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Frank Demaree
Joseph Franklin Demaree

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut July 22, 1932
Final Game June 13, 1944
Born June 10, 1910 in Winters, CA
Died August 30, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 22 CHC NL  23   56    4   14   3  0   0    6   0      2   7  .250  .288  .304   60   17   2           1    
 1933 23 CHC NL 134  515   68  140  24  6   6   51   4     22  42  .272  .304  .377   93  194  11           2  11
 1935 25 CHC NL 107  385   60  125  19  4   2   66   6     26  23  .325  .369  .410  108  158   8           1  11
 1936 26 CHC NL 154  605   93  212  34  3  16   96   4     49  30  .350  .400  .496  138  300  17           1  20 MVP-7,AS
 1937 27 CHC NL 154  615  104  199  36  6  17  115   6     57  31  .324  .382  .485  130  298  14           1  23 MVP-15,AS
 1938 28 CHC NL 129  476   63  130  15  7   8   62   1     45  34  .273  .341  .384   97  183   7           4  17
 1939 29 NYG NL 150  560   68  170  27  2  11   79   2     66  40  .304  .381  .418  114  234  13           4  20
 1940 30 NYG NL 121  460   68  139  18  6   7   61   5     45  39  .302  .364  .413  113  190  16           0   9
 1941 31 TOT NL  64  148   23   32   5  2   2   16   2     16   6  .216  .293  .318   74   47   3           0   7
         NYG NL  16   35    3    6   0  0   0    1   0      4   1  .171  .256  .171   21    6   1           0   3
         BSN NL  48  113   20   26   5  2   2   15   2     12   5  .230  .304  .363   91   41   2           0   4
 1942 32 BSN NL  64  187   18   42   5  0   3   24   2     17  10  .225  .289  .299   74   56   4           0   8
 1943 33 STL NL  39   86    5   25   2  0   0    9   1      8   4  .291  .351  .314   89   27   3           0   6
 1944 34 SLB AL  16   51    4   13   2  0   0    6   0  0   6   3  .255  .333  .294   76   15   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1155 4144  578 1241 190 36  72  591  33  0 359 269  .299  .357  .415  110 1719  99   0   0  14 132
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   81  174  27  5  10   83   5  0  50  38  .299  .357  .415  110  241  14   0   0   2  19
 Career High    154  615  104  212  36  7  17  115   6  0  66  42  .350  .400  .496  138  300  17   0   0   4  23
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 22 CHC NL   61   44    5   3.1   103| .250  .283| .288  .336| .304  .410| .592  .745|  60  .314  -3.1  -0.3     
 1933 23 CHC NL  550  397   59   4.0    91| .272  .274| .304  .327| .377  .375| .681  .702|  93  .490  -5.7  -0.6     
 1935 25 CHC NL  420  279   58   5.5   104| .325  .287| .369  .342| .410  .409| .779  .751| 108  .578   4.8   0.5     
 1936 26 CHC NL  672  430  120   7.5   105| .350  .288| .400  .348| .496  .404| .896  .751| 138  .702  32.7   3.2     
 1937 27 CHC NL  687  453  114   6.7   105| .324  .285| .382  .347| .485  .404| .867  .751| 130  .674  26.0   2.6     
 1938 28 CHC NL  532  370   61   4.4   101| .273  .278| .341  .343| .384  .396| .725  .739|  97  .502  -2.7  -0.3     
 1939 29 NYG NL  643  423   88   5.5   104| .304  .282| .381  .347| .418  .402| .799  .750| 114  .589  12.8   1.3     
 1940 30 NYG NL  521  346   69   5.4    99| .302  .273| .364  .338| .413  .393| .777  .730| 113  .594   8.4   0.8     
 1941 31 TOT NL  167  126   14   3.0    91| .216  .262| .293  .332| .318  .369| .611  .701|  74  .353  -5.2  -0.6     
         NYG NL   40   33    2   1.6    96| .171  .268| .256  .339| .171  .378| .427  .717|  21  .152  -3.7  -0.4     
         BSN NL  127   93   12   3.5    90| .230  .260| .304  .329| .363  .366| .667  .696|  91  .418  -1.5  -0.2     
 1942 32 BSN NL  208  157   16   2.8    85| .225  .254| .289  .325| .299  .352| .588  .678|  74  .355  -6.3  -0.7     
 1943 33 STL NL   97   70    9   3.5    93| .291  .270| .351  .340| .314  .367| .665  .707|  89  .441  -1.1  -0.1     
 1944 34 SLB AL   58   39    5   3.5    96| .255  .275| .333  .343| .294  .375| .627  .718|  76  .431  -1.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4616 3134  618   5.3   100| .299  .279| .357  .341| .415  .394| .772  .735| 110  .582  59.1   5.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1932 22 CHC NL OF 17 31 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.94 2.41 4 9 4 1933 23 CHC NL OF 133 321 12 12 1 .965 .977 2.50 2.35 10 123 0 1935 25 CHC NL OF 98 204 13 6 3 .973 .971 2.21 2.31 0 69 29 1936 26 CHC NL OF 154 285 16 10 1 .968 .973 1.95 2.25 36 0 118 AS 1937 27 CHC NL OF 154 283 17 6 6 .980 .974 1.95 2.13 0 0 154 AS 1938 28 CHC NL OF 125 199 12 6 1 .972 .976 1.69 2.22 9 0 119 1939 29 NYG NL OF 150 329 11 5 2 .986 .975 2.27 2.17 1 116 36 1940 30 NYG NL OF 119 233 6 5 5 .980 .977 2.01 2.17 9 74 37 1941 31 TOT NL OF 38 60 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.63 2.15 10 15 13 NYG NL OF 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 1 8 1 BSN NL OF 28 41 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.50 2.15 9 7 12 1942 32 BSN NL OF 49 114 4 0 1 1.000 .981 2.41 2.15 27 0 22 1943 33 STL NL OF 23 35 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.57 2.27 12 0 12 1944 34 SLB AL OF 16 30 1 1 0 .969 .975 1.94 2.35 15 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1932 22 CHC NL OF 17 31 2 0 1 1.000 .976 1.94 2.41 4 9 4 1933 23 CHC NL OF 133 321 12 12 1 .965 .977 2.50 2.35 10 123 0 1935 25 CHC NL OF 98 204 13 6 3 .973 .971 2.21 2.31 0 69 29 1936 26 CHC NL OF 154 285 16 10 1 .968 .973 1.95 2.25 36 0 118 1937 27 CHC NL OF 154 283 17 6 6 .980 .974 1.95 2.13 0 0 154 1938 28 CHC NL OF 125 199 12 6 1 .972 .976 1.69 2.22 9 0 119 1939 29 NYG NL OF 150 329 11 5 2 .986 .975 2.27 2.17 1 116 36 1940 30 NYG NL OF 119 233 6 5 5 .980 .977 2.01 2.17 9 74 37 1941 31 TOT NL OF 38 60 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.63 2.15 10 15 13 NYG NL OF 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.15 1 8 1 BSN NL OF 28 41 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.50 2.15 9 7 12 1942 32 BSN NL OF 49 114 4 0 1 1.000 .981 2.41 2.15 27 0 22 1943 33 STL NL OF 23 35 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.57 2.27 12 0 12 1944 34 SLB AL OF 16 30 1 1 0 .969 .975 1.94 2.35 15 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1076 2124 97 51 21 .978 .975 2.06 2.22 133 406 545 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1076 2124 97 51 21 .978 .975 2.06 2.22
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   2   7   1   2  0  0  1   4   1   0  .286  .375  .714   0  0   0   0   0 
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   6  24   2   6  1  0  2   2   1   4  .250  .280  .542   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   3  10   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   2  .100  .182  .100   0  0   1   0   0 
 1943   WS    STL NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        0-4  12  42   4   9  1  0  3   6   3   6  .214  .267  .452   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   CHC NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1937   CHC NL   *   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   8   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1936 (RF)
1937 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1936-NL-7-0.21
1937-NL-15-0.11
Car-560-0.32 shares

