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Moe Franklin

Murray Asher Franklin

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 1, 1914 in Chicago, IL
High School: Schurz HS (Chicago, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1941
Team: Tigers 1941-1942

Final Game: September 6, 1942
Died: March 16, 1978 in Harbor City, CA
Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 DET AL 27 SS 4 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 0.75 .948 4.95
1941 DET AL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
1942 DET AL 28 SS 32 29 25 151 67 79 5 14 .967 4.56 .949 5.01
1942 DET AL 28 2B 7 7 6 29 15 13 1 3 .966 4.00 .969 5.61
2 Seasons SS 36 29 25 155 68 81 6 15 .961 4.14 .949 5.00
1 Season 2B 7 7 6 29 15 13 1 3 .966 4.00 .969 5.61
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
2 Seasons TOT 44 36 31 184 83 94 7 18 .962 4.02 .952 5.06
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-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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 DET AL 27 13 0 13 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1942 DET AL 28 48 36 48 38 0 0 0 7 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
2 Seasons 61 36 61 43 0 0 0 7 1 36 0 0 0 0 0 15 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.

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