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Dave Frost
Carl David Frost

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 235 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut September 11, 1977
  vs. CAL 6.3 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Final Game October 3, 1982
Born November 17, 1952 in Long Beach, CA

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 24 CHW AL   1   1   4   3   0   0   0  0   23.7   30    9    8   0    3   15   1   0   101   0   0  3.04  4.11  135 1.394
 1978 25 CAL AL   5   4  11  10   2   1   0  0   80.3   71   24   23   6   24   30   2   3   330   3   0  2.58  3.63  141 1.183
 1979 26 CAL AL  16  10  36  33  12   2   2  1  239.3  226  108   95  17   77  107   5   5  1001   4   0  3.57  4.06  114 1.266
 1980 27 CAL AL   4   8  15  15   2   0   0  0   78.3   97   53   46   8   21   28   2   3   343   1   0  5.29  3.92   74 1.506
 1981 28 CAL AL   1   8  12   9   0   0   1  0   47.3   44   30   29   3   19   16   1   1   200   0   0  5.51  3.63   66 1.331
 1982 29 KCR AL   6   6  21  14   0   0   4  0   81.7  103   53   50   7   30   26   3   4   368   0   0  5.51  4.08   74 1.629
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .471  33  37  99  84  16   3   7  1  550.7  571  277  251  41  174  222  14  16  2343   8   0  4.10  3.95   96 1.353
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  36  31   5   1   2  0  204.3  212  102   93  15   64   82   5   5   870   2   0  4.10  3.95   96 1.353
 Career High     16  10  36  33  12   2   4  1  239.3  226  108   95  17   77  107   5   5  1001   4   0  2.58  4.08  141 1.183

* 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 ------+
1977 24 CHW AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 0.85 1.90 1.94 3 23.7 1978 25 CAL AL P 11 5 19 1 0 .960 .952 2.18 0.85 2.69 1.91 10 80.3 1979 26 CAL AL P 36 8 34 2 2 .955 .948 1.17 0.81 1.58 1.92 33 239.3 1980 27 CAL AL P 15 2 7 1 1 .900 .957 0.60 0.77 1.03 1.85 15 78.3 1981 28 CAL AL P 12 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 0.83 0.81 1.90 1.98 9 47.3 1982 29 KCR AL P 21 5 6 1 1 .917 .957 0.52 0.73 1.21 1.80 14 81.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 24 CHW AL P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 0.85 1.90 1.94 3 23.7 1978 25 CAL AL P 11 5 19 1 0 .960 .952 2.18 0.85 2.69 1.91 10 80.3 1979 26 CAL AL P 36 8 34 2 2 .955 .948 1.17 0.81 1.58 1.92 33 239.3 1980 27 CAL AL P 15 2 7 1 1 .900 .957 0.60 0.77 1.03 1.85 15 78.3 1981 28 CAL AL P 12 1 9 0 0 1.000 .962 0.83 0.81 1.90 1.98 9 47.3 1982 29 KCR AL P 21 5 6 1 1 .917 .957 0.52 0.73 1.21 1.80 14 81.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 99 23 78 5 4 .953 .952 1.02 0.79 1.65 1.90 84 550.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 99 23 78 5 4 .953 .952 1.02 0.79 1.65 1.89 84 551
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  CAL BAL     L   2   1  18.69  0  1  0  0   4.1   8   9   5   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  CAL BAL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

ERA
1979 AL-3.57-10

Wins
1979 AL-16-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1979 AL-8.50-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1600) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Brian Downing and Chris Knapp to the California Angels for Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley, and Richard Dotson.

January 15, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

February 3, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 2, 1982: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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