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Frank Funk
Franklin Ray Funk

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 3, 1960
  vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game September 22, 1963
Born August 30, 1935 in Washington, DC

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1960 24 CLE AL   4   2   9   0   0   0   8  1   31.7   27    8    7   3    9   18   0   1   122   3   0  1.99  3.76  189 1.137
 1961 25 CLE AL  11  11  56   0   0   0  43 11   92.3   79   35   34   9   31   64   4   3   382   6   1  3.31  3.94  119 1.191
 1962 26 CLE AL   2   1  47   0   0   0  20  6   80.7   62   35   29  11   32   49   4   2   336   1   1  3.24  3.85  119 1.165
 1963 27 MLN NL   3   3  25   0   0   0   8  0   43.7   42   14   13   3   13   19   1   1   179   3   0  2.68  3.22  120 1.260
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .541  20  17 137   0   0   0  79 18  248.3  210   92   83  26   85  150   9   7  1019  13   2  3.01  3.76  125 1.188
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   8  68   0   0   0  39  8  123.0  104   45   41  12   42   74   4   3   505   6   0  3.01  3.76  125 1.188
 Career High     11  11  56   0   0   0  43 11   92.3   79   35   34  11   32   64   4   3   382   6   1  2.68  3.94  120 1.165

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 24 CLE AL   9    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .111  .200  .111  -12    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 25 CLE AL  56   17    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .059  .111  .059  -52    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 26 CLE AL  47   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .067  .067  .067  -63    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 27 MLN NL  26    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .200  .000  -36    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      138   45    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  26  .067  .125  .067  -46    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         53    4    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  31  .067  .125  .067  -46    4   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     56   17    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10                           1   0   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 24 CLE AL   10    8    0   0.0    99| .111  .260| .200  .333| .111  .398| .311  .730| -12  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1961 25 CLE AL   18   16    0   0.0   101| .059  .260| .111  .335| .059  .405| .170  .740| -52  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1962 26 CLE AL   15   14    0   0.0   100| .067  .259| .067  .331| .067  .404| .134  .735| -63  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1963 27 MLN NL    5    4    0   0.0    88| .000  .253| .200  .315| .000  .378| .200  .693| -36  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        48   42    0   0.0    99| .067  .259| .125  .331| .067  .401| .192  .732| -46  .000  -9.3  -0.9   0%

* 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 ------+
1960 24 CLE AL P 9 2 5 0 1 1.000 .972 0.78 0.78 1.99 1.96 0 31.7 1961 25 CLE AL P 56 14 11 2 0 .926 .954 0.45 0.83 2.44 2.05 0 92.3 1962 26 CLE AL P 47 5 11 0 1 1.000 .958 0.34 0.79 1.78 2.09 0 80.7 1963 27 MLN NL P 25 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.24 0.84 1.24 2.06 0 43.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 24 CLE AL P 9 2 5 0 1 1.000 .972 0.78 0.78 1.99 1.96 0 31.7 1961 25 CLE AL P 56 14 11 2 0 .926 .954 0.45 0.83 2.44 2.05 0 92.3 1962 26 CLE AL P 47 5 11 0 1 1.000 .958 0.34 0.79 1.78 2.09 0 80.7 1963 27 MLN NL P 25 3 3 1 0 .857 .952 0.24 0.84 1.24 2.06 0 43.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 137 24 30 3 2 .947 .957 0.39 0.81 1.96 2.05 0 248.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 137 24 30 3 2 .947 .957 0.39 0.81 1.96 2.05 0 248
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.

Games
1961 AL-56-6

Saves
1961 AL-11-6

Games Finished
1961 AL-43-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

April 3, 1959: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Toronto (International) in an unknown transaction.

August, 1960: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Toronto (International).

November 27, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later and Don Dillard to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Adcock and Jack Curtis. The Cleveland Indians sent Ty Cline (March 18, 1963) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.


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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