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Marion Fricano

Marion John Fricano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 15, 1923 in Brant, NY
School: State University of New York at Cortland (Cortland, NY)
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1952
Team: Athletics 1952-1955

Final Game: August 7, 1955
Died: May 18, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Buried: Holy Spirit Cemetery, North Collins, NY
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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
1952 28 PHA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
1953 29 PHA AL 46 76 69 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 30 .145 .192 .159 .351 -6 11 0 0 3 1
1954 30 PHA AL 42 48 41 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 .098 .119 .098 .217 -40 4 1 0 6 0 1
1955 31 KCA AL 10 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 261 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 100 128 113 9 16 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 42 .142 .178 .150 .328 -11 17 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 207 183 15 26 2 0 0 2 2 2 8 68 .142 .178 .150 .328 -11 28 2 0 16

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 Awards
1952 28 PHA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1953 29 PHA AL 46 76 -10 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1954 30 PHA AL 42 48 -9 -0 -0 0 6 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .490 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
1955 31 KCA AL 10 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
4 Seasons 100 128 -18 -0 0 0 14 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 0.0 -1 $

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
1952 28 PHA AL 1 1 .000 -0.0 0.0
1953 29 PHA AL 76 62 2 0.9 105 .256 .145 .273 .192 .350 .159 .402 .351 .752 -6 .048 -10.6 -1.1 .271 .087 .014 .0
1954 30 PHA AL 48 45 0 0.0 100 .138 .098 .266 .119 .342 .098 .390 .217 .732 -40 .000 -8.1 -0.8 .103 .000 .000
1955 31 KCA AL 3 1 1 26.8 103 .667 .667 .266 .667 .346 .667 .397 1.333 .743 261 .962 0.6 0.1 2.000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 128 109 3 0.7 103 .225 .142 .271 .178 .347 .150 .397 .328 .745 -11 .037 -18.1 -1.9 .222 .053 .009 .0
162 Game Avg. 207 177 5 0.7 103 .225 .142 .271 .178 .347 .150 .397 .328 .745 -11 .037 -18.1 -1.9 .222 .053 .009

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1952 28 PHA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
1953 29 PHA AL 76 0.0% 39.5% 5.3% 1.3% 10% 7.50 2.3 69.0 1.70 51%
1954 30 PHA AL 48 0.0% 25.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0% 12.00 3.4 5.40 60%
1955 31 KCA AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
4 Yrs 128 0.0% 32.8% 3.9% 0.8% 6% 8.40 2.7 113.0 3.07 55%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.9% 9.3% 6.4% 28% 1.17 8.1 42.4 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 28 PHA AL -0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .71 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.44 -0.1 0
1953 29 PHA AL -10.7 -1.1 70 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .99 -0.9 -0.2 -11.1 -1.1 0.98 -10.4 0
1954 30 PHA AL -8.1 -0.8 49 -0.9 0.1 -1.1 .95 -0.9 -0.1 -10.7 -1.1 1.03 -9.7 0
1955 31 KCA AL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .46 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.58 0.3 0
4 Yrs -18.1 -1.9 124 -1.9 0.7 -2.6 .96 -1.7 -0.3 -21.8 -2.2 0.99 -20.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1952 28 PHA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 29 PHA AL 2 0 43% 24 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 30 PHA AL 0 0 60% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1955 31 KCA AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2 0 43% 36 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33% 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1

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
1952 28 PHA AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 29 PHA AL 76 34% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 11 0 0% 13 3 23% 52 2 4% 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1954 30 PHA AL 48 21% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 10 1 10% 13 5 38% 36 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1955 31 KCA AL 3 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 128 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 22 1 5% 27 9 33% 89 2 2% 8 0 0% 7 3 43% 0
MLB Averages 49% 85% 11% 32% 14% 50% 55%

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
1952 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1953 29 48 77 69 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 30 .145 .192 .159 .351 -6 11 0 0 4
1954 30 90 125 110 9 14 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 42 .127 .165 .136 .302 -18 15 1 0 10 0
1955 31 100 128 113 9 16 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 42 .142 .178 .150 .328 -11 17 1 0 10 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1953 29 48 79 72 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 31 .139 .184 .153 .337 2 46
1954 30 44 50 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .000 .023 .000 .023 0 42
1955 31 10 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 10
4 Yrs 104 133 118 6 12 1 0 0 1 1 5 44 .102 .138 .110 .248 3 100
162 Game Avg. 162 207 184 9 19 2 0 0 2 2 8 69 .102 .138 .110 .248 5 100

* 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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