Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Frankie
Pytlak		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 30, 1908 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1933 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1934 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 7 6 6 10 10 10
1935 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 7 6 6 10 10 10
1936 27 CLE AL $ 385,714   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 7 6 7 10 10 10
1937 28 CLE AL $ 385,714   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 8 7 8 10 10 10
1938 29 CLE AL $ 385,714   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10
1939 30 BRK NL $ 850,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10
1940 31 BRK NL $ 850,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 7 8 7 7 10 10 10
1941 32 BRK NL $ 850,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10
1942 33 BRK NL $ 480,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10
1943 34 BRK NL $ 440,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 7 10 9 9
1944 35 BRK NL $ 440,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 850,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 8 7 8 10 10 10
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
1932 23 AAA   100 425 71 129 17 6 3 51 21 11 37 13 .304 .359 .393 .752 58.7  
1933 24 CLE AL 98 275 60 65 6 2 4 32 28 9 25 7 .236 .307 .316 .623 29.7 2.3
1934 25 CLE AL 109 355 63 103 21 4 3 49 27 9 39 11 .290 .363 .397 .760 53.3 6.9
1935 26 CLE AL 137 464 61 123 30 7 1 52 28 15 52 5 .265 .340 .366 .707 56.6 7.3
1936 27 CLE AL 121 298 48 78 10 4 3 34 31 10 31 9 .262 .340 .352 .693 38.4 3.9
1937 28 CLE AL 96 115 32 30 3 2 0 16 14 10 13 1 .261 .333 .322 .655 10.6 0.1
1938 29 CLE AL 97 75 26 18 3 3 0 3 13 4 5 2 .240 .288 .360 .648 8.2 0.5
1939 30 BRK NL 65 186 29 56 13 1 3 25 12 3 22 7 .301 .378 .430 .808 31.2 6.4
1940 31 BRK NL 86 194 29 41 6 0 1 18 7 2 25 5 .211 .299 .258 .556 16.5 0.5
1941 32 BRK NL 78 166 32 42 11 0 0 12 3 0 25 8 .253 .352 .319 .672 19.8 2.8
1942 33 BRK NL 38 39 10 9 1 3 0 6 0 0 5 0 .231 .318 .410 .728 5.3 1.0
1943 34 BRK NL 40 80 14 21 5 0 0 6 5 2 12 3 .263 .379 .325 .704 10.5 1.6
1944 35 BRK NL 50 121 11 31 6 3 0 21 8 2 10 5 .256 .316 .355 .671 13.0 1.6
12 Years Sim 1015 2368 415 617 115 29 15 274 176 66 264 63 .261 .338 .353 .691 293.0 35.0
1 Years AAA 100 425 71 129 17 6 3 51 21 11 37 13 .304 .362 .393 .755 58.7  
162 Game Average 377 66 98 18 4 2 43 28 10 42 10 .261 .338 .353 .691 46.8  
Career Highs 137 464 63 123 30 7 4 52 31 15 52 11 .301 .379 .430 .808 56.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1189 216 285 50 18 7 122 96 39 115 34 .240 .312 .330 .642 126.9
vs LH   1179 199 332 65 11 8 152 80 27 149 29 .282 .364 .376 .739 168.9
Home 509 1138 197 301 50 15 12 147 80 38 116 36 .264 .337 .366 .704 142.2
Away 506 1230 218 316 65 14 3 127 96 28 148 27 .257 .339 .340 .679 153.6
RISP   576 0 158 30 6 5 239 0 0 59 13 .274 .339 .373 .713 73.5
Pinch Hitting   135 15 36 2 4 0 14 2 2 12 2 .267 .336 .341 .676 14.9
Close/Late   311 86 81 15 1 1 36 0 1 28 7 .260 .329 .325 .654 32.4
Mar/Apr 154 398 56 95 13 3 5 45 26 14 42 15 .239 .316 .324 .640 42.1
May 190 431 86 121 22 4 4 53 37 18 55 15 .281 .365 .378 .743 61.1
June 158 409 71 122 26 5 1 60 25 10 43 6 .298 .364 .394 .758 58.7
July 145 318 53 83 16 6 3 36 26 7 32 7 .261 .329 .377 .706 41.8
August 182 427 75 113 25 8 1 52 28 9 42 5 .265 .335 .368 .703 53.6
Sep/Oct 183 385 73 83 13 3 1 28 34 8 50 15 .216 .314 .273 .587 38.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1933 24 CLE AL C 79 65 606.3 216 20 1 2 .996 3.50 27 9 .333 2 3.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 25 CLE AL C 103 83 775.7 253 27 5 0 .982 3.25 36 8 .222 2 2.9
1935 26 CLE AL C 131 122 1084.0 337 33 1 1 .997 3.07 40 16 .400 6 7.5
1936 27 CLE AL C 75 70 635.7 164 29 0 1 1.000 2.73 21 11 .524 0 5.2
1937 28 CLE AL C 28 26 217.0 65 7 3 1 .960 2.99 5 1 .200 0 0.9
    CF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1938 29 CLE AL C 14 9 77.0 28 4 0 0 1.000 3.74 1 1 1.000 2 0.5
    CF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 30 BRK NL C 54 53 487.0 245 21 1 0 .996 4.92 25 10 .400 0 4.1
1940 31 BRK NL C 56 55 493.7 229 24 2 0 .992 4.61 20 7 .350 2 2.1
1941 32 BRK NL C 51 47 416.0 224 14 2 0 .992 5.15 10 1 .100 4 0.9
1942 33 BRK NL C 16 10 95.3 47 5 1 0 .981 4.91 3 2 .667 0 0.5
1943 34 BRK NL C 26 24 210.3 108 9 0 0 1.000 5.01 9 2 .222 1 1.2
1944 35 BRK NL C 38 30 294.0 140 9 1 0 .993 4.56 8 5 .625 3 1.5
  C 671 594 5392.0 2056 202 17 5 .993 3.77 205 73 .356 22 31.2
  CF 6 0 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   678 594 5414.0 2062 202 17 5 .993 3.76 205 73 .356 22 31.2
Career Highs   131 122 1084.0 337 33 5 2 1.000 5.15 40 16 1.000 6  
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.
Stolen Bases
1933-1-28
1934-1-27
1935-1-28
1936-1-31
1937-2-14
1938-4-13
1939-7-12
 Caught Stealing
1933-4-9
1934-1-9
1935-1-15
1936-1-10
1937-1-10
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Al Evans (959)
  2. Rick Ferrell (944)
  3. Buck Martinez (939)
  4. Phil Masi (938)
  5. Faye Throneberry (937)
  6. Denny Sothern (936)
  7. Carl Warwick (931)
  8. Keith Moreland (930)
  9. Manny Sanguillen (926)
  10. Chris Cannizzaro (925)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1932
Injured on 5/18/1932 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/6/1933, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/13/1933
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1939 to a 3-year deal worth $850,000 per year
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $480,000 per year, for 1 years
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $440,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 6/1/1943 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1943 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.