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Frenchy Bordagaray
Stanley George Bordagaray

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.
School California State University, Fresno

Debut April 17, 1934
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born January 3, 1910 in Coalinga, CA
Died April 13, 2001 in Ventura, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 CHW AL  29   87   12   28   3  1   0    2   1  2   3   8  .322  .344  .379   84   33   1           0    
 1935 25 BRO NL 120  422   69  119  19  6   1   39  18     17  29  .282  .319  .363   84  153   8           6   4
 1936 26 BRO NL 125  372   63  117  21  3   4   31  12     17  42  .315  .346  .419  104  156  11           1   8
 1937 27 STL NL  96  300   43   88  11  4   1   37  11     15  25  .293  .331  .367   88  110   4           2   5
 1938 28 STL NL  81  156   19   44   5  1   0   21   2      8   9  .282  .325  .327   75   51   3           2   3
 1939 29 CIN NL  63  122   19   24   5  1   0   12   3      9  10  .197  .252  .254   36   31   5           0   1
 1941 31 NYY AL  36   73   10   19   1  0   0    4   1  0   6   8  .260  .325  .274   60   20   1           1   0
 1942 32 BRO NL  48   58   11   14   2  0   0    5   2      3   3  .241  .279  .276   61   16   1           0   1
 1943 33 BRO NL  89  268   47   81  18  2   0   19   6     30  15  .302  .379  .384  121  103   1           3   2
 1944 34 BRO NL 130  501   85  141  26  4   6   51   3     36  22  .281  .331  .385  103  193  10           1  10
 1945 35 BRO NL 113  273   32   70   9  6   2   49   7     29  15  .256  .328  .355   91   97   3           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     930 2632  410  745 120 28  14  270  66  2 173 186  .283  .331  .366   91  963  48   0   0  16  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        458   71  130  21  5   2   47  11  0  30  32  .283  .331  .366   91  168   8   0   0   3   6
 Career High    130  501   85  141  26  6   6   51  18  2  36  42  .315  .379  .419  121  193  11   0   0   6  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 24 CHW AL   91   62   11   4.7   114| .322  .292| .344  .366| .379  .420| .723  .787|  84  .473  -2.4  -0.2  33%
 1935 25 BRO NL  453  315   47   4.0   102| .282  .283| .319  .338| .363  .403| .682  .741|  84  .427  -9.6  -0.9     
 1936 26 BRO NL  401  274   54   5.3   104| .315  .287| .346  .346| .419  .402| .765  .748| 104  .556   1.6   0.2     
 1937 27 STL NL  321  221   36   4.3   103| .293  .282| .331  .344| .367  .400| .698  .745|  88  .483  -5.7  -0.6     
 1938 28 STL NL  169  118   16   3.6   104| .282  .282| .325  .346| .327  .401| .652  .747|  75  .414  -5.5  -0.6     
 1939 29 CIN NL  136  104    8   2.0   104| .197  .282| .252  .347| .254  .402| .506  .750|  36  .188 -11.4  -1.1     
 1941 31 NYY AL   81   55    7   3.4   106| .260  .274| .325  .351| .274  .404| .599  .755|  60  .353  -4.0  -0.4 100%
 1942 32 BRO NL   62   46    4   2.3    88| .241  .258| .279  .331| .276  .359| .555  .689|  61  .291  -3.0  -0.3     
 1943 33 BRO NL  302  190   38   5.4    89| .302  .265| .379  .333| .384  .359| .763  .693| 121  .639   8.6   0.9     
 1944 34 BRO NL  548  380   64   4.5    92| .281  .266| .331  .332| .385  .373| .716  .705| 103  .534   1.3   0.1     
