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Frank Foreman
Francis Isaiah Foreman (Monkey)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 15, 1884
Final Game May 10, 1902
Born May 1, 1863 in Baltimore, MD
Died November 19, 1957 in Baltimore, MD

Brother of Brownie Foreman

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 21 TOT UA   1   3   4   4   2   0   0  0   26.0   40   29   13   0    4   15       0             0  4.50  2.95   65 1.692
         CPI UA   1   2   3   3   1   0   0  0   18.0   23   17    8   0    2   10       0             0  4.00  3.01   75 1.389
         KCC UA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   17   12    5   0    2    5       0             0  5.63  2.80   50 2.375
 1885 22 BAL AA   2   1   3   3   2   0   0  0   27.0   33   32   18   0    9   11   1   5   126       0  6.00  3.24   54 1.556
 1889 26 BAL AA  23  21  51  48  43   5   3  0  414.0  364  257  162   8  137  180   0  38  1506       0  3.52  3.81  108 1.210
 1890 27 CIN NL  13  10  25  24  20   0   1  0  198.3  201  139   87   6   89   57   0   7     0       0  3.95  3.60   91 1.462
 1891 28 WAS AA  18  20  43  41  39   1   2  1  345.3  381  245  143   9  142  170   0  17  1423       0  3.73  3.72  100 1.514
 1892 29 TOT NL   2   7  15  10   6   0   5  0   85.0   93   68   41   7   48   21   0   2     0       0  4.34  3.30   76 1.659
         WHS NL   2   4  11   7   4   0   4  0   60.0   53   39   22   3   37   16   0   1     0       0  3.30  3.25   99 1.500
         BLN NL   0   3   4   3   2   0   1  0   25.0   40   29   19   4   11    5   0   1     0       0  6.84  3.42   50 2.040
 1893 30 NYG NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    5.7   19   17   17   1   10    0   0   0     0       0 27.00  4.66   17 5.118
 1895 32 CIN NL  11  14  32  27  19   0   5  1  219.0  253  142  100  11   92   55   0   3     0       0  4.11  4.97  121 1.575
 1896 33 CIN NL  14   7  27  22  17   0   3  1  185.7  212  105   82   2   62   33   0   4     0       0  3.97  4.62  116 1.476
 1901 38 TOT AL  12   7  25  23  19   1   2  1  199.3  233  129   86   3   60   42   8   5     0       0  3.88  3.83   99 1.470
         BOS AL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0    8    9    8   1    2    1   2   0     0       0  9.00  3.52   39 1.250
         BLA AL  12   6  24  22  18   1   2  1  191.3  225  120   78   2   58   41   6   5     0       0  3.67  3.84  105 1.479
 1902 39 BLA AL   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   16.3   28   18   11   0    6    2   0   0    86       0  6.06  3.75   62 2.082
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .508  96  93 229 205 169   7  22  4 1721.7 1857 1181  760  47  659  586   9  81  3141       0  3.97  3.96  100 1.461
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  14  35  32  26   1   3  0  269.7  290  185  119   7  103   91   1  12   492   0   0  3.97  3.96  100 1.461
 Career High     23  21  51  48  43   5   5  1  414.0  381  257  162  11  142  180   8  38  1506   0   0  3.52  4.97  121 1.210
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 TOT UA   4   14    0    1   0  0   0        0      0      .071  .071  .071  -51    1                    
         CPI UA   3   11    0    1   0  0   0        0      0      .091  .091  .091  -38    1                    
         KCC UA   1    3    0    0   0  0   0        0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1885 22 BAL AA   3   14    4    4   0  1   0    2   0      0      .286  .286  .429  124    6               0    
 1889 26 BAL AA  54  181   18   26   2  1   1   11   7     12  35  .144  .201  .182   10   33               1    
 1890 27 CIN NL  25   75   13   10   1  3   1    7   0     10  13  .133  .253  .267   51   20               2    
 1891 28 TOT     51  157   26   35   5  5   4   19   6     23  35  .223  .337  .395  113   62               4    
         CIN NL   1    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   0  .250  .250  .500  115    2               0    
         WAS AA  50  153   26   34   4  5   4   19   6     23  35  .222  .339  .392  113   60               4    
 1892 29 TOT NL  18   51    7   17   3  3   1    4   1      6   6  .333  .404  .569  193   29               0    
         WHS NL  11   28    5   13   2  2   1    3   0      3   3  .464  .516  .786  297   22               0    
         BLN NL   7   23    2    4   1  1   0    1   1      3   3  .174  .269  .304   71    7               0    
 1893 30 NYG NL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1895 32 CIN NL  32   94   14   29   7  0   2   11   1      4  14  .309  .350  .447  101   42   1           2    
 1896 33 CIN NL  27   74    9   18   2  0   0    8   2      4   6  .243  .282  .270   42   20   5           0    
 1901 38 TOT AL  25   84   12   26   2  2   0   10   1      3      .310  .333  .381   95   32   1           0    
         BOS AL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BLA AL  24   80   12   26   2  2   0   10   1      3      .325  .349  .400  104   32   1           0    
 1902 39 BLA AL   2    7    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      0      .429  .429  .571  171    4   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     243  754  104  169  23 15   9   73  18  0  62 109  .224  .291  .330   74  249   7   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        503   69  113  15 10   6   49  12  0  41  73  .224  .291  .330   74  166   5   0   0   6   0
 Career High     54  181   26   35   7  5   4   19   7  0  23  35                          62   5   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 TOT UA   14   13    0   0.0    59| .071  .243| .071  .270| .071  .315| .142  .585| -51  .000  -2.0  -0.3     
