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Benny Frey
Benjamin Rudolph Frey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 18, 1929
Final Game September 17, 1936
Born April 6, 1906 in Dexter, MI
Died November 1, 1937 in Spring Arbor Township, MI

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1929 23 CIN NL   1   2   3   3   2   0   0  0   24.0   29   12   11   2    8    1   0   1   105       0  4.13  4.57  111 1.542
 1930 24 CIN NL  11  18  44  28  14   2   9  1  245.0  295  148  128  15   62   43   3   6  1060       1  4.70  4.82  103 1.457
 1931 25 CIN NL   8  12  34  17   7   1  14  2  133.7  166   76   73   2   36   19   2   0   569       0  4.92  3.75   76 1.511
 1932 26 TOT NL   4  12  30  15   5   0  10  0  134.3  165   77   67  10   32   27   1   1   582       1  4.49  3.84   86 1.467
         CIN NL   4  10  28  15   5   0   9  0  131.3  159   72   63  10   30   27   1   1   570       1  4.32  3.84   89 1.439
         STL NL   0   2   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    6    5    4   0    2    0   0   0    12       0 12.00  3.92   33 2.667
 1933 27 CIN NL   6   4  37   9   1   1  21  0  132.0  144   67   56   4   21   12   0   3   548       0  3.82  3.40   89 1.250
 1934 28 CIN NL  11  16  39  30  12   2   5  2  245.3  288  118   96  10   42   33   2   2  1058       1  3.52  4.06  115 1.345 MVP-16
 1935 29 CIN NL   6  10  38  13   3   1  16  3  114.3  164  100   87   6   32   24   4   3   536       0  6.85  3.98   58 1.714
 1936 30 CIN NL  10   8  31  12   5   0  12  0  131.3  164   73   62   5   30   20   0   1   589       0  4.25  3.82   90 1.477
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .410  57  82 256 127  49   7  87  8 1160.0 1415  671  580  54  263  179  12  17  5047       3  4.50  4.06   90 1.447
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  14  45  22   8   1  15  1  205.7  251  119  102   9   46   31   2   3   896   0   0  4.50  4.06   90 1.447
 Career High     11  18  44  30  14   2  21  3  245.3  295  148  128  15   62   43   4   6  1060   0   1  3.52  4.82  115 1.250

