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Frank Biscan

Frank Stephen Biscan (Porky)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 13, 1920 in Mount Olive, IL
High School: Mount Olive (Mount Olive, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1942
Team: Browns 1942-1948

Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: May 22, 1959 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:27AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
1942 22 SLB AL 0 1 .000 2.33 11 0 6 0 0 1 27.0 13 8 7 1 11 10 0 0 1 104 162 0.889 4.3 0.3 3.7 3.3 0.91
1946 26 SLB AL 1 1 .500 5.16 16 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 28 13 13 0 22 9 0 0 0 112 74 2.206 11.1 0.0 8.7 3.6 0.41
1948 28 SLB AL 6 7 .462 6.11 47 4 22 1 0 2 98.2 129 78 67 3 71 45 9 0 6 494 75 2.027 11.8 0.3 6.5 4.1 0.63
3 Seasons 7 9 .438 5.28 74 4 33 1 0 4 148.1 170 99 87 4 104 64 9 0 7 710 82 1.847 10.3 0.2 6.3 3.9 0.62
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .438 5.28 65 3 29 1 0 3 129 148 86 76 3 91 56 8 0 6 619 82 1.847 10.3 0.2 6.3 3.9 0.62

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1942 22 SLB AL 27.0 0 8 14 0 1.0 6 0.7 $
1946 26 SLB AL 22.2 0 13 12 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $
1948 28 SLB AL 98.2 4 78 61 -2 1.0 -17 -1.0 $
3 Seasons 148.1 4 99 87 -2 1.0 -12 -0.3 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 22 SLB AL 11 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 1 0 1
1946 26 SLB AL 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1948 28 SLB AL 47 30 26 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .192 .300 .269 .569 50 7 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 74 40 35 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .143 .250 .200 .450 21 7 0 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 88 77 9 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 9 20 .143 .250 .200 .450 21 15 0 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 22 SLB AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1946 26 SLB AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1948 28 SLB AL 30 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
3 Seasons 40 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 SLB AL 22 P 11 0 0 27.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.33 0.64 .957 2.30 2.30
1946 SLB AL 26 P 16 0 0 22.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.19 .950 2.02 1.99
1948 SLB AL 28 P 47 4 1 98.2 26 3 20 3 2 .885 2.10 0.49 .963 2.02 1.99
3 Seasons P 74 4 1 148.1 36 4 29 3 2 .917 2.00 0.45 .961 2.08 2.04
3 Seasons TOT 74 4 1 148.1 36 4 29 3 2 .917 2.00 0.45 .961 2.08 2.04
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  47 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  9 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 AL  22 (5th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1948 AL  47 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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