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Frank McCormick
Frank Andrew McCormick (Buck)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 11, 1934
Final Game October 3, 1948
Born June 9, 1911 in New York, NY
Died November 21, 1982 in Manhasset, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 23 CIN NL  12   16    1    5   2  1   0    5   0      0   1  .313  .313  .563  131    9   0           0   1
 1937 26 CIN NL  24   83    5   27   5  0   0    9   1      2   4  .325  .341  .386  101   32   2           0   5
 1938 27 CIN NL 151  640   89  209  40  4   5  106   1     18  17  .327  .348  .425  114  272  10           3  15 MVP-5,AS
 1939 28 CIN NL 156  630   99  209  41  4  18  128   1     40  16  .332  .374  .495  131  312  16           2  23 MVP-4,AS
 1940 29 CIN NL 155  618   93  191  44  3  19  127   2     52  26  .309  .367  .482  132  298   1           5  23 MVP-1,AS
 1941 30 CIN NL 154  603   77  162  31  5  17   97   2     40  13  .269  .318  .421  106  254   6           4  22 AS
 1942 31 CIN NL 145  564   58  156  24  0  13   89   1     45  18  .277  .332  .388  111  219   5           2  14 MVP-27,AS
 1943 32 CIN NL 126  472   56  143  28  0   8   56   2     29  15  .303  .345  .413  119  195   4           1   8 MVP-9,AS
 1944 33 CIN NL 153  581   85  177  37  3  20  102   7     57  17  .305  .371  .482  143  280   3           4  19 MVP-13,AS
 1945 34 CIN NL 152  580   68  160  33  0  10   81   6     56  22  .276  .345  .384  104  223   3           5  20 MVP-24,AS
 1946 35 PHI NL 135  504   46  143  20  2  11   66   2     36  21  .284  .333  .397  109  200   2           1  11 MVP-34,AS
 1947 36 TOT NL  96  252   31   84  20  2   3   51   2     14  10  .333  .368  .464  122  117   2           0  10
         PHI NL  15   40    7    9   2  0   1    8   0      3   2  .225  .279  .350   69   14   0           0   2
         BSN NL  81  212   24   75  18  2   2   43   2     11   8  .354  .386  .486  132  103   2           0   8
 1948 37 BSN NL  75  180   14   45   9  2   4   34   0     10   9  .250  .289  .389   83   70   4           0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1534 5723  722 1711 334 26 128  951  27  0 399 189  .299  .348  .434  118 2481  58   0   0  27 176
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        604   76  181  35  3  14  100   3  0  42  20  .299  .348  .434  118  262   6   0   0   3  19
 Career High    156  640   99  209  44  5  20  128   7  0  57  26  .333  .374  .495  143  312  16   0   0   5  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 23 CIN NL   16   12    3   6.7   103| .313  .285| .313  .340| .563  .405| .876  .744| 131  .651   0.6   0.1     
 1937 26 CIN NL   87   63   11   4.6    97| .325  .274| .341  .335| .386  .388| .727  .723| 101  .515   0.2   0.0     
 1938 27 CIN NL  671  456   94   5.5    96| .327  .271| .348  .334| .425  .386| .773  .720| 114  .603  11.0   1.1     
 1939 28 CIN NL  688  460  116   6.7   104| .332  .282| .374  .347| .495  .402| .869  .749| 131  .670  25.9   2.5     
 1940 29 CIN NL  676  451  108   6.5    99| .309  .273| .367  .338| .482  .393| .849  .730| 132  .672  26.9   2.7     
 1941 30 CIN NL  653  469   80   4.6    95| .269  .267| .318  .337| .421  .376| .739  .714| 106  .544   2.4   0.2     
 1942 31 CIN NL  616  427   72   4.5    87| .277  .256| .332  .328| .388  .356| .720  .683| 111  .580   6.5   0.7     
 1943 32 CIN NL  506  341   67   5.3    89| .303  .264| .345  .332| .413  .358| .758  .690| 119  .631  10.7   1.1     
 1944 33 CIN NL  645  426  103   6.5    91| .305  .263| .371  .330| .482  .370| .853  .699| 143  .689  32.8   3.3     
 1945 34 CIN NL  644  443   76   4.6    95| .276  .271| .345  .340| .384  .374| .729  .714| 104  .532   4.2   0.4     
 1946 35 PHI NL  543  374   66   4.7    90| .284  .259| .333  .334| .397  .362| .730  .696| 109  .571   4.4   0.5     
 1947 36 TOT NL  268  180   44   6.5   104| .333  .271| .368  .346| .464  .402| .832  .748| 122  .650   7.7   0.7     
