Dave Frost

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: November 17, 1952 in Long Beach, CA us

Died: April 17, 2023 in Long Beach, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)

Schools: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: September 11, 1977 (Age 24-298d, 13,968th in major league history)
vs. CAL 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 29-320d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Carl David Frost

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

ERA

4.10

550.2

222

WHIP

1.353

Summary of 41 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
CAL	34
KCR	7

Platoon
vs LHB	29
vs RHB	12

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	17

Outs
1	17
0	14
2	10

13 Opps
DET	8
BOS	6
CLE	6
MIN	3
KCR	3
TEX	3
NYY	3
BAL	3
SEA	2
OAK	1
CHW	1
TOR	1
MIL	1

32 Batters
Butch Hobson	3
Jason Thompson	2
George Brett	2
Lou Whitaker	2
Rusty Staub	2
Eddie Murray	2
Jim Rice	2
Johnny Grubb	2
John Lowenstein	1
Chris Chambliss	1
John Mayberry	1
Willie Montañez	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Dwayne Murphy	1
Jim Spencer	1
Dan Meyer	1
Roy Smalley	1
Pat Putnam	1
Tom Brookens	1
Hosken Powell	1
Toby Harrah	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Glenn Wilson	1
Andre Thornton	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Fred Lynn	1
Joe Charboneau	1
Richie Zisk	1
Pete LaCock	1
Steve Kemp	1
Rob Wilfong	1

11 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	16
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	16
8	3
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	11
-2-	3
12-	2
-23	1

61 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	24
1 on	14
2 on	3
Any on	17

Inning
1	5
2	4
3	2
4	8
5	6
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	3

1-3	11
4-6	18
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	12
-1	6
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	14
Tied	12
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	10
DH	9
LF	8
3B	6
2B	3
CF	2
RF	2
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	10
3rd	8
2nd	5
7th	4
5th	4
6th	4
1st	3
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-07-04	Pete LaCock	KCR		CAL	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1	7	3	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1978-07-16	Rusty Staub	DET	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 3	0	12-	3	3	DH	21%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. LeFlore Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
3	3	3	1	1978-07-21 (2)	Rusty Staub	DET		CAL	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	DH	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1978-07-25	Bernie Carbo	CLE		CAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	DH	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
5	5	5	2	1978-07-25	Johnny Grubb	CLE		CAL	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	---	1	2	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1978-09-09 (2)	George Brett	KCR	@	CAL	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	1	6	5	22%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1979-05-09	Butch Hobson	BOS		CAL	behind 0-3	b 4	2	1--	2	6	5	18%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
8	8	2	2	1979-05-09	Fred Lynn	BOS		CAL	behind 2-4	b 6	0	1--	2	3	8	25%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Burleson Scores
9	9	3	1	1979-05-16	Cecil Cooper	MIL	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	3	15%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Yount Scores
10	10	4	1	1979-06-01	Toby Harrah	CLE	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	DH	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1979-06-16	Jason Thompson	DET		CAL	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	6	2	1979-06-16	Jason Thompson	DET		CAL	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	4	3	23%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	7	1	1979-06-20	Pat Putnam	TEX	@	CAL	behind 2-5	t 8	0	1--	2	4	3	14%	25%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bell Scores
14	14	8	1	1979-06-24	George Brett	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	1--	2	2	5	13%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores
15	15	9	1	1979-07-15	Chris Chambliss	NYY	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	3	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores
16	16	10	2	1979-07-15	Jim Spencer	NYY	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	DH	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
17	17	11	1	1979-07-23	Jim Rice	BOS		CAL	behind 0-9	b 8	0	---	1	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	12	2	1979-07-23	Butch Hobson	BOS		CAL	behind 1-9	b 9	0	---	1	8	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	13	1	1979-07-27	Rob Wilfong	MIN	@	CAL	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	2	4	17%	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	14	1	1979-08-08	Dwayne Murphy	OAK		CAL	behind 0-8	b 8	2	---	1	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	15	1	1979-08-17	John Mayberry	TOR	@	CAL	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	3	13%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	16	1	1979-08-21	Cliff Johnson	CLE	@	CAL	tied 3-3	t 5	2	-23	3	5	DH	31%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores/unER; R. Manning Scores/unER; C. Johnson Scores/unER
23	23	17	1	1979-09-29	Willie Montañez	TEX		CAL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1980-04-11	Joe Charboneau	CLE	@	CAL	behind 0-5	t 5	1	---	1	7	7	3%	8%		Home Run (CF-RF)
25	25	2	1	1980-04-22	Roy Smalley	MIN		CAL	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	6	17%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Wilfong Scores
26	26	3	2	1980-04-22	Hosken Powell	MIN		CAL	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	1980-04-27	Dan Meyer	SEA		CAL	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	-2-	2	3	7	10%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Anderson Scores
28	28	5	1	1980-06-12	Jim Rice	BOS	@	CAL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	7	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	6	2	1980-06-12	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	CAL	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	12-	3	9	5	21%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores; J. Dwyer Scores
30	30	7	1	1980-06-17	Eddie Murray	BAL		CAL	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	17%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	8	1	1980-09-06	Oscar Gamble	NYY		CAL	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2	3	7	18%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Doyle Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-06-07	John Lowenstein	BAL	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	12%	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
33	33	2	2	1981-06-07	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CAL	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	3	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	1981-08-12	Richie Zisk	SEA		CAL	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	4	DH	25%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1982-04-17	Andre Thornton	CLE		KCR	ahead 8-7	b 6	1	1--	2	4	DH	16%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores/unER
36	36	2	1	1982-04-19	Glenn Wilson	DET		KCR	behind 0-2	b 7	1	---	1	7	DH	13%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	3	1	1982-05-28	Johnny Grubb	TEX		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	5	9	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1982-08-13	Lou Whitaker	DET		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	5	2	1982-08-13	Tom Brookens	DET		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--	2	8	5	12%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lemon Scores
40	40	6	3	1982-08-13	Lou Whitaker	DET		KCR	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	1	4	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores
41	41	7	1	1982-08-22	Steve Kemp	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 10-1	t 9	0	1--	2	6	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hairston Scores