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
1947	23	LAD-min	C	16	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273		3							JHN · MATL
1948	24	LAD-min	D	39	80	80		16	2	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425		18							VDS · GAFL
1949	25	LAD-min	B,A	32	70	70		15	1	2	0						.214	.214	.286	.500		20							NAS,PBO · NENL,WL
1950	26	LAD-min	AA	42	56	56		5	1	0	0						.089	.089	.107	.196		6							MOB · SOUA
1951	27	LAD-min	AA,AAA	45	65	65		10	2	1	0						.154	.154	.169	.323		11							MOB,STP · SOUA,AA
1952	28	OAK-LAD-min	AAA	35	76	64	7	12	1	0	0	3	1		8	24	.188	.278	.203	.481		13		0	4				OTT,STP · IL,AA
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	CLE-NYY-min	AAA	25	25	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	8	.056	.250	.056	.306		1	0	0	1	1			INA,DEN · AA
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
1956	32	CHW-min	AA,AAA	33	23	23		3	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261		3							MEM,TTO · SOUA,IL
1957	33	CIN-min	Opn	39	55	48	5	11	2	0	0	5	1		3	11	.229	.288	.271	.559		13	0	1	3	0			SLE · PCL
1958	34	CIN-SFG-min	AAA	54	54	46	6	4	1	0	0	1	0		5	18	.087	.176	.109	.285		5	1	0	3	0			SLE,PHX · PCL
1959	35	SFG-min	AAA	48	65	60	4	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.117	.159	.117	.275		7		0	2	0	0		DAL,PHX · AA,PCL
1960	36	OAK-min	AAA	53	45	41	3	8	1	1	0	4	0		4	11	.195	.267	.268	.535		11							DFW · AA
1961	37	ANA-min	AAA	3	2	2		2									1.000	1.000											DFW · AA
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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	28	PHA	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0	$	/1
1953	29	PHA	AL	46	76	-10	0	0	8	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	1	$	1
1954	30	PHA	AL	42	48	-9	-0	-0	6	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.490	.497	-0.4	-3	$	1
1955	31	KCA	AL	10	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	1	$	1
4 Seasons				100	128	-18	-0	0	14	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.5	.495	.499	-0.5	-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	GO/AO	IP%
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
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
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
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
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
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	SB3	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	28	PHA	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	29	PHA	AL	2	43%	24	1	0	100%	0	1	0	1	40%	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
1954	30	PHA	AL	0	60%	8	0	1	0%	1	0	0	1	33%	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
1955	31	KCA	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	43%	36	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	33%	6	4	2	1	1	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	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
1953	29	48	77	69	6	10	1	1	1	0	4	30	.145	.192	.159	.351	-6	11	0	4
1954	30	90	125	110	9	14	1	1	1	1	5	42	.127	.165	.136	.302	-18	15	1	10	0
1955	31	100	128	113	9	16	1	1	1	1	5	42	.142	.178	.150	.328	-11	17	1	10	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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

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