Frank Fernandez

Frank Fernandez

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 16, 1943 in Staten Island, NY
High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1967
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/Cubs/Senators 1967-1972

Final Game: May 25, 1972
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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
1962	19	NYY-min	D,B	115	442	371	44	89	13	1	5	51	2		60	99	.240	.348	.321	.668		119		4	2	5	2		FTL,GBO · FLOR,CARL
1963	20	NYY-min	A	102	316	316		85	16	1	13						.269	.269	.449	.718		142							IDF · PION
1964	21	NYY-min	A,AA	111	326	315	10	74	11	1	11	7	0	0	11	25	.235	.261	.381	.642		120							GBO,CBS · CARL,SOUL
1965	22	NYY-min	AA	122	445	385	57	86	15	3	21	58	2	3	60	110	.223	.328	.442	.770		170							CBS · SOUL
1966	23	NYY-min	AAA	119	445	354	62	92	14	3	23	60	2	1	83	106	.260	.405	.511	.916		181		4	3	1			TOL · IL
1967	24	NYY-min	AAA	59	198	153	24	36	4	0	6	24	2	2	40	40	.235	.401	.379	.780		58		3	1	1			SYR · IL
1967	24	NYY	AL	9	32	28	1	6	2	0	1	4	1	1	2	7	.214	.281	.393	.674	102	11	1	1	0	1	0	/29
1968	25	NYY	AL	51	171	135	15	23	6	1	7	30	1	0	35	50	.170	.341	.385	.726	125	52	3	0	0	0	2	2/9
1969	26	NYY	AL	89	298	229	34	51	6	1	12	29	1	3	65	68	.223	.399	.415	.814	133	95	4	3	0	1	3	29
1970	27	OAK	AL	94	294	252	30	54	5	0	15	44	1	0	40	76	.214	.327	.413	.739	106	104	6	2	0	0	4	2/7
1971	28	OAK-min	AAA	17	71	58	11	12	3	0	6	13	0	1	12	20	.207	.352	.569	.921		33		1	0	0			IWA · AA
1971	28	TOT	MLB	39	105	80	12	11	2	0	4	9	0	0	22	28	.138	.317	.313	.630	77	25	2	0	1	2	0	2/79
1971	28	TOT	AL	22	47	39	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	13	.103	.196	.128	.324	-4	5	2	0	1	2	0	/279
1971	28	OAK	AL	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1971	28	WSA	AL	18	37	30	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	.100	.194	.100	.294	-11	3	2	0	1	2	0	/792
1971	28	OAK	AL	2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	68	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1971	28	CHC	NL	17	58	41	11	7	1	0	4	4	0	0	17	15	.171	.414	.488	.902	142	20	0	0	0	0	0	2
1972	29	NYY-CHC-min	AAA	81	285	215	28	48	9	0	7	27	0	0	59	73	.223	.388	.363	.751		78		2	4	5			SYR,WCH · IL,AA
1972	29	CHC	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1973	30	OAK-DET-min	AAA	66	211	172	21	42	10	1	2	16	1	1	36	49	.244	.376	.349	.725		60		1	1	1			TUC,TOL · PCL,IL
6 Yrs				285	903	727	92	145	21	2	39	116	4	4	164	231	.199	.350	.395	.744	114	287	16	6	1	4	9
162 Game Avg.				162	513	413	52	82	12	1	22	66	2	2	93	131	.199	.350	.395	.744	114	163	9	3	1	2	5

OAK (2 yrs)				98	304	261	31	55	6	0	15	45	1	0	41	79	.211	.322	.406	.728	103	106	6	2	0	0	4
NYY (3 yrs)				149	501	392	50	80	14	2	20	63	3	4	102	125	.204	.372	.403	.775	128	158	8	4	0	2	5
CHC (2 yrs)				20	61	44	11	7	1	0	4	4	0	0	17	17	.159	.393	.455	.848	128	20	0	0	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				18	37	30	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	.100	.194	.100	.294	-11	3	2	0	1	2	0

