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Frank Croucher
Frank Donald Croucher (Dingle)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1939
Final Game September 23, 1942
Born July 23, 1914 in San Antonio, TX
Died May 21, 1980 in Houston, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 DET AL  97  324   38   87  15  0   5   40   2  2  16  42  .269  .303  .361   64  117  11           0  10
 1940 25 DET AL  37   57    3    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   4   5  .105  .164  .105  -31    6   0           0   0
 1941 26 DET AL 136  489   51  124  21  4   2   39   2  0  33  72  .254  .305  .325   60  159  11           3   9
 1942 27 WSH AL  26   65    2   18   1  1   0    5   0  0   3   9  .277  .309  .323   78   21   0           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      296  935   94  235  37  5   7   86   4  2  56 128  .251  .296  .324   57  303  22   0   0   3  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        512   51  129  20  3   4   47   2  1  31  70  .251  .296  .324   57  166  12   0   0   2  13
 Career High    136  489   51  124  21  4   5   40   2  2  33  72  .269  .305  .361   64  159  11   0   0   3  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 24 DET AL  351  260   35   3.6   120| .269  .295| .303  .371| .361  .436| .664  .807|  64  .345 -19.1  -1.8  50%
 1940 25 DET AL   61   51    1   0.5   119| .105  .290| .164  .364| .105  .439| .269  .804| -31  .016 -11.8  -1.1   0%
 1941 26 DET AL  536  385   48   3.3   115| .254  .287| .305  .366| .325  .423| .630  .789|  60  .345 -30.4  -3.0 100%
 1942 27 WSH AL   68   51    6   3.2    94| .277  .265| .309  .339| .323  .370| .632  .709|  78  .381  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1016  747   90   3.2   115| .251  .289| .296  .365| .324  .425| .620  .791|  57  .322 -63.5  -6.1  66%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 24 DET AL SS 93 139 256 28 47 .934 .950 4.25 4.68 2B 3 5 8 1 3 .929 .963 4.33 5.13 1940 25 DET AL SS 26 17 27 3 2 .936 .948 1.69 4.53 2B 7 4 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.86 5.21 3B 1 2 1 2 0 .600 .938 3.00 3.10 1941 26 DET AL SS 136 270 361 44 85 .935 .948 4.64 4.59 1942 27 WSH AL 2B 18 35 60 5 9 .950 .969 5.28 5.39
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 24 DET AL 2B 3 5 8 1 3 .929 .963 4.33 5.13 1940 25 DET AL 2B 7 4 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.86 5.21 1942 27 WSH AL 2B 18 35 60 5 9 .950 .969 5.28 5.39 1940 25 DET AL 3B 1 2 1 2 0 .600 .938 3.00 3.10 1939 24 DET AL SS 93 139 256 28 47 .934 .950 4.25 4.68 1940 25 DET AL SS 26 17 27 3 2 .936 .948 1.69 4.53 1941 26 DET AL SS 136 270 361 44 85 .935 .948 4.64 4.59
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 255 426 644 75 134 .934 .949 4.20 4.62 2B 28 44 70 6 13 .950 .969 4.07 5.32 3B 1 2 1 2 0 .600 .938 3.00 3.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 284 472 715 83 147 .935 .951 4.18 4.68
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   1   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.

Strikeouts
1941 AL-72-6

Hit By Pitch
1941 AL-3-10

Sac. Hits
1941 AL-11-6

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 

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Bruce Campbell to the Washington Senators for Jimmy Bloodworth and Doc Cramer.


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Uniforms 
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