Frank Barnes

Frank Barnes

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 26, 1926 in Longwood, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1957
Team: Cardinals 1957-1960

Final Game: May 14, 1960
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1950	23	NYY-min	A	8	4	.667	2.23	15						105.0	73	36	26		54								1.210	6.3		4.6			MKG · CENL
1951	24	NYY-BAL-min	A,AAA	15	7	.682	3.52	29	1		0	0		179.0	145	90	70	7	121		2	0	2	2			1.486	7.3	0.4	6.1	0.1	0.02	MKG,SFR,TTO · CENL,PCL,IL
1952	25	BAL-min	A,AAA	7	3	.700	1.96	18	15		0	0		101.0	91	35	22		60		4	0	0	0			1.495	8.1		5.3	0.4	0.07	SCR,TTO · EL,IL
1954	27	TTO	AAA	9	8	.529	4.22	30	22		6	0		147.0	132	80	69	17	102		118	6	0	5			1.592	8.1	1.0	6.2	7.2	1.16	TTO · IL
1955	28	OKC,TTO,CHL	AA,AAA	6	7	.462	3.78	31	9		4	1		69.0	57	32	29	8	35	2	61	1	0	0			1.333	7.4	1.0	4.6	8.0	1.74	OKC,TTO,CHL · TL,IL,AA
1956	29	SFG-STL-min	AAA	13	5	.722	3.39	29	22		10	4		154.0	144	63	58	16	71	4	96	4	1	2			1.396	8.4	0.9	4.1	5.6	1.35	MNE,OMA,TTO · AA,IL
1957	30	STL-min	AAA	12	10	.545	2.41	31	27		14	6		205.0	153	66	55	9	93	10	165	7	0	5			1.200	6.7	0.4	4.1	7.2	1.77	OMA · AA
1957	30	STL	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	3	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	13	5	5	0	9	1	5	0	0	3	50	91	2.200	11.7	0.0	8.1	4.5	0.56
1958	31	STL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.58	18	18		7	4		122.0	101	39	35	3	50	3	115	6	0	1			1.238	7.5	0.2	3.7	8.5	2.30	OMA · AA
1958	31	STL	NL	1	1	.500	7.58	8	1	0	0	0	0	19.0	19	16	16	3	16	0	17	2	0	0	93	56	1.842	9.0	1.4	7.6	8.1	1.06

1959	32	STL-min	AAA	15	12	.556	2.87	29	23		9	4		160.0	158	65	51	13	66	1	119	5	0	1			1.400	8.9	0.7	3.7	6.7	1.80	OMA · AA
1960	33	CHW-STL-min	AAA	6	10	.375	3.25	25	15					122.0	113	60	44	15	49				0				1.328	8.3	1.1	3.6			SDG,ROC · PCL,IL
1960	33	STL	NL	0	1	.000	3.52	4	1	1	0	0	1	7.2	8	5	3	1	9	0	8	1	0	0	41	121	2.217	9.4	1.2	10.6	9.4	0.89
1961	34	CHW-STL-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.74	30	12					114.0	125	73	60	9	53								1.561	9.9	0.7	4.2			SDG,POR · PCL
1962	35	PHI-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.94	30	2		0	0		80.0	76	40	35	8	39	6	44	3	1	1			1.438	8.6	0.9	4.4	5.0	1.13	BFL · IL
1963	36	REY	AA					13																									REY · MEX
1964	37	REY	AA					25																									REY · MEX
1965	38	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		19.80	2	2		0	0		5.0	10	11	11	4	4	0	7	0	0	0			2.800	18.0	7.2	7.2	12.6	1.75	SLE · PCL
1966	39	REY	AA					26																									REY · MEX
1967	40	REY	AAA					12																									REY · MEX
3 Yrs				1	3	.250	5.89	15	3	1	0	0	1	36.2	40	26	24	4	34	1	30	3	0	3	184	71	2.018	9.8	1.0	8.3	7.4	0.88
162 Game Avg.				4	11	.250	5.89	57	11	4	0	0	4	139	151	98	91	15	128	4	113	11	0	11	695	71	2.018	9.8	1.0	8.3	7.4	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1957	30	STL	NL	10.0	3	1	5	4.50	4.88	0.19	0.00	92.1	4.32	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$
1958	31	STL	NL	19.0	8	1	16	7.58	4.45	0.03	0.00	107.8	4.77	-6	-0.6	.8	0.0	-0.4	-4	.426	.496	$

