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Frank
McCormick		  
Nickname: Buck
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 9, 1911 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1935    1936    1937    1938    1940   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939   
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
1934 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 3 3 10 10 10
1935 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1936 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 3 10 10 10
1937 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1938 27 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1939 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1940 29 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1941 30 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1942 31 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1943 32 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1944 33 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1945 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1946 35 PIT NL $ 3,501,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1947 36 PIT NL $ 3,501,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1948 37 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 3 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
1934 23 PIT NL 60 209 24 61 9 2 3 25 1 0 13 6 .292 .330 .397 .727 24.7 3.2
    AAA   90 353 55 114 19 1 14 58 0 1 33 10 .323 .381 .501 .882 62.8  
1935 24 PIT NL 154 566 67 171 37 3 11 79 0 1 39 11 .302 .346 .436 .782 77.9 13.6
1936 25 PIT NL 156 602 71 172 33 2 16 92 0 0 31 11 .286 .321 .427 .748 76.9 9.0
1937 26 PIT NL 155 595 66 174 32 5 13 83 0 0 37 11 .292 .332 .429 .760 76.2 11.2
1938 27 PIT NL 158 597 74 186 33 1 25 100 0 0 26 15 .312 .338 .496 .833 85.6 13.0
1939 28 PIT NL 157 601 77 176 33 0 20 99 0 0 29 16 .293 .323 .448 .771 73.8 9.9
1940 29 PIT NL 102 371 42 92 19 1 7 47 0 0 18 7 .248 .284 .361 .645 30.8 2.3
  NYG NL 52 210 30 60 19 1 7 26 0 0 8 6 .286 .315 .486 .801 26.0 4.3
  TOT   154 581 72 152 38 2 14 73 0 0 26 13 .262 .295 .406 .701 56.7 6.6
1941 30 NYG NL 121 470 66 144 32 2 5 58 0 0 20 7 .306 .332 .415 .747 55.6 8.5
1942 31 NYG NL 122 372 39 109 26 2 2 43 0 0 11 23 .293 .312 .390 .701 39.4 4.4
1943 32 NYG NL 88 233 29 81 17 1 4 38 0 0 12 11 .348 .382 .481 .862 38.8 7.7
1944 33 NYG NL 116 158 16 50 6 0 4 21 0 0 6 9 .316 .337 .430 .768 21.8 3.0
1945 34 NYG NL 97 117 14 35 7 1 3 18 0 0 7 9 .299 .349 .453 .802 16.3 2.4
1946 35 PIT NL 104 225 25 72 6 2 3 19 0 0 7 16 .320 .339 .404 .744 26.5 4.7
1947 36 PIT NL 109 287 24 79 14 3 5 36 0 0 13 29 .275 .305 .397 .702 32.2 4.2
1948 37 PIT NL 99 256 20 66 8 1 3 30 0 0 16 34 .258 .300 .332 .632 23.3 1.4
15 Years Sim 1850 5869 684 1728 331 27 131 814 1 1 293 221 .294 .327 .427 .754 725.7 102.9
1 Years AAA 90 353 55 114 19 1 14 58 0 1 33 10 .323 .375 .501 .876 62.8  
162 Game Average 513 59 151 28 2 11 71 0 0 25 19 .294 .327 .427 .754 63.5  
Career Highs 158 602 77 186 38 5 25 100 1 1 39 34 .348 .382 .496 .862 85.6  
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   3403 393 1013 197 17 79 502 1 1 173 101 .298 .331 .435 .766 462.5
vs LH   2466 291 715 134 10 52 312 0 0 120 120 .290 .322 .416 .738 314.0
Home 937 2923 379 852 155 18 67 392 1 0 155 109 .291 .326 .426 .752 386.9
Away 913 2946 305 876 176 9 64 422 0 1 138 112 .297 .328 .428 .756 389.6
RISP   1574 0 455 93 11 26 635 0 0 110 67 .289 .329 .412 .741 208.3
Pinch Hitting   372 44 108 19 3 4 60 0 0 22 17 .290 .330 .390 .720 45.7
Close/Late   716 64 214 42 5 18 109 0 0 44 27 .299 .338 .447 .785 102.6
Mar/Apr 306 1027 114 309 57 7 20 146 0 0 68 33 .301 .344 .428 .772 143.8
May 314 999 104 295 65 3 24 144 0 0 46 45 .295 .324 .438 .762 134.0
June 305 948 113 277 41 2 27 134 0 0 41 30 .292 .322 .425 .747 123.5
July 303 960 110 286 56 3 20 131 1 0 46 38 .298 .330 .425 .755 126.9
August 330 1027 137 312 59 7 21 146 0 1 48 39 .304 .334 .436 .770 139.9
Sep/Oct 292 908 106 249 53 5 19 113 0 0 44 36 .274 .306 .406 .712 108.4
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
