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Frank Bonner

Frank J. Bonner

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 169 lb.

Born: August 20, 1869 in Lowell, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1894
Teams (by GP): Senators/Beaneaters/Orioles/Bronchos/Browns/... 1894-1903

Final Game: June 25, 1903
Died: December 31, 1905 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1894 BLN NL 24 2B 27 135 60 62 13 8 .904 4.52 .928 5.79
1894 BLN NL 24 OF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .915 2.28 2-1-1
1894 BLN NL 24 3B 2 6 4 1 1 1 .833 2.50 .878 3.50
1894 BLN NL 24 SS 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .897 5.70
1895 TOT NL 25 3B 21 63 16 28 19 2 .698 2.10 .872 3.46
1895 BLN NL 25 3B 11 31 8 15 8 2 .742 2.09 .872 3.46
1895 STL NL 25 3B 10 32 8 13 11 0 .656 2.10 .872 3.46
1895 STL NL 25 OF 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .917 2.18 0-0-5
1895 STL NL 25 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 4.60 1 1 0 0% 37%
1896 BRO NL 26 2B 9 47 8 35 4 3 .915 4.78 .940 5.53
1899 WHS NL 29 2B 85 485 192 264 29 34 .940 5.36 .941 5.55
1902 TOT AL 32 2B 45 235 92 123 20 9 .915 4.78 .948 5.36
1902 CLE AL 32 2B 34 172 67 89 16 5 .907 4.59 .948 5.36
1902 PHA AL 32 2B 11 63 25 34 4 4 .937 5.36 .948 5.36
1903 BSN NL 33 2B 24 138 64 68 6 12 .957 5.50 .938 5.19
1903 BSN NL 33 SS 22 97 40 48 9 7 .907 4.00 .911 5.48
5 Seasons 2B 190 1040 416 552 72 66 .931 5.09 .940 5.49
2 Seasons 3B 23 69 20 29 20 3 .710 2.13 .872 3.47
2 Seasons SS 23 100 41 50 9 7 .910 3.96 .911 5.49
2 Seasons OF 9 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .917 2.22 2-1-6
1 Season C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 4.60 1 1 0 0% 37%
6 Seasons TOT 246 1222 490 631 101 76 .917 4.56 .934 5.18 2-1-6 1 1 0 0% 37%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1894 BLN NL 24 33 33 0 0 0 27 2 1 2 1 1 4 0
1895 STL NL 25 15 15 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 5 0
1895 BLN NL 25 11 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1896 BRO NL 26 9 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 WHS NL 29 85 85 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 CLE AL 32 34 34 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 PHA AL 32 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 BSN NL 33 48 48 0 0 0 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 246 246 0 1 0 190 23 23 2 1 6 9 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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