         PHI NL   43   33    4   3.2   102| .225  .269| .279  .344| .350  .399| .629  .743|  69  .340  -1.8  -0.2     
         BSN NL  225  147   40   7.2   104| .354  .272| .386  .346| .486  .403| .872  .749| 132  .693   9.5   0.9     
 1948 37 BSN NL  194  144   20   3.7   101| .250  .268| .289  .342| .389  .396| .678  .738|  83  .415  -5.2  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6207 4246  860   5.4    95| .299  .268| .348  .336| .434  .378| .782  .715| 118  .611 128.1  12.8     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 23 CIN NL 1B 2 16 0 1 1 .941 .994 8.00 9.75 1937 26 CIN NL 1B 20 194 16 0 20 1.000 .989 10.50 10.10 2B 4 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 5.33 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1938 27 CIN NL 1B 151 1441 95 7 127 .995 .992 10.17 6.62 AS 1939 28 CIN NL 1B 156 1518 100 7 153 .996 .989 10.37 6.41 AS 1940 29 CIN NL 1B 155 1587 98 8 146 .995 .990 10.87 6.45 AS 1941 30 CIN NL 1B 154 1464 92 8 130 .995 .989 10.10 6.49 AS 1942 31 CIN NL 1B 144 1403 101 10 132 .993 .989 10.44 6.94 AS 1943 32 CIN NL 1B 120 1156 85 6 116 .995 .992 10.34 8.33 AS 1944 33 CIN NL 1B 153 1508 135 13 130 .992 .990 10.74 6.54 AS 1945 34 CIN NL 1B 151 1469 118 9 104 .994 .990 10.51 6.62 AS 1946 35 PHI NL 1B 134 1185 98 1 92 .999 .991 9.57 7.46 AS 1947 36 TOT NL 1B 58 514 30 3 40 .995 .991 9.38 9.24 PHI NL 1B 12 86 4 1 9 .989 .991 7.50 9.24 BSN NL 1B 46 428 26 2 31 .996 .991 9.87 9.24 1948 37 BSN NL 1B 50 343 33 5 30 .987 .990 7.52 8.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 23 CIN NL 1B 2 16 0 1 1 .941 .994 8.00 9.75 1937 26 CIN NL 1B 20 194 16 0 20 1.000 .989 10.50 10.10 1938 27 CIN NL 1B 151 1441 95 7 127 .995 .992 10.17 6.62 1939 28 CIN NL 1B 156 1518 100 7 153 .996 .989 10.37 6.41 1940 29 CIN NL 1B 155 1587 98 8 146 .995 .990 10.87 6.45 1941 30 CIN NL 1B 154 1464 92 8 130 .995 .989 10.10 6.49 1942 31 CIN NL 1B 144 1403 101 10 132 .993 .989 10.44 6.94 1943 32 CIN NL 1B 120 1156 85 6 116 .995 .992 10.34 8.33 1944 33 CIN NL 1B 153 1508 135 13 130 .992 .990 10.74 6.54 1945 34 CIN NL 1B 151 1469 118 9 104 .994 .990 10.51 6.62 1946 35 PHI NL 1B 134 1185 98 1 92 .999 .991 9.57 7.46 1947 36 TOT NL 1B 58 514 30 3 40 .995 .991 9.38 9.24 PHI NL 1B 12 86 4 1 9 .989 .991 7.50 9.24 BSN NL 1B 46 428 26 2 31 .996 .991 9.87 9.24 1948 37 BSN NL 1B 50 343 33 5 30 .987 .990 7.52 8.94 1937 26 CIN NL 2B 4 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 5.33 1937 26 CIN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1448 13798 1001 78 1221 .995 .990 10.22 7.05 2B 4 4 2 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 5.33 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1453 13803 1003 79 1221 .995 .990 10.19 7.04
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   4  15   1   6  1  0  0   1   0   1  .400  .400  .467   0  0   1   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   7  28   2   6  1  0  0   0   1   1  .214  .241  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   3   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  14  48   3  13  2  0  0   1   1   4  .271  .286  .313   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1938   CIN NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1939   CIN NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1940   CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
 1941   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1942   CIN NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1943   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1944   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   PHI NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/9      2  12   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   1   0   0  .083  .083  .083 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1938 (1B)
1939 (1B)
1940 *
1941 *
1942 *
1943
1944
1945
1946 *