1934 23 PIT NL 1B 60 60 479.0 667 58 7 76 .990 13.62   1.0
1935 24 PIT NL 1B 149 144 1241.7 1707 140 12 166 .994 13.39   3.1
1936 25 PIT NL 1B 154 146 1315.0 1807 153 11 187 .994 13.41   1.9
1937 26 PIT NL 1B 153 146 1306.3 1774 152 8 172 .996 13.27   3.6
1938 27 PIT NL 1B 152 144 1289.3 1665 132 15 162 .992 12.54   4.4
1939 28 PIT NL 1B 154 149 1283.0 1606 133 17 153 .990 12.20   1.9
1940 29 PIT NL 1B 100 98 798.5 1056 88 8 86 .993 12.89   1.5
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 1B 51 50 448.1 593 50 5 49 .992 12.91   1.0
    3B 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 151 148 1246.6 1649 138 13 135 .993 12.90   2.5
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1941 30 NYG NL 1B 119 119 1020.0 1257 107 9 115 .993 12.04   2.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 31 NYG NL 1B 93 91 742.0 1064 89 11 93 .991 13.99   1.7
1943 32 NYG NL 1B 65 59 489.7 675 59 2 60 .997 13.49   1.3
1944 33 NYG NL 1B 26 15 148.7 194 12 4 23 .981 12.47   0.2
    SS 2 0 6.7 2 2 0 2 1.000 5.41   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 34 NYG NL 1B 13 12 100.0 146 6 2 9 .987 13.68   0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1946 35 PIT NL 1B 54 49 400.0 486 44 3 47 .994 11.93   1.1
1947 36 PIT NL 1B 74 65 576.0 758 49 7 86 .991 12.61   0.6
1948 37 PIT NL 1B 78 72 598.3 738 49 5 62 .994 11.84   1.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 1495 1419 12235.6 16193 1321 126 1546 .993 12.88   27.5
  SS 3 0 7.7 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.87   0.0
  RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1503 1419 12253.2 16195 1324 126 1548 .993 12.87   27.5
Career Highs   154 149 1315.0 1807 153 17 187 .997 13.99    
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
1934 23 PIT NL 5 19 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .211 .250 .368 .618
1940 29 NYG NL 6 23 4 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 .348 .375 .696 1.071
Career Post-Season Batting 11 42 6 12 2 0 3 8 0 0 2 1 .286 .318 .548 .866
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.
Slugging Pct
1938-7-.496
 Games
1936-2-156
1937-6-155
1938-2-158
1939-1-157
1940-9-154
 At-Bats
1936-9-602
1937-4-595
1938-6-597
1939-3-601
1940-8-581
 Hits
1937-6-174
1938-6-186
1939-7-176
 Total Bases
1937-10-255
1938-3-296
1939-6-269
 Singles
1937-7-124
1939-10-123
Doubles
1935-9-37
1938-10-33
1939-9-33
1940-3-38
 Homeruns
1936-10-16
1938-6-25
1939-5-20
 RBIs
1938-7-100
1939-3-99
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  5. Claudell Washington (916)
  6. Dave Revering (915)
  7. Sam Leslie (905)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1934
Had first career hit on 7/20/1934, off Roy Sherid (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 8/30/1934, off Stew Bolen (NYA)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1935
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1936, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1936
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1937, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1937, hitting .591 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1937
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1938, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1939, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1939, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
10/3/1939: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 7/4/1940
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (G) on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: P Jumbo Brown, CF Johnny Rucker. Going to NYG: 1B Frank Mccormick)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1940
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1941, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 8/27/1941 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Montreal on 9/28/1943
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $3,501,000 per year
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/22/1948 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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