
1948 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-NL-34-0.00
1946-NL-28-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Games
1947 NL-156-1

At Bats
1947 NL-616-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1947 NL-691-4

Runs
1947 NL-102-7

Hits
1947 NL-183-3

Total Bases
1947 NL-252-10

Doubles
1947 NL-30-9

Strikeouts
1947 NL-65-8
1948 NL-62-10

Stolen Bases
1943 NL-12-3

Singles
1947 NL-138-3

Times on Base
1947 NL-248-10

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-3-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 NL-14-9
1945 NL-14-8
1947 NL-15-10

Outs
1947 NL-458-3

Youngest Player
1939 NL-19-2
1940 NL-20-4

 

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1255) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1030) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1948: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Cal McLish to the Chicago Cubs for Clyde McCullough and Cliff Chambers.

September 14, 1949: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Chicago Cubs.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ray Ippolito (minors), Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner.

May 22, 1950: Released by the St. Louis Browns.


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