Frankie
Gustine
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 20, 1920 in Usa, IL, HOOPESTON
 
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 19 BSN NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8
1940 20 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 8
1941 21 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1942 22 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1943 23 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1944 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1945 25 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1946 26 MIN AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 9 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1947 27 MIN AL     4 4 5 1 1 1 9 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1948 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 9 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1949 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 9 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 4 9 8 8
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 19 AA   136 498 63 132 27 5 5 61 10 7 51 35 .265 .333 .369 .703 61.1  
1940 20 AA   137 563 77 174 42 7 8 60 16 7 61 44 .309 .377 .451 .828 91.6  
1941 21 TAM AL 31 83 7 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 11 .193 .256 .217 .472 3.6 0.0
    AAA   27 110 15 36 11 1 0 14 2 2 11 14 .327 .388 .445 .834 17.3  
    AA   54 233 27 71 17 1 4 23 6 5 21 27 .305 .362 .438 .800 34.6  
1942 22 AAA   137 561 58 166 35 4 10 66 8 6 47 49 .296 .350 .426 .776 79.8  
1943 23 AAA   137 554 70 155 34 3 4 56 13 8 64 55 .280 .354 .374 .728 73.6  
1944 24 AAA   135 530 68 129 29 1 4 48 12 10 46 68 .243 .304 .325 .628 51.3  
1945 25 AAA   126 419 55 122 25 5 3 30 13 6 36 42 .291 .347 .396 .743 56.2  
1946 26 AAA   135 526 60 138 37 4 5 53 10 10 37 60 .262 .311 .376 .687 57.9  
1947 27 AAA   94 349 31 82 22 2 1 33 7 0 34 45 .235 .303 .318 .621 35.0  
1948 28 NYA AL 102 300 31 78 16 5 2 31 1 0 22 41 .260 .309 .367 .676 34.1 2.1
1949 29 NYA AL 30 54 6 13 7 1 0 5 0 0 8 10 .241 .333 .407 .741 6.8 0.6
    AAA   80 283 26 71 24 1 2 31 1 1 25 35 .251 .312 .364 .676 31.2  
3 Years Sim 163 437 44 107 25 6 2 42 1 0 37 62 .245 .302 .343 .645 44.6 2.7
8 Years AAA 871 3332 383 899 217 21 29 331 66 43 300 368 .270 .331 .374 .705 402.4  
3 Years AA 327 1294 167 377 86 13 17 144 32 19 133 106 .291 .358 .417 .776 187.3  
11 Years Minors 1198 4626 550 1276 303 34 46 475 98 62 433 474 .276 .339 .386 .724 589.7  
162 Game Average 434 43 106 24 5 1 41 0 0 36 61 .245 .302 .343 .645 44.3  
Career Highs 102 300 31 78 16 5 2 31 1 0 22 41 .260 .333 .407 .741 34.1  
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   193 19 47 11 4 2 22 1 0 14 25 .244 .294 .373 .667 20.9
vs LH   244 25 60 14 2 0 20 0 0 23 37 .246 .309 .320 .628 24.3
Home 78 218 23 61 12 3 0 25 0 0 17 29 .280 .325 .362 .687 25.5
Away 85 219 21 46 13 3 2 17 1 0 20 33 .210 .279 .324 .603 19.7
RISP   97 0 23 7 0 1 37 0 0 6 16 .237 .269 .340 .609 8.9
Pinch Hitting   19 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 .158 .227 .316 .543 1.4
Close/Late   36 5 10 4 1 1 7 0 0 8 6 .278 .400 .528 .928 7.6
Mar/Apr 35 75 11 24 7 3 2 12 0 0 6 9 .320 .366 .573 .939 14.2
May 38 94 9 19 4 0 0 7 0 0 7 15 .202 .252 .245 .497 5.6
June 27 84 7 18 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 14 .214 .292 .274 .565 6.8
July 12 39 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .256 .275 .282 .557 2.8
August 12 34 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 .206 .357 .235 .592 3.8
Sep/Oct 39 111 11 29 7 3 0 9 1 0 6 15 .261 .299 .378 .678 12.0
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
1941 21 TAM AL 2B 23 21 173.7 42 94 5 23 .965 7.05   0.6
    3B 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1948 28 NYA AL 1B 40 36 281.7 332 25 5 35 .986 11.41   0.4
    2B 39 33 266.7 67 111 2 24 .989 6.01   0.8
    3B 9 7 60.7 5 20 0 1 1.000 3.71   0.2
    SS 11 4 46.7 9 20 1 4 .967 5.59   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1949 29 NYA AL SS 15 13 108.7 12 48 4 8 .938 4.97   0.5
    3B 4 1 17.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 4.24   0.2
    2B 3 2 11.0 5 9 0 4 1.000 11.45   0.2
    1B 3 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 65 56 451.3 114 214 7 51 .979 6.54   1.6
  1B 44 36 286.7 341 25 5 35 .987 11.49   0.4
  SS 27 17 157.3 21 68 6 12 .937 5.09   0.7
  3B 16 8 83.0 7 27 0 2 1.000 3.69   0.4
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   154 117 980.3 484 334 18 100 .978 7.51   3.1
Career Highs   100 80 656.6 414 176 8 64 .987 8.09    
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.
Triples
1948-10-5
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Detroit in 1939
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/21/1939 (Going to DET: RF Don Padgett. Going to BSN: 2B Frankie Gustine)
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1940 (Going to BSN: P Dizzy Dean. Going to TAM: LF Babe Barna, 3B Dee Moore, CF Don Ross, 2B Frankie Gustine, 3B Rusty Peters)
Had first career hit on 7/9/1941, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Minnesota on 4/2/1945 (Going to TAM: P Jack Hallett. Going to MIN: LF Frankie Gustine, C Bobby Bragan, P Jess Dobernic)
Injured on 3/27/1947 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1947 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1947 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to New York (A) on 2/3/1948 (Going to NYA: SS Eddie Joost, RF Frankie Kelleher, 2B Crash Davis, 1B Frankie Gustine. Going to MIN: P Johnny Rigney)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1948, off Carden Gillenwater (OAK)
Injured on 7/8/1948 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1949 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/22/1949 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 3/23/1950 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for entire career
Released by New York (A) on 4/2/1950