AL (5 yrs)				265	842	683	81	138	20	2	35	112	4	4	147	214	.202	.346	.391	.737	113	267	16	6	1	4	9
NL (2 yrs)				20	61	44	11	7	1	0	4	4	0	0	17	17	.159	.393	.455	.848	128	20	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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1967	24	NYY	AL	9	32	-0	-1	-0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$	/29
1968	25	NYY	AL	51	171	5	-0	-0	4	2	11	1.3	5	16	1.8	.527	.508	1.3	0.8	12	$	2/9
1969	26	NYY	AL	89	298	12	-3	-1	3	3	14	1.5	8	22	2.3	.517	.510	2.1	0.6	20	$15,000	29
1970	27	OAK	AL	94	294	3	0	0	0	4	8	0.8	10	17	1.7	.509	.505	1.8	0.4	17	$	2/7
1971	28	OAK	AL	4	10	-1	0	0	2	0	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.540	.501	0.0	0.2	-0	$20,000	/2
1971	28	WSA	AL	18	37	-3	-0	-0	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	1	-4	-0.6	.463	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/792
1971	28	CHC	NL	17	58	4	-0	0	2	1	7	0.8	2	9	1.0	.547	.505	0.7	0.3	7	$	2
1972	29	CHC	NL	3	3	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.464	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
6 Seasons				285	903	19	-3	-2	11	11	35	3.8	27	61	6.4	.514	.503	5.5	2.4	51	$35,000

NYY (3 yrs)				149	501	17	-4	-1	8	6	25	2.8	14	39	4.2	.520	.506	3.4	1.6	31	$15,000
OAK (2 yrs)				98	304	2	1	0	2	4	9	0.9	10	19	1.9	.510	.503	1.8	0.7	17	$20,000
CHC (2 yrs)				20	61	4	-0	0	2	1	6	0.7	2	8	0.9	.534	.502	0.6	0.3	6	$
WSA (1 yr)				18	37	-3	-0	-0	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	1	-4	-0.6	.463	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

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
1967	24	NYY	AL	32	25	3	3.2	80	.238	.214	.238	.281	.306	.393	.357	.674	.663	102	.435	0.2	0.0	.583	.250	.179	1.0
1968	25	NYY	AL	171	115	20	4.7	76	.205	.170	.232	.341	.301	.385	.344	.726	.645	125	.629	5.6	0.6	.765	.481	.215	1.8
1969	26	NYY	AL	298	186	42	6.1	91	.260	.223	.250	.399	.326	.415	.377	.814	.703	133	.662	13.8	1.4	.870	.467	.192	1.8
1970	27	OAK	AL	294	204	35	4.6	95	.242	.214	.254	.327	.328	.413	.388	.739	.717	106	.532	1.8	0.2	.721	.361	.198	1.9
1971	28	TOT	MLB	105	74	11	4.0	95	.140	.138	.261	.317	.332	.313	.385	.630	.717	77	.494	-1.7	-0.2	.662	.450	.175	.0
1971	28	TOT	AL	47	40	1	0.7	87	.143	.103	.248	.196	.319	.128	.368	.324	.688	-4	.036	-5.0	-0.5	.270	.154	.026
1971	28	OAK	AL	5	4	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.253	.200	.324	.000	.375	.200	.699	-38	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1971	28	WSA	AL	37	32	1	0.8	86	.136	.100	.247	.194	.318	.100	.366	.294	.684	-11	.054	-4.1	-0.4	.241	.133	.000
1971	28	OAK	AL	5	4	0	0.0	91	.250	.200	.253	.200	.324	.400	.375	.600	.700	68	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
1971	28	CHC	NL	58	34	10	7.9	102	.136	.171	.274	.414	.342	.488	.401	.902	.744	142	.771	3.3	0.3	1.088	.732	.317	.0
1972	29	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.000	.337	.000	.395	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				903	607	111	4.9	90	.230	.199	.249	.350	.322	.395	.375	.744	.697	114	.586	18.9	2.0	.759	.421	.195	7.3
162 Game Avg.				513	345	63	4.9	90	.230	.199	.249	.350	.322	.395	.375	.744	.697	114	.586	11	1	.759	.421	.195	4

