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Herman
Franks		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 202
 
Born: January 4, 1914 in Usa, UT, PRICE
 
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
1939 25 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1940 26 CLE AL     4 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1941 27 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8
1942 28 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
1943 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
1944 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1945 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 6 7 6 8 9 9 6 6 6
1946 32 CLE AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 6 7 6 8 9 9 6 6 6
1947 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 9 9
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
1939 25 AA   137 551 69 125 18 2 6 51 8 11 87 53 .227 .332 .299 .632 59.8  
1940 26 AA   137 490 56 111 24 2 5 46 8 9 109 41 .227 .367 .314 .682 65.8  
1941 27 AA   137 477 55 125 29 3 8 58 4 4 114 24 .262 .404 .386 .790 82.4  
1942 28 AA   137 451 58 123 26 3 2 43 8 8 145 32 .273 .450 .357 .807 87.4  
1943 29 CLE AL 23 64 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 8 .203 .292 .250 .542 5.3 0.1
1944 30 CLE AL 25 65 4 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 16 7 .215 .378 .246 .624 8.6 1.1
    AAA   31 98 13 22 4 0 0 12 0 1 19 8 .224 .350 .265 .616 10.7  
1945 31 CLE AL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6 0.1
    AAA   94 238 32 70 15 0 3 30 2 8 55 27 .294 .427 .395 .822 41.5  
1946 32 AAA   137 507 49 100 31 2 3 30 6 7 83 76 .197 .310 .284 .594 48.7  
1947 33 CLE AL 39 88 11 16 3 1 1 13 0 0 20 21 .182 .330 .273 .603 9.6 0.6
    AAA   31 117 11 21 4 0 2 16 3 0 25 20 .179 .324 .265 .589 13.1  
1948 34 AAA   137 416 46 67 13 4 6 49 5 3 67 87 .161 .277 .255 .532 33.4  
4 Years Sim 91 224 21 44 8 1 1 27 0 0 45 39 .196 .335 .254 .589 24.0 1.9
5 Years AAA 430 1376 151 280 67 6 14 137 16 19 249 218 .203 .327 .291 .619 147.4  
4 Years AA 548 1969 238 484 97 10 21 198 28 32 455 150 .246 .390 .337 .728 295.4  
9 Years Minors 978 3345 389 764 164 16 35 335 44 51 704 368 .228 .365 .318 .683 442.8  
162 Game Average 398 37 78 14 1 1 48 0 0 80 69 .196 .335 .254 .589 42.8  
Career Highs 39 88 11 16 3 1 1 13 0 0 20 21 .215 .378 .273 .624 9.6  
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   178 19 39 6 1 1 20 0 0 35 28 .219 .352 .281 .633 20.9
vs LH   46 2 5 2 0 0 7 0 0 10 11 .109 .268 .152 .420 2.4
Home 51 134 11 22 6 0 0 16 0 0 26 25 .164 .302 .209 .511 10.4
Away 40 90 10 22 2 1 1 11 0 0 19 14 .244 .382 .322 .704 12.9
RISP   65 0 19 4 0 0 26 0 0 11 10 .292 .397 .354 .751 9.7
Pinch Hitting   16 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .188 .410 0.6
Close/Late   26 6 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 .192 .300 .346 .646 3.0
Mar/Apr 19 44 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 9 .250 .358 .273 .631 5.3
May 19 50 3 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 10 .200 .298 .260 .558 4.0
June 25 56 5 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 14 8 .125 .300 .232 .532 5.2
July 20 51 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 12 8 .235 .391 .275 .665 6.8
August 4 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.4
Sep/Oct 4 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .182 .400 .273 .673 1.7
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
1943 29 CLE AL C 20 19 145.0 61 5 0 0 1.000 4.10 3 2 .667 0 0.8
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 30 CLE AL C 22 21 166.7 63 11 2 0 .974 4.00 9 4 .444 0 1.0
1945 31 CLE AL C 3 2 18.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1947 33 CLE AL C 27 24 214.0 98 10 1 0 .991 4.54 16 4 .250 0 1.0
  C 72 66 543.7 231 26 3 0 .988 4.25 28 10 .357 0 2.8
  1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   73 66 547.7 235 26 3 1 .989 4.29 28 10 .357 0 2.8
Career Highs   27 24 214.0 98 11 2 1 1.000 4.54 16 4 .667 0  
History
Drafted in 5th round, 66th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1939
Injured on 5/4/1941 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/11/1943, off Newt Kimball (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1947, off Jake Mooty (DET)
Injured on 7/6/1948 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Released by Cleveland on 10/20/1948
 
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