Frank Colman

Frank Lloyd Colman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 2, 1918 in London, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1942
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees 1942-1947

Final Game: August 3, 1947
Died: February 19, 1983 in London, Ontario, CAN
Buried: Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, CAN
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1939	21	BAT,CWL	D,C	35	62	62		18	1	1	0						.290	.290	.339	.629		21					BAT,CWL · PONY,CAML
1940	22	OAK-min	B	73	205	205		74	8	3	5						.361	.361	.502	.863		103					WMT · ISLG
1941	23	OAK-min	AA	113	371	343	34	101	9	2	4	47	2		25	28	.294	.342	.367	.710		126		0	3		TTO · IL
1942	24	TTO	AA	119	459	413	48	124	23	2	7	62	18	8	42	24	.300	.365	.416	.781		172	4	0	4		TTO · IL
1942	24	PIT	NL	10	40	37	2	5	0	0	1	2	0		2	2	.135	.179	.216	.396	14	8	0	0	1	/O9
1943	25	PIT-min	AA	33	120	109	14	34	3	2	3	19	0	1	11	8	.312	.375	.459	.834		50		0	0		TTO · IL
1943	25	PIT	NL	32	68	59	9	16	2	2	0	4	0		8	7	.271	.358	.373	.731	108	22	0	0	1	O9
1944	26	PIT	NL	99	252	226	30	61	9	5	6	53	0		25	27	.270	.345	.434	.779	115	98	5	1	0	O9/37
1945	27	PIT	NL	77	162	153	18	32	11	1	4	30	0		9	16	.209	.253	.373	.626	70	57	4	0	0	3O/79
1946	28	NYY-min	AAA	84	335	289	53	88	16	8	15	58	4	2	45	23	.304	.400	.571	.971		165	5	1	0		NWK · IL
1946	28	TOT	MLB	31	72	68	5	13	3	0	2	11	0	0	3	8	.191	.236	.324	.560	56	22	0	1	0	O/973
1946	28	PIT	NL	26	56	53	3	9	3	0	1	6	0		2	7	.170	.214	.283	.497	39	15	0	1	0	/O793
1946	28	NYY	AL	5	16	15	2	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.267	.313	.467	.779	115	7	0	0	0	/O9
1947	29	NYY-min	AAA	31	108	102	12	30	6	1	4	14	0		6	15	.294	.333	.490	.824		50		0	0		NWK · IL
1947	29	NYY	AL	22	30	28	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	6	.107	.167	.321	.488	34	9	0	0	0	/7O
1948	30	NYY-min	AAA	29	114	100	15	28	4	1	3	16	0		10	8	.280	.351	.430	.781		43		1	3		NWK · IL
1949	31	SLE	AAA	111	338	306	43	98	18	0	13	67	1		29	34	.320	.383	.507	.889		155		2	1		SLE · PCL
1950	32	SLE	AAA	153	505	477	58	152	21	0	18	97	3		27	39	.319	.355	.476	.831		227		0	1		SLE · PCL
1951	33	BAL-min	AAA	126	480	438	50	125	26	0	12	66	3		34	31	.285	.338	.427	.765		187		1	7		TTO · IL
1952	34	BAL-min	AAA	66	95	86	9	25	5	0	1	10	0		7	10	.291	.344	.384	.728		33		0	2		TTO · IL
1953	35	TTO	AAA	62	121	98	14	25	4	1	4	14	3		22	17	.255	.397	.439	.835		43		1	0		TTO · IL
6 Yrs				271	624	571	66	130	25	8	15	106	0	0	49	66	.228	.291	.378	.669	85	216	9	2	2
162 Game Avg.				162	373	341	39	78	15	5	9	63	0		29	39	.228	.291	.378	.669	85	129	5	1	1

PIT (5 yrs)				244	578	528	62	123	25	8	12	95	0		46	59	.233	.297	.379	.676	87	200	9	2	2
NYY (2 yrs)				27	46	43	4	7	0	0	3	11	0	0	3	7	.163	.217	.372	.589	62	16	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				244	578	528	62	123	25	8	12	95	0		46	59	.233	.297	.379	.676	87	200	9	2	2
AL (2 yrs)				27	46	43	4	7	0	0	3	11	0	0	3	7	.163	.217	.372	.589	62	16	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1942	24	PIT	NL	10	40	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.450	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	/O9
1943	25	PIT	NL	32	68	1	0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	2	3	0.4	.504	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	O9
1944	26	PIT	NL	99	252	4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.1	8	9	0.9	.501	.501	0.9	-0.3	9	$	O9/37
1945	27	PIT	NL	77	162	-7	0	0	1	-2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.490	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$	3O/79
1946	28	PIT	NL	26	56	-4	0	0	0	-0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	/O793
1946	28	NYY	AL	5	16	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	/O9
1947	29	NYY	AL	22	30	-2	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/7O
6 Seasons				271	624	-13	0	0	2	-6	-17	-1.9	19	2	-0.0	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.5	0	$

