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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1942	PIT	NL	24	OF	8	8	8		16	14	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.981		2.34
1942	PIT	NL	24	RF	8	8	8		16	14	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.981		2.08
1943	PIT	NL	25	OF	11	11	5		27	27	0	0	0	1.000		2.45	.977		2.41
1943	PIT	NL	25	RF	11	11	5		27	27	0	0	0	1.000		2.45	.976		2.21
1944	PIT	NL	26	OF	53	49	31		110	102	4	4	0	.964		2.00	.980		2.47
1944	PIT	NL	26	RF	49	46	28		95	88	4	3	0	.968		1.88	.974		2.10
1944	PIT	NL	26	1B	6	0	0		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.17	.990		10.03
1944	PIT	NL	26	LF	3	3	3		12	11	0	1	0	.917		3.67	.981		2.33
1945	PIT	NL	27	1B	22	13	13		141	126	14	1	10	.993		6.36	.990		10.17
1945	PIT	NL	27	OF	12	11	6		17	17	0	0	0	1.000		1.42	.978		2.45
1945	PIT	NL	27	LF	7	7	4		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.29	.970		2.34
1945	PIT	NL	27	RF	5	4	2		8	8	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.978		2.16
1946	TOT	MLB	28	OF	13	13	11		25	24	1	0	0	1.000		1.92	.977		2.37
1946	TOT	MLB	28	RF	9	9	8		22	21	1	0	0	1.000		2.44	.975		2.10
1946	PIT	NL	28	OF	8	8	7		16	15	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.977		2.38
1946	PIT	NL	28	LF	4	4	3		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		0.75	.973		2.25
1946	PIT	NL	28	RF	4	4	4		13	12	1	0	0	1.000		3.25	.976		2.10
1946	PIT	NL	28	1B	2	2	2		19	16	2	1	2	.947		9.00	.991		10.00
1946	NYY	AL	28	OF	5	5	4		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.80	.977		2.36
1946	NYY	AL	28	RF	5	5	4		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.80	.972		2.10
1947	NYY	AL	29	LF	6	3	2		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.976		2.37
1947	NYY	AL	29	OF	6	3	2		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.979		2.47
	6 Seasons			OF	103	95	63		203	191	8	4	0	.980		1.93	.979		2.44
	5 Seasons			RF	82	78	51		168	158	7	3	0	.982		2.01	.975		2.12
	3 Seasons			1B	30	15	15		167	149	16	2	12	.988		5.50	.990		10.13
	4 Seasons			LF	20	17	12		32	30	1	1	0	.969		1.55	.976		2.33
	6 Seasons			TOT	133	110	78		370	340	24	6	12	.984		2.74	.984		4.17
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH
1942	PIT	NL	24	10	8	10	8	0	0	8	8	2
1943	PIT	NL	25	32	11	32	11	0	0	11	11	21
1944	PIT	NL	26	99	49	99	58	7	3	49	52	44
1945	PIT	NL	27	77	24	77	33	22	7	5	12	45
1946	PIT	NL	28	26	10	26	10	2	4	4	8	16
1946	NYY	AL	28	5	5	5	5	0	0	5	5	0
1947	NYY	AL	29	22	3	22	6	0	6	0	6	16
	6 Seasons			271	110	271	131	31	20	82	102	144

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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