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Ken Frailing

Kenneth Douglas Frailing

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 19, 1948 in Madison, WI
High School: Marion HS (Marion, WI)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1972
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1972-1976

Final Game: June 6, 1976
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1972 24 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13 122 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1973 25 CHW AL 0 0 1.96 10 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 18 6 4 1 7 0 15 1 0 0 80 209 1.364 8.8 0.5 3.4 7.4 2.14
1974 26 CHC NL 6 9 .400 3.88 55 16 7 1 0 1 125.1 150 65 54 11 43 10 71 1 0 9 556 99 1.540 10.8 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.65
1975 27 CHC NL 2 5 .286 5.43 41 0 10 0 0 1 53.0 61 37 32 6 26 2 39 2 0 0 244 71 1.642 10.4 1.0 4.4 6.6 1.50
1976 28 CHC NL 1 2 .333 2.41 6 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 20 7 5 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 79 162 1.339 9.6 0.0 2.4 4.8 2.00
5 Yrs 10 16 .385 3.96 116 19 24 1 0 2 218.1 252 116 96 19 82 12 136 4 0 10 972 97 1.530 10.4 0.8 3.4 5.6 1.66
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .385 3.96 58 10 12 1 0 1 110 127 58 48 10 41 6 69 2 0 5 490 97 1.530 10.4 0.8 3.4 5.6 1.66
CHC (3 yrs) 9 16 .360 4.16 102 19 18 1 0 2 197.0 231 109 91 17 74 12 120 3 0 9 879 92 1.548 10.6 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.62
CHW (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 2.11 14 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 21 7 5 2 8 0 16 1 0 1 93 191 1.359 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
NL (3 yrs) 9 16 .360 4.16 102 19 18 1 0 2 197.0 231 109 91 17 74 12 120 3 0 9 879 92 1.548 10.6 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.62
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 2.11 14 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 21 7 5 2 8 0 16 1 0 1 93 191 1.359 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.8 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1972 24 CHW AL 3.0 4 0 1 3.00 3.32 -0.45 -0.14 106.6 3.86 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .510 .500 $
1973 25 CHW AL 18.1 10 0 6 2.95 4.34 -0.40 -0.36 106.8 4.69 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .538 .502 $10,200
1974 26 CHC NL 125.1 55 16 65 4.67 4.17 -0.87 -0.01 105.8 5.33 8 1.0 1.3 -0.0 1.9 21 .517 .506 $
1975 27 CHC NL 53.0 41 0 37 6.28 4.28 -0.50 -0.35 105.8 4.70 -10 -1.1 .8 0.1 -0.6 -4 .474 .493 $
1976 28 CHC NL 18.2 6 3 7 3.38 4.31 -0.26 -0.04 106.7 4.83 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.5 5 .557 .502 $
5 Seasons 218.1 116 19 116 4.78 4.21 -0.68 -0.12 106.0 5.06 5 0.6 1.0 -0.1 2.4 27 .506 .501 $10,200
CHC (3 yrs) 197.0 102 19 109 4.98 4.21 -0.71 -0.10 105.9 5.11 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 1.8 21 .502 .500 $
CHW (2 yrs) 21.1 14 0 7 2.95 4.20 -0.41 -0.33 106.8 4.57 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.6 6 .530 .501 $10,200

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1972 24 CHW AL 4 13 12 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .500 .808 .200 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 CHW AL 10 80 71 6 18 3 0 1 3 0 7 15 .254 .325 .338 .663 .304 24 1 1 0 1 0 2
1974 26 CHC NL 55 556 506 65 150 13 5 11 6 6 43 71 .296 .351 .407 .758 .326 206 10 1 3 3 10 8
1975 27 CHC NL 41 244 208 37 61 7 4 6 3 3 26 39 .293 .374 .452 .826 .333 94 3 2 6 2 2 3
1976 28 CHC NL 6 79 73 7 20 4 0 0 2 0 5 10 .274 .316 .329 .645 .313 24 3 0 0 1 0 2
5 Yrs 116 972 870 116 252 27 9 19 14 9 82 136 .290 .351 .407 .758 .323 354 17 4 9 7 12 15
162 Game Avg. 58 490 438 58 127 14 5 10 7 5 41 69 .290 .351 .407 .758 .323 178 9 2 5 4 6 8
MLB Averages .254 .322 .367 .689 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 24 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 14 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .25 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.25 -0.8 1 0 2
1973 25 CHW AL 3.5 0.4 84 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .39 0.1 -0.6 0.6 0.1 0.39 2.1 3 2 4
1974 26 CHC NL -2.1 -0.2 580 0.1 9.7 -9.6 1.03 -0.5 0.6 -3.1 -0.3 1.03 -6.3 15 6 18
1975 27 CHC NL -8.9 -0.9 250 -1.3 2.7 -4.0 .68 -0.8 -1.1 -11.2 -1.1 0.68 -11.8 6 10 23
1976 28 CHC NL 2.3 0.2 81 0.3 1.6 -1.3 1.14 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.14 0.9 1 0 2
5 Yrs -4.8 -0.5 1009 -1.0 14.4 -15.5 .89 -1.2 0.0 -12.5 -1.3 0.89 -15.8 26 18 49

