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Frank Biscan
Frank Stephen Biscan (Porky)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 3, 1942
Final Game September 30, 1948
Born March 13, 1920 in Mount Olive, IL
Died May 22, 1959 in St.Louis, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 22 SLB AL   0   1  11   0   0   0   6  1   27.0   13    8    7   1   11   10   0   1   104       0  2.33  3.69  158 0.889
 1946 26 SLB AL   1   1  16   0   0   0   5  1   22.7   28   13   13   0   22    9   0   0   112       0  5.16  3.71   72 2.206
 1948 28 SLB AL   6   7  47   4   1   0  22  2   98.7  129   78   67   3   71   45   9   6   494       0  6.11  4.54   74 2.027
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .438   7   9  74   4   1   0  33  4  148.3  170   99   87   4  104   64   9   7   710       0  5.28  4.26   81 1.847
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   7  64   3   0   0  28  3  129.0  148   86   75   3   90   55   7   6   618   0   0  5.28  4.26   81 1.847
 Career High      6   7  47   4   1   0  22  2   98.7  129   78   67   3   71   45   9   6   494   0   0  6.11  4.54   74 2.027

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 22 SLB AL  11    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0           1   0
 1946 26 SLB AL  16    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1948 28 SLB AL  47   26    3    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   4   7  .192  .300  .269   51    7   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       74   35    4    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   4   9  .143  .250  .200   21    7   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         77    9   11   4  0   0    4   0  0   9  20  .143  .250  .200   21   15   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     47   26    3    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   4   7                           7   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 22 SLB AL    7    6    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .143  .341| .000  .373| .143  .715| -58  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1946 26 SLB AL    3    3    0   0.0   100| .000  .269| .000  .345| .000  .387| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1948 28 SLB AL   30   21    2   2.5   107| .192  .275| .300  .361| .269  .398| .569  .759|  51  .251  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        40   30    2   1.8   105| .143  .273| .250  .356| .200  .393| .450  .749|  21  .155  -3.9  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 22 SLB AL P 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.64 1.30 2.33 2.30 0 27.0 1946 26 SLB AL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.19 1.01 1.19 2.02 0 22.7 1948 28 SLB AL P 47 3 20 3 2 .885 .962 0.49 0.91 2.10 2.02 4 98.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1942 22 SLB AL P 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.64 1.30 2.33 2.30 0 27.0 1946 26 SLB AL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.19 1.01 1.19 2.02 0 22.7 1948 28 SLB AL P 47 3 20 3 2 .885 .962 0.49 0.91 2.10 2.02 4 98.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 74 4 29 3 2 .917 .959 0.45 0.99 2.00 2.08 4 148.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 74 4 29 3 2 .917 .959 0.45 0.99 2.01 2.08 4 148
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.

Games
1948 AL-47-3

Wild Pitches
1948 AL-6-6

Hit Batsmen
1948 AL-9-1

Games Finished
1948 AL-22-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 3, 1951: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Chicago White Sox in the 1951 minor league draft.


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