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Frank Bates
Creed Napoleon Bates

Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
Height 5' 10", Weight 156 lb.

Debut October 7, 1898
Final Game May 22, 1899
Born September 28, 1876 in Cleveland, TN

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1898 21 CLV NL   2   1   4   4   4   0   0  0   29.0   30   15   10   0   11    5   1   0     0       0  3.10  3.42  110 1.414
 1899 22 TOT NL   1  18  22  19  17   0   3  0  161.7  246  183  124   6  110   13  23   5     0       2  6.90  3.71   54 2.202
         CLV NL   1  18  20  19  17   0   1  0  153.0  239  181  123   6  105   13  23   5     0       2  7.24  3.69   51 2.248
         STL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    8.7    7    2    1   0    5    0   0   0     0       0  1.04  3.96  382 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .136   3  19  26  23  21   0   3  0  190.7  276  198  134   6  121   18  24   5     0       2  6.33  3.67   58 2.082
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4  26  36  31  29   0   4  0  264.3  383  274  185   8  167   24  33   6     0   0   2  6.33  3.67   58 2.082
 Career High      2  18  22  19  17   0   3  0  161.7  246  183  124   6  110   13  23   5     0   0   2  6.90  3.71   54 2.202

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 21 CLV NL   4    9    2    1   0  0   0    1   0      3      .111  .333  .111   31    1   1           0    
 1899 22 TOT NL  23   68    7   15   1  0   0    4   0      9      .221  .321  .235   60   16   0           1    
         CLV NL  21   65    5   14   1  0   0    3   0      7      .215  .301  .231   54   15   0           1    
         STL NL   2    3    2    1   0  0   0    1   0      2      .333  .600  .333  156    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       27   77    9   16   1  0   0    5   0  0  12   0  .208  .322  .221   57   17   1   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        462   54   96   6  0   0   30   0  0  72   0  .208  .322  .221   57  102   6   0   0   6   0
 Career High     23   68    7   15   1  0   0    4   0  0   9   0                          16   1   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 21 CLV NL   13    9    0   0.0    88| .111  .273| .333  .337| .111  .350| .444  .687|  31  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1899 22 TOT NL   78   53    5   2.4    91| .221  .277| .321  .338| .235  .360| .556  .698|  60  .260  -2.9  -0.3     
         CLV NL   73   51    4   2.0    90| .215  .276| .301  .337| .231  .359| .532  .696|  54  .201  -3.5  -0.4     
         STL NL    5    2    1  12.9   101| .333  .292| .600  .355| .333  .381| .933  .736| 156  .882   0.6   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        91   62    5   2.1    91| .208  .276| .322  .338| .221  .359| .543  .696|  57  .213  -3.5  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 21 CLV NL P 4 2 6 1 1 .889 .920 2.00 2.25 2.48 2.64 4 29.0 1899 22 TOT NL P 22 12 40 11 1 .825 .909 2.36 2.24 2.89 2.68 19 161.7 CLV NL P 20 10 38 8 1 .857 .909 2.40 2.24 2.82 2.68 19 153.0 OF 2 4 0 2 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 1 STL NL P 2 2 2 3 0 .571 .909 2.00 2.25 4.14 2.69 0 8.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 22 CLV NL OF 2 4 0 2 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 1 1898 21 CLV NL P 4 2 6 1 1 .889 .920 2.00 2.25 2.48 2.64 4 29.0 1899 22 TOT NL P 22 12 40 11 1 .825 .909 2.36 2.24 2.89 2.68 19 161.7 CLV NL P 20 10 38 8 1 .857 .909 2.40 2.24 2.82 2.68 19 153.0 STL NL P 2 2 2 3 0 .571 .909 2.00 2.25 4.14 2.69 0 8.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 26 14 46 12 2 .833 .910 2.31 2.24 23 190.7 OF 2 4 0 2 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.10 1 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 28 18 46 14 2 .821 .913 2.29 2.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases On Balls Allow.
1899 NL-110-8

Losses
1899 NL-18-10

Hit Batsmen
1899 NL-23-7

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.

June 5, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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