 1945 35 BRO NL  305  209   32   4.1    96| .256  .272| .328  .342| .355  .375| .683  .717|  91  .480  -3.9  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2869 1974  317   4.3    99| .283  .277| .331  .341| .366  .389| .697  .730|  91  .487 -34.1  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 24 CHW AL OF 17 28 2 2 0 .938 .968 1.76 2.16 2 1 14 1935 25 BRO NL OF 105 227 14 5 2 .980 .971 2.30 2.31 17 61 27 1936 26 BRO NL OF 92 207 8 2 0 .991 .973 2.34 2.25 14 46 33 2B 11 20 28 4 3 .923 .964 4.36 5.30 3B 6 3 3 2 0 .750 .952 1.00 2.52 1937 27 STL NL 3B 50 59 71 8 2 .942 .954 2.60 2.72 OF 28 46 1 1 0 .979 .973 1.68 2.13 3 7 15 1938 28 STL NL OF 29 67 3 3 0 .959 .976 2.41 2.22 6 14 9 3B 4 5 6 3 0 .786 .948 2.75 2.88 1939 29 CIN NL OF 43 60 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.42 2.17 21 3 19 2B 2 7 6 1 1 .929 .970 6.50 5.40 1941 31 NYY AL OF 19 28 1 1 1 .967 .973 1.53 2.33 6 0 13 1942 32 BRO NL OF 17 22 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.29 2.15 0 10 7 1943 33 BRO NL OF 53 87 6 1 2 .989 .977 1.75 2.27 28 6 20 3B 25 28 26 7 0 .885 .947 2.16 2.97 1944 34 BRO NL 3B 98 107 150 15 14 .945 .948 2.62 3.00 OF 25 73 1 2 0 .974 .980 2.96 2.31 5 15 8 1945 35 BRO NL 3B 57 54 93 19 7 .886 .941 2.58 2.97 OF 22 32 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.45 2.33 9 7 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 26 BRO NL 2B 11 20 28 4 3 .923 .964 4.36 5.30 1939 29 CIN NL 2B 2 7 6 1 1 .929 .970 6.50 5.40 1936 26 BRO NL 3B 6 3 3 2 0 .750 .952 1.00 2.52 1937 27 STL NL 3B 50 59 71 8 2 .942 .954 2.60 2.72 1938 28 STL NL 3B 4 5 6 3 0 .786 .948 2.75 2.88 1943 33 BRO NL 3B 25 28 26 7 0 .885 .947 2.16 2.97 1944 34 BRO NL 3B 98 107 150 15 14 .945 .948 2.62 3.00 1945 35 BRO NL 3B 57 54 93 19 7 .886 .941 2.58 2.97 1934 24 CHW AL OF 17 28 2 2 0 .938 .968 1.76 2.16 2 1 14 1935 25 BRO NL OF 105 227 14 5 2 .980 .971 2.30 2.31 17 61 27 1936 26 BRO NL OF 92 207 8 2 0 .991 .973 2.34 2.25 14 46 33 1937 27 STL NL OF 28 46 1 1 0 .979 .973 1.68 2.13 3 7 15 1938 28 STL NL OF 29 67 3 3 0 .959 .976 2.41 2.22 6 14 9 1939 29 CIN NL OF 43 60 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.42 2.17 21 3 19 1941 31 NYY AL OF 19 28 1 1 1 .967 .973 1.53 2.33 6 0 13 1942 32 BRO NL OF 17 22 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.29 2.15 0 10 7 1943 33 BRO NL OF 53 87 6 1 2 .989 .977 1.75 2.27 28 6 20 1944 34 BRO NL OF 25 73 1 2 0 .974 .980 2.96 2.31 5 15 8 1945 35 BRO NL OF 22 32 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.45 2.33 9 7 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 450 877 37 17 6 .982 .974 2.03 2.25 111 170 171 3B 240 256 349 54 23 .918 .948 2.52 2.92 2B 13 27 34 5 4 .924 .965 4.69 5.32 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 703 1160 420 76 33 .954 .963 2.25 2.54
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Stolen Bases
1935 NL-18-3
1936 NL-12-9
1937 NL-11-8

Hit By Pitch
1935 NL-6-5
1943 NL-3-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1944 NL-22.8-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 26, 1934: Traded by the Sacramento (PCL) to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Art Herring, Johnny Frederick, and cash.

December 3, 1936: Sent by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1936. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Winsett. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Frenchy Bordagaray (December 3, 1936), Dutch Leonard (December 3, 1936), and Jimmy Jordan (December 3, 1936) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

December 8, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Dusty Cooke.

January 27, 1940: Sent by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 5, 1939. The Cincinnati Reds sent players to be named later and $40,000 to the New York Yankees for Vince DiMaggio. The Cincinnati Reds sent Frenchy Bordagaray (January 27, 1940) and Nino Bongiovanni (January 27, 1940) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

March 23, 1942: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Yankees.

March 18, 1946: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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