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Herman Franks
Herman Louis Franks

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 27, 1939
Final Game August 28, 1949
Born January 4, 1914 in Price, UT

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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 25 STL NL  17   17    1    1   0  0   0    3   0      3   3  .059  .200  .059  -29    1   1           0   1
 1940 26 BRO NL  65  131   11   24   4  0   1   14   2     20   6  .183  .296  .237   45   31   2           1   4
 1941 27 BRO NL  57  139   10   28   7  0   1   11   0     14  13  .201  .275  .273   52   38   3           0   1
 1947 33 PHA AL   8   15    2    3   0  1   0    1   0  0   4   4  .200  .368  .333   94    5   0           0   1
 1948 34 PHA AL  40   98   10   22   7  1   1   14   0  0  16  11  .224  .345  .347   84   34   4           2   4
 1949 35 NYG NL   1    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .667  .667  .667  259    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      188  403   35   80  18  2   3   43   2  0  57  37  .199  .302  .275   57  111  10   0   0   3  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        347   30   69  16  2   3   37   2  0  49  32  .199  .302  .275   57   96   9   0   0   3   9
 Career High     65  139   11   28   7  1   1   14   2  0  20  13                          38   4   0   0   2   4
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 25 STL NL   21   18    0   0.0   108| .059  .287| .200  .354| .059  .411| .259  .765| -29  .000  -3.2  -0.3     
 1940 26 BRO NL  154  113    9   2.2   103| .183  .279| .296  .344| .237  .401| .533  .745|  45  .215  -9.6  -1.0     
 1941 27 BRO NL  156  115   10   2.3    97| .201  .271| .275  .342| .273  .381| .548  .723|  52  .258  -9.0  -0.9     
 1947 33 PHA AL   19   13    2   4.1    98| .200  .265| .368  .345| .333  .381| .701  .726|  94  .492  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1948 34 PHA AL  120   84   11   3.5   105| .224  .273| .345  .358| .347  .394| .692  .753|  84  .375  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1949 35 NYG NL    3    1    1  26.8   104| .667  .270| .667  .344| .667  .405|1.334  .749| 259  .962   0.6   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       473  344   33   2.6   102| .199  .274| .302  .347| .275  .392| .577  .740|  57  .275 -23.0  -2.3     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 25 STL NL C 13 34 2 1 0 .973 .981 2.77 3.93 1 1940 26 BRO NL C 43 183 22 2 3 .990 .978 4.77 4.05 0 1941 27 BRO NL C 54 191 21 3 6 .986 .983 3.93 4.06 3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1947 33 PHA AL C 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.25 4.30 1 1948 34 PHA AL C 27 113 17 3 2 .977 .986 4.81 4.08 0 1949 35 NYG NL C 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.40 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 25 STL NL C 13 34 2 1 0 .973 .981 2.77 3.93 1 1940 26 BRO NL C 43 183 22 2 3 .990 .978 4.77 4.05 0 1941 27 BRO NL C 54 191 21 3 6 .986 .983 3.93 4.06 3 1947 33 PHA AL C 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.25 4.30 1 1948 34 PHA AL C 27 113 17 3 2 .977 .986 4.81 4.08 0 1949 35 NYG NL C 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.40 0 1941 27 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 142 537 64 9 11 .985 .982 4.23 4.06 5 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 143 537 64 9 11 .985 .982 4.20 4.05
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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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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


Transactions 

February 6, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 4, 1948: 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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