Frank Fanovich

Frank Joseph Fanovich (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 11, 1923 in New York, NY
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1949
Teams (by GP): Reds/Athletics 1949-1953

Final Game: September 16, 1953
Died: August 27, 2011 in New Smyrna Beach, FL
Buried: Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater, FL
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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	Pos	Awards
1946	23	SFG-min	C,B	56	155	155		43	3	1	2						.277	.277	.348	.626		54						OGB,TRE,DAN · BORD,ISLG,CARL
1947	24	WTR	C	59	99	99		32	3	0	0						.323	.323	.354	.677		35						WTR · BORD
1948	25	CIN-min	AAA	30	70	64	4	14	1	0	0	5	0		3	4	.219	.254	.234	.488		15		0	3			SYR · IL
1949	26	CIN	NL	29	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0		1

1950	27	SFG-min	AAA	21	46	38	3	10	1	0	0	5	0		3	3	.263	.317	.289	.607		11	0	0	5			MNE · AA
1951	28	SFG-min	AAA	34	56	48	4	9	1	0	0	6	0		3	3	.188	.235	.167	.402		8	2	0	5			MNE,OTT · AA,IL
1952	29	ATL-OAK-min	A,AA,AAA	27	38	38		7	1	0	0						.184	.184	.184	.368		7						SAV,ATA,OTT · SALL,SOUA,IL
1953	30	PHA	AL	26	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	1	0	0		1
1954	31	RMD	AAA	30	49	43	5	8	1	0	0	2	0		4	7	.186	.250	.209	.459		9		0	1	1		RMD · IL
1955	32	BAL-min	AA	50	95	89	4	22	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.247	.264	.258	.522		23		1	4	0		SAN · TL
2 Yrs				55	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.133	.188	.133	.321	-13	2	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	47	44	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		3	15	.133	.188	.133	.321	-13	6	3	0	0

PHA (1 yr)				26	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	1	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				29	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1949	26	CIN	NL	29	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1953	30	PHA	AL	26	11	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
2 Seasons				55	16	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

PHA (1 yr)				26	11	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				29	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1949	26	CIN	NL	5	4	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.200	.345	.000	.406	.200	.752	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

1953	30	PHA	AL	11	10	0	0.0	105	.222	.182	.273	.182	.350	.182	.402	.364	.752	-3	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.200	.000	.000
2 Yrs				16	14	0	0.0	105	.200	.133	.273	.188	.348	.133	.403	.321	.752	-13	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.214	.067	.000
162 Game Avg.				47	41	0	0.0	105	.200	.133	.273	.188	.348	.133	.403	.321	.752	-13	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.214	.067	.000

PHA (1 yr)				11	10	0	0.0	105	.222	.182	.273	.182	.350	.182	.402	.364	.752	-3	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.200	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.200	.345	.000	.406	.200	.752	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	26	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%		3.00	1.3				20%

1953	30	PHA	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.5			7.00	82%
2 Yrs				16	0.0%	31.3%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.0			7.00	63%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.1%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.04	8.7	45.0	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	26	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.22	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.72	-0.3	0

1953	30	PHA	AL	-1.7	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.67	-0.1	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-1.7	0
2 Yrs				-2.5	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.81	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.95	-2.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	26	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	30	PHA	AL	0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	33%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1949	26	CIN	NL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1953	30	PHA	AL	11	70%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				16	73%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			93%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1949	26	29	5	4	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0
1950	27	29	5	4	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0
1951	28	29	5	4	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0
1952	29	29	5	4	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0
1953	30	55	16	15	1	2	0	1	5	.133	.188	.133	.321	-13	2	1

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	26	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	29

1953	30	27	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26
2 Yrs		57	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	55
162 Game Avg.		162	45	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	55

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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