         CPI UA   11   10    0   0.0    61| .091  .246| .091  .273| .091  .318| .182  .591| -38  .000  -1.4  -0.2     
         KCC UA    3    3    0   0.0    53| .000  .233| .000  .259| .000  .302| .000  .562|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1885 22 BAL AA   14   10    2   5.3    72| .286  .250| .286  .296| .429  .336| .715  .632| 124  .692   0.2   0.0     
 1889 26 BAL AA  194  155    6   1.0    91| .144  .265| .201  .337| .182  .360| .383  .697|  10  .071 -21.7  -2.3     
 1890 27 CIN NL   87   65    5   2.0    89| .133  .260| .253  .337| .267  .352| .520  .690|  51  .228  -5.1  -0.5     
 1891 28 TOT     184  122   20   4.3    88| .223  .257| .337  .339| .395  .347| .732  .686| 113  .528   2.5   0.2     
         CIN NL    4    3    1   8.8    89| .250  .261| .250  .335| .500  .355| .750  .690| 115  .814   0.1   0.0     
         WAS AA  180  119   19   4.2    88| .222  .256| .339  .339| .392  .346| .731  .686| 113  .516   2.4   0.2     
 1892 29 TOT NL   57   34   13  10.0    81| .333  .251| .404  .325| .569  .336| .973  .661| 193  .865   5.5   0.6     
         WHS NL   31   15   11  19.2    79| .464  .248| .516  .321| .786  .332|1.302  .653| 297  .955   6.3   0.7     
         BLN NL   26   19    2   2.8    83| .174  .255| .269  .329| .304  .341| .573  .670|  71  .376  -0.9  -0.1     
 1893 30 NYG NL    3    3    0   0.0   107| .000  .287| .000  .365| .000  .391| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1895 32 CIN NL  101   66   14   5.5   115| .309  .307| .350  .374| .447  .415| .797  .789| 101  .529  -0.1   0.0     
 1896 33 CIN NL   83   61    6   2.6   113| .243  .306| .282  .372| .270  .409| .552  .781|  42  .238  -6.6  -0.6     
 1901 38 TOT AL   88   59   11   4.9   100| .310  .289| .333  .346| .381  .388| .714  .733|  95  .555  -1.0  -0.1     
         BOS AL    4    4    0   0.0    95| .000  .282| .000  .338| .000  .378| .000  .716|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
         BLA AL   84   55   11   5.2   100| .325  .289| .349  .346| .400  .388| .749  .734| 104  .587   0.1   0.0     
 1902 39 BLA AL    7    4    2  13.2   101| .429  .289| .429  .346| .571  .389|1.000  .736| 171  .888   0.7   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      832  592   79   3.5    95| .224  .274| .291  .344| .330  .369| .621  .712|  74  .411 -28.5  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1884 21 TOT UA   P    4      9    6    2    0  .882  .843  3.75  2.25  5.19  2.56    4   26.0
         CPI UA   P    3      3    3    1    0  .857  .845  2.00  2.27  3.00  2.55    3   18.0
                 OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.45                            1    1    0
         KCC UA   P    1      6    3    1    0  .900  .841  9.00  2.20 10.12  2.59    1    8.0
 1885 22 BAL AA   P    3      0    4    1    0  .800  .870  1.33  1.80  1.33  1.90    3   27.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1889 26 BAL AA   P   51      9   72   14    1  .853  .905  1.59  1.84  1.76  2.13   48  414.0
                 OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.67  1.97                            0    2    1
 1890 27 CIN NL   P   25     13   26    6    0  .867  .899  1.56  2.01  1.77  2.24   24  198.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1891 28 TOT     OF    9     10    3    2    0  .867  .909  1.44  1.83                            1    6    2
         CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            1    0    0
         WAS AA   P   43     13   66    4    4  .952  .908  1.84  2.14  2.06  2.58   41  345.3
                 OF    8     10    3    2    0  .867  .909  1.62  1.82                            0    6    2
 1892 29 TOT NL   P   15      3   16    7    0  .731  .900  1.27  2.17  2.01  2.49   10   85.0
         WHS NL   P   11      1   11    7    0  .632  .902  1.09  2.17  1.80  2.49    7   60.0
         BLN NL  OF    5      7    2    3    0  .750  .909  1.80  1.86                            5    0    1
                  P    4      2    5    0    0 1.000  .897  1.75  2.17  2.52  2.48    3   25.0
 1893 30 NYG NL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  2.05  1.58  2.53    1    5.7
 1895 32 CIN NL   P   32     11   34    6    1  .882  .916  1.41  2.01  1.85  2.52   27  219.0
 1896 33 CIN NL   P   27      8   44    5    2  .912  .915  1.93  2.20  2.52  2.72   22  185.7
 1901 38 TOT AL   P   25      4   45    6    0  .891  .930  1.96  2.51  2.21  2.99   23  199.3
         BOS AL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.50  2.25  3.04    1    8.0
         BLA AL   P   24      4   43    6    0  .887  .931  1.96  2.51  2.21  2.99   22  191.3
 1902 39 BLA AL   P    2      0    9    2    0  .818  .928  4.50  2.65  4.97  3.09    2   16.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1884 21 CPI UA  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.45                            1    1    0
 1885 22 BAL AA  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1889 26 BAL AA  OF    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.67  1.97                            0    2    1
 1890 27 CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1891 28 TOT     OF    9     10    3    2    0  .867  .909  1.44  1.83                            1    6    2
         CIN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            1    0    0
         WAS AA  OF    8     10    3    2    0  .867  .909  1.62  1.82                            0    6    2
 1892 29 BLN NL  OF    5      7    2    3    0  .750  .909  1.80  1.86                            5    0    1

