Frank Ernaga

Frank John Ernaga

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 22, 1930 in Susanville, CA
High School: Lassen HS (Susanville, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1957
Team: Cubs 1957-1958

Final Game: September 21, 1958
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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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1953	22	CHC-min	C	110	399	399		98	18	2	13						.246	.246	.398	.644		159							STK · CALL
1954	23	CHC-min	C	139	506	506		135	23	7	29						.267	.267	.512	.779		259							STK · CALL
1955	24	CHC-min	B	123	438	438		114	18	4	23						.260	.260	.477	.737		209							BUR · IIIL
1956	25	CHC-min	AA	150	632	549	62	150	27	3	18	97	3	2	65	92	.273	.355	.432	.786		237		7	6	5			TUL · TL
1957	26	CHC-min	AA,Opn	120	484	418	49	101	21	0	11	42	3	0	55	70	.242	.333	.371	.704		155	0	4	4	3			FTW,POR · TL,PCL
1957	26	CHC	NL	20	44	35	9	11	3	2	2	7	0	0	9	14	.314	.455	.686	1.140	203	24	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1958	27	CHC-min	AA	124	478	414	45	103	27	1	10	50	0	3	54	88	.249	.334	.391	.725		162		1	5	4			FTW · TL
1958	27	CHC	NL	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
1959	28	CHC-MIN-min	AA,A	129	519	437	56	109	14	5	18	66	0	1	75	97	.249	.361	.428	.789		187		2	4	1	1		SAN,CHR · TL,SALL
2 Yrs				29	52	43	9	12	3	2	2	7	0	0	9	16	.279	.404	.581	.985	162	25	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	290	240	50	67	17	11	11	39	0	0	50	89	.279	.404	.581	.985	162	140	0	0	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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	26	CHC	NL	20	44	5	-1	-0	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.521	.503	0.7	-0.2	6	$	/97
1958	27	CHC	NL	9	8	-2	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
2 Seasons				29	52	4	-1	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.5	.509	.501	0.6	-0.2	5	$

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
1957	26	CHC	NL	44	24	12	13.6	102	.474	.314	.267	.455	.331	.686	.414	1.140	.745	203	.877	5.5	0.5	1.375	.629	.371	.0
1958	27	CHC	NL	8	7	0	0.0	105	.167	.125	.269	.125	.336	.125	.420	.250	.756	-33	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
2 Yrs				52	31	12	10.5	103	.400	.279	.268	.404	.331	.581	.415	.985	.746	162	.817	4.0	0.4	1.097	.512	.302	.0
162 Game Avg.				290	173	67	10.5	103	.400	.279	.268	.404	.331	.581	.415	.985	.746	162	.817	22	2	1.097	.512	.302

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	26	CHC	NL	44	4.6%	31.8%	20.5%	15.9%	64%	1.56	2.5	17.5	5.0	1.50	43%
1958	27	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			0.67	75%
2 Yrs				52	3.9%	30.8%	17.3%	13.5%	58%	1.78	2.7	21.5	6.1	1.14	48%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.8%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.48	7.0	38.0	8.4	1.00	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	26	CHC	NL	5.5	0.5	44	0.8	1.2	-0.5	.84	0.6	0.3	6.1	0.6	0.87	7.2	0.49	7
1958	27	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	2.06	-0.1	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	1.25	-1.5	2.06	8
2 Yrs				4.0	0.4	52	0.5	1.3	-0.8	1.03	0.5	-0.0	3.9	0.4	0.93	5.7	1.33	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1957	26	CHC	NL	39%	22	1	20%	2	2	2	2	1	1
1958	27	CHC	NL	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				37%	22	1	20%	2	2	2	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	26	CHC	NL	44	61%	11			7	1	0	1	0.49	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	22	5	23%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1958	27	CHC	NL	8	88%	1			8	1	0	0	2.06	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				52	65%	12			15	2	0	1	1.33	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	31	5	16%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					47%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1957	26	20	44	35	9	11	3	2	2	7	0	0	9	14	.314	.455	.686	1.140	203	24	0	0	0	0	0
1958	27	29	52	43	9	12	3	2	2	7	0	0	9	16	.279	.404	.581	.985	162	25	0	0	0	0	0

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
1957	26	21	47	37	9	12	3	2	2	7	10	15	.324	.468	.676	1.144	11	20
1958	27	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
2 Yrs		30	55	45	9	12	3	2	2	7	10	17	.267	.400	.556	.956	11	29
162 Game Avg.		162	297	243	49	65	16	11	11	38	54	92	.267	.400	.556	.956	59	29

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