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 26 CHC NL 55 16 5 7 4 1 0 7 9 .438 1 2 1 0 7 44% 43.6 70 25 51 19 0 6 3.7 4.3 5.5
1976 28 CHC NL 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.3 58 34 3 0 2 1 2.1 0.9 4.0
2 Yrs 61 19 5 9 5 1 0 8 11 .421 1 2 1 0 7 37% 44 70 25 54 19 2 7 3.5 3.9 5.2
MLB Averages .500 56% 52 106 -5 4.1 4.0 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1972 24 CHW AL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 6 .245 1 0 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 3 2 0 2.3
1973 25 CHW AL 10 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 6 46% 5 .390 3 2 4 1 2 7 8 2 5 3 6 2 5.5
1974 26 CHC NL 55 39 7 1 2 2 1 1 50% 10 7 40 10 25% 7 1.029 15 6 18 10 6 23 24 15 15 21 16 11 2.9
1975 27 CHC NL 41 41 10 2 5 3 1 2 33% 4 1 48 16 33% 6 .679 6 10 23 5 3 33 25 16 20 16 22 8 3.9
1976 28 CHC NL 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.138 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.7
5 Yrs 116 97 24 5 7 5 2 3 40% 15 8 105 32 30% .887 26 18 49 16 13 68 60 37 44 43 49 21 3.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1972 24 CHW AL 13 46% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 33% 7.00 77% 2 0 0%
1973 25 CHW AL 80 40% 1.3% 18.8% 8.8% 5.0% 22% 1.92 70% 16 1 6%
1974 26 CHC NL 556 25% 2.0% 12.8% 7.7% 5.2% 19% 1.43 77% 127 10 8%
1975 27 CHC NL 244 40% 2.5% 16.0% 10.7% 7.0% 28% 1.39 68% 52 3 6%
1976 28 CHC NL 79 16% 0.0% 12.7% 6.3% 5.1% 20% 1.42 81% 12 3 25%
5 Yrs 972 30% 2.0% 14.0% 8.4% 5.7% 22% 1.48 74% 209 17 8%
MLB Averages 45% 1.8% 13.4% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.09 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1972 24 CHW AL 13 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 25 CHW AL 80 18 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 8 4 1 50% 2 0 1 38 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1974 26 CHC NL 556 150 11 0 13 10 1 9 2 38 13 10 34% 8 9 2 230 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1975 27 CHC NL 244 61 6 0 9 4 2 3 3 24 9 3 38% 3 0 1 107 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1976 28 CHC NL 79 20 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 2 0 0 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Yrs 972 252 19 0 29 16 3 12 7 72 27 14 38% 15 10 4 411 14 9 61% 13 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1972 24 1 0 1.000 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13 122 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 122
1973 25 1 0 1.000 2.11 14 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 21 7 5 2 8 0 16 1 0 1 93 191 1.359 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.8 2.00 191
1974 26 7 9 .438 3.62 69 16 13 1 0 1 146.2 171 72 59 13 51 10 87 2 0 10 649 106 1.514 10.5 0.8 3.1 5.3 1.71 106
1975 27 9 14 .391 4.10 110 16 23 1 0 2 199.2 232 109 91 19 77 12 126 4 0 10 893 94 1.548 10.5 0.9 3.5 5.7 1.64 94
1976 28 10 16 .385 3.96 116 19 24 1 0 2 218.1 252 116 96 19 82 12 136 4 0 10 972 97 1.530 10.4 0.8 3.4 5.6 1.66 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1972 24 0 0 3.00 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 4
1973 25 1 0 1.000 2.00 18.0 19 4 4 1 7 14 1 1.444 9.5 3.5 7.0 2.00 0.5 10
1974 26 6 7 .462 4.13 120.0 151 61 55 11 43 68 1 1.617 11.3 3.2 5.1 1.58 0.8 55
1975 27 2 3 .400 5.82 51.0 62 37 33 6 26 38 2 1.725 10.9 4.6 6.7 1.46 1.1 41
1976 28 1 1 .500 2.50 18.0 20 6 5 0 5 10 0 1.389 10.0 2.5 5.0 2.00 0.0 6
5 Yrs 10 11 .476 4.20 210.0 255 109 98 19 82 131 4 1.605 10.9 5.6 1.60 0.8 116

* 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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