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Frank Papish
Frank Richard Papish (Pap)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 192 lb.

Debut May 8, 1945
Final Game June 27, 1950
Born October 21, 1917 in Pueblo, CO
Died August 30, 1965 in Pueblo, CO

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 27 CHW AL   4   4  19   5   3   0  11  1   84.3   75   36   35   3   40   45   0   1   360       0  3.74  3.33   89 1.364
 1946 28 CHW AL   7   5  31  15   6   2   7  0  138.0  122   52   42   7   63   66   1   2   573       0  2.74  3.40  124 1.341
 1947 29 CHW AL  12  12  38  26   6   1   9  3  199.0  185   82   72   6   98   79   2   6   871       0  3.26  3.67  113 1.422
 1948 30 CHW AL   2   8  32  14   2   0  12  4   95.3   97   65   53   7   75   41   3   2   453       0  5.00  4.24   85 1.804
 1949 31 CLE AL   1   0  25   3   1   0  12  1   62.0   54   24   22   2   39   23   0   0   271       1  3.19  3.99  125 1.500
 1950 32 PIT NL   0   0   4   1   0   0   0  0    2.3    8    7    7   1    4    1   0   0    19       0 27.00  4.39   16 5.143
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .473  26  29 149  64  18   3  51  9  581.0  541  266  231  26  319  255   6  11  2547       1  3.58  3.69  103 1.480
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  47  20   5   0  16  2  185.3  172   84   73   8  101   81   1   3   813   0   0  3.58  3.69  103 1.480
 Career High     12  12  38  26   6   2  12  4  199.0  185   82   72   7   98   79   3   6   871   0   1  2.74  4.24  125 1.341

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 27 CHW AL  19   26    3    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .231  .286  .269   63    7   3           0   0
 1946 28 CHW AL  31   43    3    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .186  .205  .209   18    9   3           0   1
 1947 29 CHW AL  38   58    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  15  .086  .102  .086  -47    5   6           0   2
 1948 30 CHW AL  32   27    1    5   2  0   0    4   0  0   0   6  .185  .185  .259   19    7   1           0   2
 1949 31 CLE AL  25    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .125  .300  .125   15    1   3           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      149  162    9   25   4  0   0    9   0  0   6  36  .154  .185  .179    3   29  16   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        176   10   27   4  0   0   10   0  0   7  39  .154  .185  .179    3   32  17   0   0   0   5
 Career High     38   58    3    8   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  15                           9   6   0   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 27 CHW AL   31   23    2   2.3    86| .231  .258| .286  .330| .269  .351| .555  .680|  63  .283  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1946 28 CHW AL   47   39    2   1.4    92| .186  .259| .205  .332| .209  .372| .414  .705|  18  .116  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1947 29 CHW AL   65   61    1   0.4    93| .086  .258| .102  .337| .086  .371| .188  .708| -47  .016 -11.5  -1.2   0%
 1948 30 CHW AL   28   25    1   1.1   103| .185  .269| .185  .354| .259  .389| .444  .743|  19  .065  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1949 31 CLE AL   13   10    0   0.0   105| .125  .268| .300  .360| .125  .390| .425  .750|  15  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       184  158    6   1.0    94| .154  .261| .185  .339| .179  .372| .364  .711|   3  .068 -21.6  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 27 CHW AL P 19 2 24 1 0 .963 .956 1.37 1.28 2.78 2.24 5 84.3 1946 28 CHW AL P 31 11 23 3 2 .919 .950 1.10 1.01 2.22 2.01 15 138.0 1947 29 CHW AL P 38 11 27 2 2 .950 .955 1.00 0.95 1.72 1.92 26 199.0 1948 30 CHW AL P 32 2 14 1 2 .941 .964 0.50 0.91 1.51 2.02 14 95.3 1949 31 CLE AL P 25 1 14 0 2 1.000 .962 0.60 1.01 2.18 2.12 3 62.0 1950 32 PIT NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 3.91 1.96 1 2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 27 CHW AL P 19 2 24 1 0 .963 .956 1.37 1.28 2.78 2.24 5 84.3 1946 28 CHW AL P 31 11 23 3 2 .919 .950 1.10 1.01 2.22 2.01 15 138.0 1947 29 CHW AL P 38 11 27 2 2 .950 .955 1.00 0.95 1.72 1.92 26 199.0 1948 30 CHW AL P 32 2 14 1 2 .941 .964 0.50 0.91 1.51 2.02 14 95.3 1949 31 CLE AL P 25 1 14 0 2 1.000 .962 0.60 1.01 2.18 2.12 3 62.0 1950 32 PIT NL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.97 3.91 1.96 1 2.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 149 28 102 7 8 .949 .956 0.87 1.01 2.01 2.03 64 581.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 149 28 102 7 8 .949 .956 0.87 1.01 2.01 2.03 64 581
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1947 AL-38-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1947 AL-98-5

Wild Pitches
1947 AL-6-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Rock Island (Western).

October 2, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Bob Kuzava and Ernest Groth.

December 14, 1949: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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