 1884 21 TOT UA   P    4      9    6    2    0  .882  .843  3.75  2.25  5.19  2.56    4   26.0
         CPI UA   P    3      3    3    1    0  .857  .845  2.00  2.27  3.00  2.55    3   18.0
         KCC UA   P    1      6    3    1    0  .900  .841  9.00  2.20 10.12  2.59    1    8.0
 1885 22 BAL AA   P    3      0    4    1    0  .800  .870  1.33  1.80  1.33  1.90    3   27.0
 1889 26 BAL AA   P   51      9   72   14    1  .853  .905  1.59  1.84  1.76  2.13   48  414.0
 1890 27 CIN NL   P   25     13   26    6    0  .867  .899  1.56  2.01  1.77  2.24   24  198.3
 1891 28 WAS AA   P   43     13   66    4    4  .952  .908  1.84  2.14  2.06  2.58   41  345.3
 1892 29 TOT NL   P   15      3   16    7    0  .731  .900  1.27  2.17  2.01  2.49   10   85.0
         WHS NL   P   11      1   11    7    0  .632  .902  1.09  2.17  1.80  2.49    7   60.0
         BLN NL   P    4      2    5    0    0 1.000  .897  1.75  2.17  2.52  2.48    3   25.0
 1893 30 NYG NL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  2.05  1.58  2.53    1    5.7
 1895 32 CIN NL   P   32     11   34    6    1  .882  .916  1.41  2.01  1.85  2.52   27  219.0
 1896 33 CIN NL   P   27      8   44    5    2  .912  .915  1.93  2.20  2.52  2.72   22  185.7
 1901 38 TOT AL   P   25      4   45    6    0  .891  .930  1.96  2.51  2.21  2.99   23  199.3
         BOS AL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .909  2.00  2.50  2.25  3.04    1    8.0
         BLA AL   P   24      4   43    6    0  .887  .931  1.96  2.51  2.21  2.99   22  191.3
 1902 39 BLA AL   P    2      0    9    2    0  .818  .928  4.50  2.65  4.97  3.09    2   16.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 229     70  323   53    8  .881  .908  1.72  2.09              205 1721.7
                 OF   21     19    5    5    0  .828  .909  1.14  1.82                            7    9    6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       250     89  328   58    8  .878  .908  1.67  2.07
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.

Wins
1889 AA-23-8
1891 AA-18-10

Won-Loss %
1896 NL-.667-7
1901 AL-.632-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1889 AA-1.210-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1889 AA-7.91-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1891 AA-4.43-7

Games
1889 AA-51-8
1891 AA-43-10

Saves
1891 AA-1-3
1896 NL-1-4
1901 AL-1-3

Innings
1889 AA-414.0-7
1891 AA-345.3-10

Strikeouts
1889 AA-180-8
1891 AA-170-8

Games Started
1889 AA-48-7
1891 AA-41-9

Comp. Games
1889 AA-43-8
1891 AA-39-7

Shutouts
1889 AA-5-3

Home Runs Allow.
1895 NL-11-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1889 AA-137-7
1891 AA-142-9

Hits Allowed
1891 AA-381-6

SO to Walk
1889 AA-1.31-8
1891 AA-1.20-8

Losses
1889 AA-21-6
1891 AA-20-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 AA-162-6
1891 AA-143-7

Wild Pitches
1889 AA-38-2
1891 AA-17-9

Batters Faced
1891 AA-1423-7

Games Finished
1892 NL-5-10

Adjusted ERA+
1889 AA-108-10

Oldest Player
1901 AL-38-2
1902 AL-39-2

  

Gray Ink: Pitching - 48 (515) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3858) Pitching - 1.0 (1885) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (818) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

March 20, 1890: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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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