OAK (2 yrs)				304	212	35	4.4	95	.240	.211	.254	.322	.328	.406	.388	.728	.716	103	.516	0.9	0.1	.708	.356	.195	1.9
NYY (3 yrs)				501	326	65	5.4	85	.241	.204	.243	.372	.316	.403	.364	.775	.680	128	.638	19.6	2.1	.812	.457	.199	5.2
CHC (2 yrs)				61	37	10	7.3	102	.130	.159	.274	.393	.342	.455	.401	.848	.743	128	.743	2.5	0.3	1.000	.682	.295	.0
WSA (1 yr)				37	32	1	0.8	86	.136	.100	.247	.194	.318	.100	.366	.294	.684	-11	.054	-4.1	-0.4	.241	.133	.000

AL (5 yrs)				842	570	101	4.8	89	.235	.202	.248	.346	.320	.391	.373	.737	.694	113	.572	16.4	1.7	.743	.404	.189	7.2
NL (2 yrs)				61	37	10	7.3	102	.130	.159	.274	.393	.342	.455	.401	.848	.743	128	.743	2.5	0.3	1.000	.682	.295	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	24	NYY	AL	32	3.1%	21.9%	6.3%	9.4%	50%	3.50	4.0	28.0	7.0	0.64	66%
1968	25	NYY	AL	171	4.1%	29.2%	20.5%	8.2%	61%	1.43	2.7	19.3	4.5	1.00	46%
1969	26	NYY	AL	298	4.0%	22.8%	21.8%	6.4%	37%	1.05	3.4	19.1	7.9	0.78	50%
1970	27	OAK	AL	294	5.1%	25.9%	13.6%	6.8%	37%	1.90	3.3	16.8	5.7	1.00	55%
1971	28	TOT	MLB	105	3.8%	26.7%	21.0%	5.7%	55%	1.27	2.9	20.0	8.9	0.91	48%
1971	28	TOT	AL	47	0.0%	27.7%	10.6%	2.1%	25%	2.60	3.0		7.8	0.92	60%
1971	28	OAK	AL	10	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	10.0%	100%	3.00	3.0		9.0	0.00	60%
1971	28	WSA	AL	37	0.0%	27.0%	10.8%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.0		7.5	1.50	59%
1971	28	CHC	NL	58	6.9%	25.9%	29.3%	8.6%	71%	0.88	2.7	10.3	10.3	0.89	38%
1972	29	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
6 Yrs				903	4.3%	25.6%	18.2%	6.9%	43%	1.41	3.1	18.6	6.3	0.90	51%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.1%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	45.4	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	24	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	33	0.1	0.8	-0.7	1.13	0.0	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.98	-0.3		0
1968	25	NYY	AL	5.4	0.6	175	0.8	4.0	-3.2	1.09	0.6	0.1	10.1	1.2	1.01	9.0	6.64	1
1969	26	NYY	AL	13.8	1.4	303	0.8	5.9	-5.2	1.11	1.0	-0.3	8.0	0.8	0.95	12.9	1.94	11
1970	27	OAK	AL	1.8	0.2	299	2.1	7.2	-5.0	1.06	0.8	1.2	11.0	1.1	0.99	8.4	1.54	14
1971	28	TOT	MLB	-1.8	-0.2	106	0.1	1.9	-1.8	1.07	0.1	-0.1	1.7	0.1	0.99	1.1	1.41	14
1971	28	TOT	AL	-5.1	-0.5	48	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.28	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	1.08	-4.2	1.57	12
1971	28	OAK	AL	-0.9	-0.1	10	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.71	-0.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.73	-0.7	0.15	1
1971	28	WSA	AL	-4.2	-0.4	38	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.44	-0.3	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.16	-3.5	1.70	11
1971	28	CHC	NL	3.3	0.3	58	0.6	1.3	-0.7	.90	0.6	0.1	5.2	0.5	0.93	5.3	0.46	2
1972	29	CHC	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.57	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.31	-0.8	0.86	2
6 Yrs				18.6	1.9	919	3.9	19.8	-16.0	1.08	2.5	1.0	29.0	3.0	0.98	30.3	1.69	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	24	NYY	AL	0	0%	10	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	25	NYY	AL	2	16%	50	1	0	100%	1	0	0	5	2	33%	2	1	1	3	2	0	4	1	2
1969	26	NYY	AL	2	21%	117	1	3	25%	0	3	1	5	2	31%	14	8	5	10	10	0	5	0	4
1970	27	OAK	AL	4	19%	87	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	7	20%	13	13	0	3	2	1	4	1	3
1971	28	TOT	MLB	4	28%	27	0	0		0	0	0	2	4	60%	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1971	28	TOT	AL	2	11%	10	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	28	OAK	AL	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	28	WSA	AL	2	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	28	CHC	NL	2	35%	17	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	50%	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
1972	29	CHC	NL	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				12	19%	293	4	4	50%	3	4	1	16	15	30%	32	24	7	17	14	2	15	3	10

