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Frank
Malzone		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 28, 1930 in Usa, NY, BRONX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 25 STL NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 26 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 27 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 28 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 29 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 30 STL NL $ 600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 31 STL NL $ 600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 32 STL NL $ 600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 33 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 34 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 35 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 36 STL NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 25 STL NL     5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1956 26 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1957 27 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 2 3 9 9 9
1958 28 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1959 29 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1960 30 STL NL $ 600,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1961 31 STL NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 9
1962 32 STL NL $ 600,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 9
1963 33 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 9
1964 34 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1965 35 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 9 9
1966 36 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 3 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 34 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 0 0 0 1   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
July 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 25 AAA   56 234 28 79 15 2 9 35 0 1 15 26 .338 .378 .534 .912 42.2  
    AA   80 284 39 89 12 1 15 45 2 1 25 24 .313 .369 .521 .890 51.6  
1956 26 STL NL 90 302 29 80 10 0 3 30 0 0 19 14 .265 .308 .328 .636 27.5 2.0
    AAA   47 193 37 79 14 0 7 26 1 2 27 12 .409 .482 .591 1.072 46.9  
1957 27 STL NL 136 301 30 79 14 0 8 41 0 0 15 27 .262 .296 .389 .684 31.5 3.2
1958 28 STL NL 152 566 50 157 27 6 10 72 0 1 31 43 .277 .317 .399 .716 60.6 5.7
1959 29 STL NL 130 315 26 77 22 2 5 37 1 0 25 20 .244 .300 .375 .675 35.9 4.4
1960 30 STL NL 51 87 7 18 6 1 2 11 0 0 7 10 .207 .263 .368 .631 8.7 1.0
    AA   56 191 31 60 9 3 8 33 3 0 19 17 .314 .376 .518 .895 35.5  
1961 31 AA   137 543 76 159 22 1 20 65 1 2 63 32 .293 .366 .448 .814 87.8  
1962 32 STL NL 36 69 7 15 3 1 2 6 0 0 4 1 .217 .260 .377 .637 6.4 1.0
    AAA   26 105 19 32 11 0 3 16 0 0 10 9 .305 .365 .495 .860 17.6  
1963 33 STL NL 36 53 6 14 2 0 1 5 1 0 3 3 .264 .304 .358 .662 4.9 0.6
1964 34 STL NL 49 75 8 18 4 0 2 9 0 0 3 1 .240 .269 .373 .643 6.9 0.7
1965 35 STL NL 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
    AAA   102 337 44 103 25 0 10 43 0 1 34 21 .306 .369 .469 .838 55.2  
1966 36 AAA   110 276 45 79 12 2 9 35 1 0 26 17 .286 .348 .442 .790 41.8  
9 Years Sim 682 1771 163 460 88 10 33 211 2 1 107 119 .260 .302 .377 .679 183.4 19.0
5 Years AAA 341 1145 173 372 77 4 38 155 2 4 112 85 .325 .384 .499 .883 203.8  
3 Years AA 273 1018 146 308 43 5 43 143 6 3 107 73 .303 .370 .481 .851 174.9  
8 Years Minors 614 2163 319 680 120 9 81 298 8 7 219 158 .314 .377 .491 .868 378.7  
162 Game Average 420 38 109 20 2 7 50 0 0 25 28 .260 .302 .377 .679 43.6  
Career Highs 152 566 50 157 27 6 10 72 1 1 31 43 .667 .667 .667 1.333 60.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   933 94 236 46 8 19 122 1 1 49 76 .253 .291 .380 .672 99.9
vs LH   838 69 224 42 2 14 89 1 0 58 43 .267 .314 .372 .686 96.4
Home 343 895 90 246 49 3 20 115 2 0 62 57 .275 .323 .403 .726 113.3
Away 339 876 73 214 39 7 13 96 0 1 45 62 .244 .281 .349 .630 83.0
RISP   446 0 121 20 2 10 165 0 0 33 31 .271 .319 .392 .711 55.4
Pinch Hitting   222 17 58 6 1 2 25 1 0 16 14 .261 .314 .324 .638 22.6
Close/Late   262 18 79 12 1 5 31 0 0 16 19 .302 .343 .412 .755 35.3
Mar/Apr 100 281 24 77 17 2 6 42 0 0 15 21 .274 .310 .413 .723 34.5
May 124 319 24 68 15 3 6 34 0 0 14 22 .213 .246 .335 .581 25.2
June 112 246 25 69 9 2 6 34 0 0 12 17 .280 .312 .407 .718 30.3
July 107 252 26 64 12 2 4 32 0 0 22 15 .254 .315 .365 .680 28.9
August 118 326 27 86 15 0 3 27 2 1 20 23 .264 .307 .337 .645 32.9
Sep/Oct 121 347 37 96 20 1 8 42 0 0 24 21 .277 .325 .409 .734 44.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1956 26 STL NL 3B 70 68 565.3 31 103 5 7 .964 2.13   0.2
    SS 15 7 82.0 8 25 2 2 .943 3.62   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 27 STL NL 3B 77 37 397.3 34 85 3 5 .975 2.70   1.6
    SS 32 16 164.3 27 53 2 8 .976 4.38   0.5
1958 28 STL NL 3B 75 74 639.3 60 148 9 11 .959 2.93   1.7
    SS 75 71 622.7 100 249 15 48 .959 5.04   1.7
1959 29 STL NL SS 66 54 492.7 61 178 2 33 .992 4.37   2.3
    3B 17 16 130.0 10 24 6 1 .850 2.35   0.2
1960 30 STL NL SS 14 13 101.0 17 51 1 16 .986 6.06   0.6
    3B 14 2 45.7 4 12 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.2
1962 32 STL NL CF 10 9 79.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.1
    SS 10 3 36.0 4 17 0 2 1.000 5.25   0.2
    3B 7 3 29.0 3 8 1 1 .917 3.41   0.1
    2B 2 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1963 33 STL NL CF 10 6 53.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.2
    SS 7 3 30.7 4 17 2 3 .913 6.16   0.2
    2B 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1964 34 STL NL CF 10 7 63.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.2
    SS 12 3 43.0 7 19 1 2 .963 5.44   0.2
    3B 3 2 18.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 35 STL NL 3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 265 202 1835.7 143 386 24 25 .957 2.59   4.1
  SS 231 170 1572.3 228 609 25 114 .971 4.79   5.9
  CF 30 22 195.3 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.5
  2B 9 0 12.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.65   0.1
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   536 394 3616.6 412 999 49 139 .966 3.51   10.6
Career Highs   150 145 1262.0 160 397 24 59 .988 5.15    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 32 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 33 STL NL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
1964 34 STL NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .400 .571 .600 1.171
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1958-5-114
 Triples
1958-6-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Tommy Helms (962)
  2. Glenn Beckert (954)
  3. Dick Schofield (950)
  4. Bobby Cox (947)
  5. Von Hayes (946)
  6. Doc Farrell (945)
  7. Scott Fletcher (942)
  8. Rafael Santana (941)
  9. Bob Meacham (941)
  10. Billy Goodman (939)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1955
Injured on 4/20/1955 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/15/1956 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/15/1956, off Hank Aguirre (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/17/1956, off Billy O'dell (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1958, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/11/1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1962: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
Injured on 6/19/1966 with a Strained Back, out for one week
 
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