Awards
1940-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-5-0.39
1939-NL-4-0.47
1940-NL-1-0.82
1942-NL-27-0.01
1943-NL-9-0.08
1944-NL-13-0.10
1945-NL-24-0.02
1946-NL-34-0.01
Car-99-1.90 shares

Batting Average
1938 NL-.327-3
1939 NL-.332-2
1940 NL-.309-7
1943 NL-.303-9

Slugging %
1939 NL-.495-8
1940 NL-.482-9
1944 NL-.482-10

OPS
1939 NL-.869-7

Games
1938 NL-151-3
1939 NL-156-2
1940 NL-155-2
1941 NL-154-2
1944 NL-153-9
1945 NL-152-8

At Bats
1938 NL-640-1
1939 NL-630-3
1940 NL-618-1
1941 NL-603-2
1942 NL-564-8
1945 NL-580-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1938 NL-671-4
1939 NL-688-6
1940 NL-676-3
1941 NL-653-4

Runs
1938 NL-89-8
1939 NL-99-7
1940 NL-93-8

Hits
1938 NL-209-1
1939 NL-209-1
1940 NL-191-1
1941 NL-162-10
1942 NL-156-9
1944 NL-177-6

Total Bases
1938 NL-272-6
1939 NL-312-2
1940 NL-298-2
1941 NL-254-7
1944 NL-280-6

Doubles
1938 NL-40-2
1939 NL-41-4
1940 NL-44-1
1941 NL-31-8
1944 NL-37-4
1945 NL-33-6

Home Runs
1939 NL-18-7
1940 NL-19-5
1941 NL-17-9
1942 NL-13-7
1944 NL-20-4

RBI
1938 NL-106-4
1939 NL-128-1
1940 NL-127-2
1941 NL-97-6
1942 NL-89-6
1944 NL-102-4

Singles
1938 NL-160-1
1939 NL-146-4
1940 NL-125-4
1942 NL-119-7
1946 NL-110-10

Adjusted OPS+
1939 NL-131-7
1944 NL-143-9

Runs Created
1938 NL-94-10
1939 NL-116-3
1940 NL-108-2
1944 NL-103-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1939 NL-26-6
1940 NL-27-8
1944 NL-33-8

Batting Wins
1939 NL-2.5-6
1940 NL-2.7-8
1944 NL-3.3-8

Extra-Base Hits
1939 NL-63-5
1940 NL-66-2
1941 NL-53-7
1944 NL-60-6

Times on Base
1938 NL-230-10
1939 NL-251-8
1940 NL-248-6

Offensive Win%
1939 NL-.670-7

Hit By Pitch
1940 NL-5-8
1941 NL-4-5
1944 NL-4-10
1945 NL-5-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 NL-23-4
1940 NL-23-1
1941 NL-22-1
1944 NL-19-3
1945 NL-20-2

Power/Speed Number
1944 NL-10.4-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1938 NL-37.6-3
1939 NL-39.4-3
1940 NL-23.8-10
1941 NL-46.4-1
1942 NL-31.3-4
1943 NL-31.5-3
1944 NL-34.2-3
1945 NL-26.4-7
1946 NL-24.0-7
Car-30.3-23

At Bats per Home Run
1944 NL-29.1-6

Outs
1938 NL-456-4
1939 NL-460-4
1940 NL-451-1
1941 NL-469-2
1942 NL-427-10
1945 NL-443-5

 

Black Ink: Batting - 17 (130) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 120 (159) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 85.5 (194) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 10, 1945: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds for $30,000.

May 14, 1947: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 16, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 28, 1948: Released by the Boston Braves.


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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