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
1967	24	NYY	AL	32	66%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	1	50%	19	3	16%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1968	25	NYY	AL	171	60%	23			1	0	0	0	6.64	7	1	9	0	7	5	2	0	1	0	0%	30	3	10%	16	0	0%	115	23	20%	15	7	47%	10	5	50%	0
1969	26	NYY	AL	298	67%	51			11	1	0	1	1.94	12	1	6	6	6	6	6	0	1	0	0%	51	4	8%	21	1	5%	183	17	9%	17	5	29%	8	3	38%	0
1970	27	OAK	AL	294	47%	54			14	5	3	3	1.54	15	1	5	5	10	8	7	0	0	0		62	6	10%	24	3	13%	198	31	16%	16	6	38%	7	2	29%	0
1971	28	TOT	MLB	105	49%	11			14	1	0	1	1.41	4	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	100%	21	2	10%	11	4	36%	76	7	9%	8	3	38%	5	4	80%	0
1971	28	TOT	AL	47	72%	4			12	1	0	1	1.57	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	2	15%	7	3	43%	41	6	15%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1971	28	OAK	AL	10	80%	1			1	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	28	WSA	AL	37	70%	3			11	1	0	1	1.70	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	7	3	43%	37	5	14%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1971	28	CHC	NL	58	29%	7			2	0	0	0	0.46	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	1	25%	35	1	3%	2	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
1972	29	CHC	NL	3	67%	0			2	0	0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				903	57%	145			42	7	3	5	1.69	39	3	23	14	25	22	17	0	3	1	33%	170	16	9%	74	9	12%	595	81	14%	58	22	38%	30	14	47%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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
1967	24	9	32	28	1	6	2	0	1	4	1	1	2	7	.214	.281	.393	.674	102	11	1	1	0	1	0
1968	25	60	203	163	16	29	8	1	8	34	2	1	37	57	.178	.332	.387	.718	122	63	4	1	0	1	2
1969	26	149	501	392	50	80	14	2	20	63	3	4	102	125	.204	.372	.403	.775	128	158	8	4	0	2	5
1970	27	243	795	644	80	134	19	2	35	107	4	4	142	201	.208	.355	.407	.762	120	262	14	6	0	2	9
1971	28	282	900	724	92	145	21	2	39	116	4	4	164	229	.200	.351	.396	.747	115	287	16	6	1	4	9
1972	29	285	903	727	92	145	21	2	39	116	4	4	164	231	.199	.350	.395	.744	114	287	16	6	1	4	9

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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
1967	24	9	33	29	1	7	2	0	1	5	1	2	7	.241	.303	.414	.717	4	9
1968	25	51	183	140	20	28	7	1	9	41	1	43	50	.200	.388	.457	.845	24	51
1969	26	89	307	233	38	55	6	1	13	32	1	70	68	.236	.417	.438	.855	42	89
1970	27	94	299	255	33	57	5	0	16	49	1	42	76	.224	.338	.431	.769	37	94
1971	28	39	111	82	13	13	2	0	5	10	0	26	28	.159	.355	.366	.720	10	39
1972	29	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
6 Yrs		285	936	742	105	160	22	2	44	137	4	183	231	.216	.373	.429	.802	117	285
162 Game Avg.		162	532	422	60	91	13	1	25	78	2	104	131	.216	.373	.429	.802	67	285

* 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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