Marion Fricano
Marion John Fricano
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 15, 1923 in Brant, NY
School: State University of New York College at Cortland
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1952
Final Game: August 7, 1955
Died: May 18, 1976 in Tijuana, 02, Mexico
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Standard Pitching

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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
1952 28 PHA AL 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 218 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00
1953 29 PHA AL 9 12 .429 3.88 39 23 10 10 0 0 211.0 206 105 91 21 90 67 6 1 3 909 110 1.403 8.8 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.74
1954 30 PHA AL 5 11 .313 5.16 37 20 10 4 0 1 151.2 163 98 87 17 64 43 4 1 3 672 76 1.497 9.7 1.0 3.8 2.6 0.67
1955 31 KCA AL 0 0 3.15 10 0 5 0 0 0 20.0 19 9 7 2 9 0 5 0 0 2 84 132 1.400 8.6 0.9 4.1 2.3 0.56
4 Seasons 15 23 .395 4.32 88 43 26 14 0 1 387.2 393 213 186 40 164 0 115 10 2 8 1688 95 1.437 9.1 0.9 3.8 2.7 0.70
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .395 4.32 46 22 13 7 0 1 201 204 111 97 21 85 60 5 1 4 876 95 1.437 9.1 0.9 3.8 2.7 0.70

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 30 PHA AL 37 671 592 98 163 24 12 17 4 3 64 43 .275 .347 .443 .790 .272 262 15 4 6 5
1955 31 KCA AL 10 83 73 9 19 3 1 2 1 2 9 5 .260 .337 .411 .748 .254 30 2 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons 47 754 665 107 182 27 13 19 5 5 73 48 .274 .346 .439 .785 .270 292 17 4 6 6 0
162 Game Avg. 48 765 675 109 185 27 13 19 5 5 74 49 .274 .346 .439 .785 .270 296 17 4 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 30 PHA AL 37 20 4 11 5 0 2 7 13 .350 1 4 4 0 9 45% 42 69 12 13 4 8 5 4.0 3.7 5.4
1 Season 37 20 4 11 5 0 2 7 13 .350 1 4 4 0 9 45% 42 69 12 13 4 8 5 4.0 3.7 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 30 PHA AL 37 17 10 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 5 56% 7 0.894 3 1 10 1 2 12 5 10 13 1 12 3 7.6
1955 31 KCA AL 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 8 0.256 0 2 8 0 0 10 3 7 5 2 5 1 6.0
2 Seasons 47 27 15 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 11 69% 0.822 3 3 18 1 2 22 8 17 18 3 17 4 7.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1952 28 PHA AL
1953 29 PHA AL
1954 30 PHA AL 670 39% 2.5% 6.4% 9.5% 7.9% 33% 0.79 80% 147 15 10%
1955 31 KCA AL 83 46% 2.4% 6.0% 10.8% 7.2% 32% 1.32 81% 18 2 11%
4 Seasons 753 39% 5.3% 15.3% 21.8% 7.8% 15% 0.84 80% 165 17 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1952 28 PHA AL 5 0 0
1953 29 PHA AL 206 21 3
1954 30 PHA AL 651 163 17 0 13 9 8 9 8 44 27 2 61% 10 3 0 264 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 19
1955 31 KCA AL 83 19 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 100% 1 2 0 35 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Seasons 734 393 40 0 14 11 8 9 10 48 31 2 65% 11 8 0 299 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 19
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1952 28 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 218 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00 218
1953 29 10 12 .455 3.83 41 23 11 10 0 0 216.0 211 106 92 21 91 67 6 1 3 932 111 1.398 8.8 0.9 3.8 2.8 0.74 111
1954 30 15 23 .395 4.38 78 43 21 14 0 1 367.2 374 204 179 38 155 110 10 2 6 1604 94 1.439 9.2 0.9 3.8 2.7 0.71 94
1955 31 15 23 .395 4.32 88 43 26 14 0 1 387.2 393 213 186 40 164 0 115 10 2 8 1688 95 1.437 9.1 0.9 3.8 2.7 0.70 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1952 28 0 0 1.50 6.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.167 9.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1953 29 12 11 .522 3.68 215.0 208 98 88 21 91 68 6 1.391 8.7 3.8 2.8 0.75 0.9 39
1954 30 6 10 .375 5.35 153.0 172 101 91 18 68 43 4 1.569 10.1 4.0 2.5 0.63 1.1 37
1955 31 1 1 .500 3.15 20.0 19 8 7 2 9 5 0 1.400 8.6 4.1 2.3 0.56 0.9 10
4 Seasons 19 22 .463 4.27 394.0 405 208 187 41 169 116 10 1.457 9.3 2.6 0.69 0.9 88

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 AL--211.0--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--21--4th
1954 AL--17--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL--90--9th

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL--12--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--91--9th
1954 AL--87--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL--6--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 AL--909--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  3. Johnny Werts (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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