PIT (5 yrs)				244	578	-10	0	0	2	-6	-14	-1.6	18	4	0.2	.494	.498	-0.1	-0.4	2	$
NYY (2 yrs)				27	46	-2	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1942	24	PIT	NL	40	33	1	0.8	89	.118	.135	.259	.179	.332	.216	.360	.396	.692	14	.057	-4.3	-0.5	.313	.135	.081	.0
1943	25	PIT	NL	68	44	8	4.9	92	.308	.271	.269	.358	.339	.373	.365	.731	.704	108	.598	0.6	0.1	.698	.237	.102
1944	26	PIT	NL	252	170	34	5.4	97	.285	.270	.273	.345	.340	.434	.383	.779	.723	115	.611	3.9	0.4	.729	.274	.164	.0
1945	27	PIT	NL	162	125	14	3.0	100	.211	.209	.278	.253	.348	.373	.384	.626	.732	70	.343	-7.2	-0.7	.528	.222	.163	.0
1946	28	TOT	MLB	72	55	5	2.4	95	.190	.191	.266	.236	.341	.324	.374	.560	.716	56	.280	-4.4	-0.5	.473	.176	.132	.0
1946	28	PIT	NL	56	44	3	1.8	95	.178	.170	.266	.214	.342	.283	.372	.497	.714	39	.190	-4.6	-0.5	.409	.151	.113	.0
1946	28	NYY	AL	16	11	2	4.9	97	.231	.267	.265	.313	.339	.467	.381	.779	.720	115	.571	0.1	0.0	.727	.267	.200	.0
1947	29	NYY	AL	30	25	2	2.1	96	.050	.107	.262	.167	.341	.321	.376	.488	.717	34	.226	-2.9	-0.3	.440	.286	.214	.0
6 Yrs				624	452	64	3.8	97	.235	.228	.272	.291	.342	.378	.379	.669	.720	85	.460	-14.3	-1.5	.593	.236	.151	.0
162 Game Avg.				373	270	38	3.8	97	.235	.228	.272	.291	.342	.378	.379	.669	.720	85	.460	-14.3	-1.5	.593	.236	.151

PIT (5 yrs)				578	416	60	3.9	97	.243	.233	.272	.297	.342	.379	.379	.676	.721	87	.468	-11.6	-1.2	.599	.233	.146	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				46	36	4	3.0	96	.121	.163	.263	.217	.341	.372	.378	.589	.718	62	.349	-2.7	-0.3	.528	.279	.209	.0

NL (5 yrs)				578	416	60	3.9	97	.243	.233	.272	.297	.342	.379	.379	.676	.721	87	.468	-11.6	-1.2	.599	.233	.146	.0
AL (2 yrs)				46	36	4	3.0	96	.121	.163	.263	.217	.341	.372	.378	.589	.718	62	.349	-2.7	-0.3	.528	.279	.209	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1942	24	PIT	NL	40	2.5%	5.0%	5.0%	2.5%	20%	1.00	18.5	37.0	18.5	85%
1943	25	PIT	NL	68	0.0%	10.3%	11.8%	5.9%	25%	0.88	8.4		14.8	76%
1944	26	PIT	NL	252	2.4%	10.7%	9.9%	7.9%	33%	1.08	8.4	37.7	4.3	77%
1945	27	PIT	NL	162	2.5%	9.9%	5.6%	9.9%	50%	1.78	9.6	38.3	5.1	82%
1946	28	TOT	MLB	72	2.8%	11.1%	4.2%	6.9%	39%	2.67	8.5	34.0	6.2	81%
1946	28	PIT	NL	56	1.8%	12.5%	3.6%	7.1%	44%	3.50	7.6	53.0	8.8	80%
1946	28	NYY	AL	16	6.3%	6.3%	6.3%	6.3%	25%	1.00	15.0	15.0	3.0	81%
1947	29	NYY	AL	30	6.7%	20.0%	6.7%	6.7%	67%	3.00	4.7	14.0	4.7	67%
6 Yrs				624	2.4%	10.6%	7.9%	7.7%	37%	1.35	8.7	38.1	5.4	79%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	9.0%	5.7%	25%	1.02	9.8	74.6	9.0	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1942	24	10	40	37	2	5	0	0	1	2		2	2	.135	.179	.216	.396	14	8	0	0	1
1943	25	42	108	96	11	21	2	2	1	6		10	9	.219	.292	.313	.605	73	30	0	0	2
1944	26	141	360	322	41	82	11	7	7	59		35	36	.255	.330	.398	.727	103	128	5	1	2
1945	27	218	522	475	59	114	22	8	11	89		44	52	.240	.306	.389	.695	92	185	9	1	2
1946	28	249	594	543	64	127	25	8	13	100	0	47	60	.234	.297	.381	.679	88	207	9	2	2
1947	29	271	624	571	66	130	25	8	15	106	0	49	66	.228	.291	.378	.669	85	216	9	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	24	11	43	40	3	6	0	0	1	3	2	2	.150	.190	.225	.415	2	10
1943	25	33	71	62	10	17	2	2	0	4	8	7	.274	.357	.371	.728	8	32
1944	26	103	262	235	32	64	9	5	6	56	26	28	.272	.347	.430	.777	35	99
1945	27	80	168	159	18	33	11	1	4	30	9	17	.208	.250	.365	.615	15	77
1946	28	32	76	72	6	15	3	0	2	13	3	8	.208	.250	.333	.583	6	31
1947	29	23	33	30	3	4	0	0	3	8	3	6	.133	.212	.433	.645	2	22
6 Yrs		282	653	598	72	139	25	8	16	114	51	68	.232	.295	.381	.676	68	271
162 Game Avg.		162	375	344	41	80	14	5	9	65	29	39	.232	.295	.381	.676	39	271

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