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 CIN NL   3    8    3    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .375  .375  .500  119    4   1           0    
 1930 24 CIN NL  44   88    7   25   4  1   0    5   0      4  18  .284  .315  .352   64   31   3           0    
 1931 25 CIN NL  34   44    4   14   2  0   0    3   0      2   4  .318  .348  .364   96   16   1           0    
 1932 26 TOT NL  30   45    2    9   0  0   0    2   0      2  11  .200  .234  .200   19    9   0           0    
         CIN NL  28   44    2    9   0  0   0    2   0      2  10  .205  .239  .205   22    9   0           0    
         STL NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1933 27 CIN NL  38   42    2   11   0  1   0    1   0      6   2  .262  .354  .310   92   13   1           0   2
 1934 28 CIN NL  41   82    6   14   0  1   0    6   0      7  21  .171  .244  .195   20   16   2           1   1 MVP-16
 1935 29 CIN NL  38   32    5   11   1  0   0    3   2      2   2  .344  .400  .375  112   12   3           1   0
 1936 30 CIN NL  32   44    4   11   1  0   0    3   0      3   8  .250  .298  .273   58   12   2           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      260  385   33   98   9  3   0   23   2  0  26  67  .255  .305  .294   61  113  13   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        240   21   61   6  2   0   14   1  0  16  42  .255  .305  .294   61   70   8   0   0   1   2
 Career High     44   88    7   25   4  1   0    6   2  0   7  21                          31   3   0   0   1   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 CIN NL    9    6    2   8.9   116| .375  .298| .375  .361| .500  .434| .875  .795| 119  .708   0.3   0.0     
 1930 24 CIN NL   95   66   10   4.0   122| .284  .305| .315  .363| .352  .454| .667  .817|  64  .334  -4.9  -0.4     
 1931 25 CIN NL   47   31    6   5.2    98| .318  .278| .348  .336| .364  .392| .712  .728|  96  .551  -0.1   0.0     
 1932 26 TOT NL   47   36    2   1.5   101| .200  .281| .234  .333| .200  .406| .434  .739|  19  .110  -5.1  -0.5     
         CIN NL   46   35    2   1.5   101| .205  .280| .239  .333| .205  .406| .444  .739|  22  .114  -4.8  -0.5     
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .288| .000  .341| .000  .417| .000  .758|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1933 27 CIN NL   49   34    5   3.9    90| .262  .272| .354  .324| .310  .372| .664  .696|  92  .485  -0.2   0.0     
 1934 28 CIN NL   92   71    4   1.5   103| .171  .285| .244  .340| .195  .405| .439  .744|  20  .109  -9.4  -0.9     
 1935 29 CIN NL   38   24    5   5.6   101| .344  .282| .400  .337| .375  .402| .775  .738| 112  .578   0.7   0.1     
 1936 30 CIN NL   49   35    4   3.1    98| .250  .278| .298  .337| .273  .390| .571  .726|  58  .315  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       426  303   38   3.4   104| .255  .286| .305  .342| .294  .410| .599  .751|  61  .333 -21.2  -1.9     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 23 CIN NL P 3 2 11 3 2 .813 .963 4.33 1.23 4.88 2.40 3 24.0 1930 24 CIN NL P 44 10 79 1 7 .989 .964 2.02 1.10 3.27 2.21 28 245.0 1931 25 CIN NL P 34 4 48 1 5 .981 .959 1.53 1.20 3.50 2.22 17 133.7 1932 26 TOT NL P 30 7 39 0 5 1.000 .956 1.53 1.21 3.08 2.29 15 134.3 CIN NL P 28 7 39 0 5 1.000 .956 1.64 1.21 3.15 2.29 15 131.3 STL NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1933 27 CIN NL P 37 11 36 3 3 .940 .963 1.27 1.28 3.20 2.36 9 132.0 1934 28 CIN NL P 39 8 74 1 6 .988 .960 2.10 1.12 3.01 2.27 30 245.3 1935 29 CIN NL P 38 6 34 1 5 .976 .959 1.05 1.18 3.15 2.31 13 114.3 1936 30 CIN NL P 31 6 33 5 2 .886 .949 1.26 1.16 2.67 2.32 12 131.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 23 CIN NL P 3 2 11 3 2 .813 .963 4.33 1.23 4.88 2.40 3 24.0 1930 24 CIN NL P 44 10 79 1 7 .989 .964 2.02 1.10 3.27 2.21 28 245.0 1931 25 CIN NL P 34 4 48 1 5 .981 .959 1.53 1.20 3.50 2.22 17 133.7 1932 26 TOT NL P 30 7 39 0 5 1.000 .956 1.53 1.21 3.08 2.29 15 134.3 CIN NL P 28 7 39 0 5 1.000 .956 1.64 1.21 3.15 2.29 15 131.3 STL NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1933 27 CIN NL P 37 11 36 3 3 .940 .963 1.27 1.28 3.20 2.36 9 132.0 1934 28 CIN NL P 39 8 74 1 6 .988 .960 2.10 1.12 3.01 2.27 30 245.3 1935 29 CIN NL P 38 6 34 1 5 .976 .959 1.05 1.18 3.15 2.31 13 114.3 1936 30 CIN NL P 31 6 33 5 2 .886 .949 1.26 1.16 2.67 2.32 12 131.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 256 54 354 15 35 .965 .960 1.59 1.18 3.17 2.28 127 1160.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 256 54 354 15 35 .965 .960 1.59 1.18 3.17 2.28 127 1160
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-NL-16-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Bases on Balls/9IP
1930 NL-2.28-10
1934 NL-1.54-2
Car-2.04-97

Games
1930 NL-44-6

Innings
1930 NL-245.0-7

Shutouts
1930 NL-2-5

Hits Allowed
1930 NL-295-4
1934 NL-288-5

Losses
1930 NL-18-1
1934 NL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1930 NL-128-7

Wild Pitches
1930 NL-6-7

Batters Faced
1930 NL-1060-8

Games Finished
1931 NL-14-8
1933 NL-21-4
1935 NL-16-9

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

April 11, 1932: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Harvey Hendrick and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chick Hafey.

May 9, 1932: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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