Batting Average
1935 NL-.325-8
1936 NL-.350-4

On-base %
1936 NL-.400-8

Slugging %
1936 NL-.496-10
1937 NL-.485-7

OPS
1936 NL-.896-9
1937 NL-.866-8

Games
1936 NL-154-5
1937 NL-154-2
1939 NL-150-9

At Bats
1936 NL-605-8
1937 NL-615-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1936 NL-672-10
1937 NL-687-3

Runs
1937 NL-104-4

Hits
1936 NL-212-3
1937 NL-199-4

Total Bases
1936 NL-300-6
1937 NL-298-3

Doubles
1936 NL-34-8
1937 NL-36-6

Home Runs
1936 NL-16-8
1937 NL-17-6

RBI
1936 NL-96-7
1937 NL-115-2

Singles
1936 NL-159-2
1937 NL-140-3
1939 NL-130-9

Adjusted OPS+
1936 NL-138-10
1937 NL-130-10

Runs Created
1936 NL-120-6
1937 NL-114-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1936 NL-33-7
1937 NL-26-8

Batting Wins
1936 NL-3.2-7
1937 NL-2.6-7

Extra-Base Hits
1937 NL-59-4

Times on Base
1936 NL-262-7
1937 NL-257-6

Offensive Win%
1936 NL-.702-8
1937 NL-.674-10

Hit By Pitch
1938 NL-4-8

Sac. Hits
1936 NL-17-3
1937 NL-14-3
1940 NL-16-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1936 NL-20-2
1937 NL-23-1
1938 NL-17-9
1939 NL-20-6

Power/Speed Number
1937 NL-8.9-9

Outs
1937 NL-453-3

Youngest Player
1932 NL-22-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 48 (510) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (662) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (504) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 15, 1932: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Sacramento (PCL).

December 6, 1938: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Billy Jurges and Ken O'Dea to the New York Giants for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber, and Gus Mancuso.

July 21, 1941: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.

January, 1943: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Braves.

February 15, 1944: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

March 15, 1944: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 14, 1944: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

November 1, 1945: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Portland (PCL) in the 1945 rule 5 draft.

April 2, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


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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