Frank Fennelly

Francis John Fennelly

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 18, 1860 in Fall River, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1884
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Athletics/Nationals/Gladiators 1884-1890

Final Game: June 18, 1890
Died: August 4, 1920 in Fall River, MA
Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery, Fall River, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1884	TOT	AA	24	SS	88	485	113	299	73	26	.849	4.68	.862	4.28
1884	WAS	AA	24	SS	60	351	88	215	48	14	.863	5.05	.862	4.28
1884	WAS	AA	24	2B	4	24	11	11	2	1	.917	5.50	.902	6.00
1884	CIN	AA	24	SS	28	134	25	84	25	12	.813	3.89	.862	4.28
1885	CIN	AA	25	SS	112	584	151	359	74	46	.873	4.55	.879	4.69
1886	CIN	AA	26	SS	132	771	169	485	117	54	.848	4.95	.854	4.56
1887	CIN	AA	27	SS	134	681	161	421	99	31	.855	4.34	.858	4.48
1888	TOT	AA	28	SS	127	731	168	463	100	41	.863	4.97	.863	4.61
1888	CIN	AA	28	SS	112	663	150	419	94	37	.858	5.08	.863	4.61
1888	CIN	AA	28	2B	4	29	13	13	3	0	.897	6.50	.916	5.65
1888	CIN	AA	28	OF	4	6	3	0	3	0	.500	0.75	.907	1.82	2-2-0
1888	PHA	AA	28	SS	15	68	18	44	6	4	.912	4.13	.863	4.61
1889	PHA	AA	29	SS	138	727	181	453	93	53	.872	4.59	.873	5.13
1890	BRG	AA	30	SS	38	239	70	135	34	8	.858	5.39	.885	4.90
1890	BRG	AA	30	3B	7	35	10	21	4	4	.886	4.43	.864	3.69
	7 Seasons			SS	769	4218	1013	2615	590	259	.860	4.72	.866	4.66
	2 Seasons			2B	8	53	24	24	5	1	.906	6.00	.910	5.82
	1 Season			3B	7	35	10	21	4	4	.886	4.43	.864	3.69
	1 Season			OF	4	6	3	0	3	0	.500	0.75	.907	1.82	2-2-0
	7 Seasons			TOT	788	4312	1050	2660	602	264	.860	4.71	.866	4.65	2-2-0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	OF
1884	WAS	AA	24	62	62	4	0	60	0	0	0
1884	CIN	AA	24	28	28	0	0	28	0	0	0
1885	CIN	AA	25	112	112	0	0	112	0	0	0
1886	CIN	AA	26	132	132	0	0	132	0	0	0
1887	CIN	AA	27	134	134	0	0	134	0	0	0
1888	CIN	AA	28	120	120	4	0	112	2	2	4
1888	PHA	AA	28	15	15	0	0	15	0	0	0
1889	PHA	AA	29	138	138	0	0	138	0	0	0
1890	BRG	AA	30	45	45	0	7	38	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			786	786	8	7	769	2	2	4

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1885 AA 359 (5th) 1886 AA 485 (1st) 1887 AA 421 (3rd) 1888 AA 476 (1st) 1889 AA 453 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1884 AA 75 (3rd) 1885 AA 74 (5th) 1886 AA 117 (1st) 1887 AA 99 (4th) 1888 AA 106 (1st) 1889 AA 93 (3rd) Career 602 (49th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1885 AA 112 (1st) 1886 AA 132 (2nd) 1887 AA 134 (3rd) 1888 AA 127 (1st) 1889 AA 138 (3rd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1885 AA 151 (4th) 1886 AA 169 (2nd) 1887 AA 161 (5th) 1888 AA 168 (2nd)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1885 AA 359 (4th) 1886 AA 485 (1st) 1887 AA 421 (2nd) 1888 AA 463 (1st) 1889 AA 453 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1884 AA 73 (2nd) 1885 AA 74 (3rd) 1886 AA 117 (1st) 1887 AA 99 (1st) 1888 AA 100 (1st) 1889 AA 93 (3rd) Career 590 (17th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1884 AA 4.68 (3rd) 1886 AA 4.95 (3rd) 1888 AA 4.97 (2nd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1887 AA .855 (5th) 1888 AA .863 (4th)

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