Herman Franks

Herman Louis Franks

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 4, 1914 in Price, UT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1939
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/Cardinals/Giants 1939-1949

Final Game: August 28, 1949
Died: March 30, 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	Pos
1932	18	-min	AA	4	8	8		3	0	0	1						.375	.375	.750	1.125		6				HOL · PCL
1933	19	-min	AA	16	36	36		11	3	0	1						.306	.306	.472	.778		17				HOL · PCL
1934	20	-min	A	2	3	3		1	0	1	0						.333	.333	1.000	1.333		3				OMA · WL
1935	21	STL-min	C	128	482	482		137	24	1	6						.284	.284	.376	.660		181				JKV · WDXL
1936	22	STL-min	A1	97	312	312		81	12	8	5						.260	.260	.397	.657		124				HSN · TL
1937	23	STL-min	AA,A1	106	336	336		86	15	5	3						.256	.256	.357	.613		120				SAC,HSN · PCL,TL
1938	24	STL-min	AA	143	470	470		129	29	3	9						.274	.274	.406	.681		191				SAC · PCL
1939	25	STL-min	AA	58	175	175		52	5	0	4						.297	.297	.394	.691		69				CLB · AA
1939	25	STL	NL	17	21	17	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		3	3	.059	.200	.059	.259	-29	1	1	0	1	2
1940	26	BRO	NL	65	154	131	11	24	4	0	1	14	2		20	6	.183	.296	.237	.533	44	31	4	1	2	2
1941	27	LAD-min	AA	46	159	120	17	35	9	1	4	18	1		36	15	.292	.459	.483	.942		58		1	2	MTL · IL
1941	27	BRO	NL	57	156	139	10	28	7	0	1	11	0		14	13	.201	.275	.273	.548	51	38	1	0	3	2/O9

1947	33	LAD-min	AAA	49	132	102	3	21	3	2	2	16	0		29	10	.206	.382	.333	.715		34	1	0	1	STP · AA
1947	33	PHA	AL	8	19	15	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	.200	.368	.333	.702	94	5	1	0	0	/2
1948	34	PHA	AL	40	120	98	10	22	7	1	1	14	0	0	16	11	.224	.345	.347	.692	83	34	4	2	4	2
1949	35	NYG	NL	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	257	2	0	0	0	/2
6 Seasons				188	473	403	35	80	18	2	3	43	2	0	57	37	.199	.302	.275	.578	56	111	11	3	10
162 Game Avg.				162	408	347	30	69	16	2	3	37	2		49	32	.199	.302	.275	.578	56	96	9	3	9

PHA (2 yrs)				48	139	113	12	25	7	2	1	15	0	0	20	15	.221	.348	.345	.693	85	39	5	2	4
BRO (2 yrs)				122	310	270	21	52	11	0	2	25	2		34	19	.193	.285	.256	.541	47	69	5	1	5
NYG (1 yr)				1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	257	2	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				17	21	17	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		3	3	.059	.200	.059	.259	-29	1	1	0	1

NL (4 yrs)				140	334	290	23	55	11	0	2	28	2		37	22	.190	.284	.248	.532	45	72	6	1	6
AL (2 yrs)				48	139	113	12	25	7	2	1	15	0	0	20	15	.221	.348	.345	.693	85	39	5	2	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1939	25	STL	NL	21	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	2
1940	26	BRO	NL	154	-9	0	0	0	1	1	6	-1	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	2
1941	27	BRO	NL	156	-9	-1	0	0	1	2	6	-1	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$4,000	2/O9

1947	33	PHA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
1948	34	PHA	AL	120	-2	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	2
1949	35	NYG	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
6 Seasons				473	-22	-1	0	0	2	4	17	0	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$4,000

PHA (2 yrs)				139	-2	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$
BRO (2 yrs)				310	-18	-1	0	0	2	3	12	-2	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$4,000
NYG (1 yr)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				21	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	27	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1939	STL	NL	25	C	13	4	2	37	34	2	1	0	.973	2.77	.982	4.81	1	1	1	50%
1940	BRO	NL	26	C	43	32	27	207	183	22	2	3	.990	4.77	.978	5.00	0	7	9	56%
1941	BRO	NL	27	C	54	37	24	215	191	21	3	6	.986	3.93	.983	5.04	3	3	10	77%
1941	BRO	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
1941	BRO	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00
1947	PHA	AL	33	C	4	4	3	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	3.25	.985	5.03	1	2	0	0%
1948	PHA	AL	34	C	27	25	23	133	113	17	3	2	.977	4.81	.986	4.74	0	6	5	45%
1949	NYG	NL	35	C	1	1	1	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.00	.982	5.00	0	0	0
	6 Seasons			C	142	103	80	610	537	64	9	11	.985	4.23	.982	4.95	5	19	25	57%
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00
	6 Seasons			TOT	143	103	80	610	537	64	9	11	.985	4.20	.982	4.93	5	19	25	57%

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

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

February 6, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 4, 1948: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1941	27	Brooklyn Dodgers	$4,000	Ford Frick letter of 3/5/42, at HOF

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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