1960	33	STL	NL	7.2	4	1	5	5.87	4.09	0.01	-0.08	107.0	4.28	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.464	.499	$
3 Seasons				36.2	15	3	26	6.38	4.49	0.07	-0.02	103.4	4.55	-7	-0.7	.7	0.0	-0.4	-4	.450	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1957	30	STL	NL	3	50	41	5	13	2	1	0	0	0	9	5	.317	.440	.415	.855	.361	17	1	0	0	0	1	0
1958	31	STL	NL	8	93	73	16	19	1	2	3	2	1	16	17	.260	.402	.452	.854	.296	33	0	2	1	1	0	2

1960	33	STL	NL	4	41	30	5	8	2	0	1	0	0	9	8	.267	.450	.433	.883	.333	13	2	1	1	0	0	2
3 Yrs				15	184	144	26	40	5	3	4	2	1	34	30	.278	.423	.438	.861	.324	63	3	3	2	1	1	4
162 Game Avg.				57	695	544	98	151	19	11	15	8	4	128	113	.278	.423	.438	.861	.324	238	11	11	8	4	4	15
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.715	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	30	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	53	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.73	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.72	-1.6	0	0	2
1958	31	STL	NL	-5.9	-0.6	96	-0.6	1.6	-2.2	1.01	-0.5	-0.1	-6.5	-0.6	1.01	-5.3	1	3	2

1960	33	STL	NL	-0.0	0.0	41	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.81	-0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.81	-2.6	0	1	2
3 Yrs				-6.1	-0.6	190	-0.9	2.6	-3.5	.89	-0.8	-0.3	-8.1	-0.8	0.89	-9.5	1	4	6

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1957	30	STL	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	20.0	20	20	0	0	0	0	3.0	0.0	3.0
1958	31	STL	NL	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	8	3	0	1	6.0	0.0	3.0

1960	33	STL	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	48	48	6	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	3.0
3 Yrs				15	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36	48	20	14	4	0	2	3.0	0.0	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	111	3					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	30	STL	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	1	.725	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	10.5
1958	31	STL	NL	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	6	2	33%	5	1.006	1	3	2	2	1	4	3	4	5	1	5	0	6.9

1960	33	STL	NL	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	7	.812	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	0	4.7
3 Yrs				15	12	1	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	2	22%		.886	1	4	6	3	1	8	5	7	8	2	8	0	6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	30	STL	NL	50	44%	0.0%	10.0%	18.0%	6.0%	23%	1.00	72%	15	1	7%
1958	31	STL	NL	93	57%	3.2%	18.3%	17.2%	6.5%	32%	0.34	58%	29	0	0%

1960	33	STL	NL	41	39%	2.4%	19.5%	22.0%	7.3%	38%	1.50	51%	12	2	17%
3 Yrs				184	49%	2.2%	16.3%	18.5%	6.5%	30%	0.66	60%	56	3	5%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.2%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1957	30	STL	NL	50	13			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	17%	0	3	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1958	31	STL	NL	93	19			3	0	3	2	1	2	1	4	1	0	25%	2	0	0	43	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1960	33	STL	NL	41	8			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0%	2	0	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				184	40			4	0	11	3	1	3	1	13	2	2	15%	4	3	0	89	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	30	0	1	.000	4.50	3	1	0	0	10.0	13	5	5	0	9	1	5	0	3	50	91	2.200	11.7	0.0	8.1	4.5	0.56	91
1958	31	1	2	.333	6.52	11	2	0	0	29.0	32	21	21	3	25	1	22	2	3	143	64	1.966	9.9	0.9	7.8	6.8	0.88	64
1959	32	1	2	.333	6.52	11	2	0	0	29.0	32	21	21	3	25	1	22	2	3	143	64	1.966	9.9	0.9	7.8	6.8	0.88	64
1960	33	1	3	.250	5.89	15	3	1	1	36.2	40	26	24	4	34	1	30	3	3	184	71	2.018	9.8	1.0	8.3	7.4	0.88	71

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1957	30	0	1	.000	4.50	10.0	13	6	5	0	9	5	0	2.200	11.7	8.1	4.5	0.56	0.0	3
1958	31	0	2	.000	7.20	20.0	19	18	16	3	16	18	2	1.750	8.6	7.2	8.1	1.13	1.4	8

1960	33	0	0		3.38	8.0	8	3	3	1	9	9	1	2.125	9.0	10.1	10.1	1.00	1.1	4
3 Yrs		0	3	.000	5.68	38.0	40	27	24	4	34	32	3	1.947	9.5		7.6	0.94	0.9	15

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