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Frank Fanovich
Frank Joseph Fanovich (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 25, 1949
Final Game September 16, 1953
Born January 11, 1922 in New York, NY

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1949 27 CIN NL   0   2  29   1   0   0  13  0   43.3   44   31   26   2   28   27   2   1   203       1  5.40  4.16   77 1.662
 1953 31 PHA AL   0   3  26   3   0   0   9  0   61.7   62   41   38   5   37   37   6   7   282       0  5.55  4.28   77 1.605
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL  .000   0   5  55   4   0   0  22  0  105.0  106   72   64   7   65   64   8   8   485       1  5.49  4.23   77 1.629
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   5  63   4   0   0  25  0  121.0  122   82   73   8   74   73   9   9   558   0   1  5.49  4.23   77 1.629
 Career High      0   3  29   3   0   0  13  0   61.7   62   41   38   5   37   37   6   7   282   0   1  5.40  4.28   77 1.605

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 27 CIN NL  29    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   3  .000  .200  .000  -42    0   0           0   0
 1953 31 PHA AL  26   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .182  .182  .182   -3    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       55   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .133  .188  .133  -13    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         44    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  15  .133  .188  .133  -13    6   0   0   0   0   3
 Career High     29   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3                           2   0   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 27 CIN NL    5    4    0   0.0   105| .000  .272| .200  .345| .000  .406| .200  .752| -42  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1953 31 PHA AL   11   10    0   0.0   106| .182  .274| .182  .351| .182  .404| .364  .755|  -3  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        16   14    0   0.0   105| .133  .274| .188  .349| .133  .404| .321  .754| -13  .000  -2.5  -0.3     

* 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 ------+
1949 27 CIN NL P 29 1 9 2 1 .833 .952 0.34 0.91 2.08 2.04 1 43.3 1953 31 PHA AL P 26 2 8 2 0 .833 .962 0.38 0.88 1.46 1.95 3 61.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 27 CIN NL P 29 1 9 2 1 .833 .952 0.34 0.91 2.08 2.04 1 43.3 1953 31 PHA AL P 26 2 8 2 0 .833 .962 0.38 0.88 1.46 1.95 3 61.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 55 3 17 4 1 .833 .957 0.36 0.90 1.71 1.99 4 105.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 55 3 17 4 1 .833 .957 0.36 0.90 1.71 1.99 4 105
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.

Wild Pitches
1953 AL-7-3

Hit Batsmen
1953 AL-6-10

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 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

Before 1947 Season: Sent from the New York Giants to the Watertown (Border) in an unknown transaction.

September, 1947: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Watertown (Border). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 8, 1950: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.

February 20, 1952: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 17, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Joe Coleman to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Cain.


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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