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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 Pitching

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
1947	23	LAD-min	C	5	2	.714	4.96	14						69.0	78	48	38		24								1.478	10.2		3.1			JHN · MATL
1948	24	LAD-min	D	13	7	.650	3.13	32						178.0	200	86	62		48								1.393	10.1		2.4			VDS · GAFL
1949	25	LAD-min	B,A	21	5	.808	2.28	32						221.0	200	72	56		93								1.326	8.1		3.8			NAS,PBO · NENL,WL
1950	26	LAD-min	AA	15	10	.600	4.09	38						176.0	188	96	80		60								1.409	9.6		3.1			MOB · SOUA
1951	27	LAD-min	AA,AAA	12	9	.571	3.15	42	15		0			194.0	166	74	68	8	72		14	0	0	0			1.227	7.7	0.4	3.3	0.6	0.19	MOB,STP · SOUA,AA
1952	28	OAK-LAD-min	AAA	17	8	.680	2.19	32	23		15	2		197.0	163	60	48		64		78	1	1	6			1.152	7.4		2.9	3.6	1.22	OTT,STP · IL,AA
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	235	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	NYY-CLE-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.67	23	8		2	2		73.0	93	53	46	12	27	4	33	0	0	2			1.644	11.5	1.5	3.3	4.1	1.22	DEN,INA · AA
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	134	1.400	8.6	0.9	4.1	2.3	0.56
1956	32	CHW-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.82	31	9					92.0	88	52	39	10	33								1.315	8.6	1.0	3.2			MEM,TTO · SOUA,IL
1957	33	CIN-min	Opn	10	11	.476	3.58	36	20		6	0		163.1	173	77	65	10	60		74	6	1	1			1.427	9.5	0.6	3.3	4.1	1.23	SLE · PCL
1958	34	SFG-CIN-min	AAA	10	15	.400	4.13	44	19		4	0		170.0	190	95	78	18	53		74	4	1	10			1.429	10.1	1.0	2.8	3.9	1.40	PHX,SLE · PCL
1959	35	SFG-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.02	45	11		5	1		169.0	143	48	38	2	40	6	85	2	0	5			1.083	7.6	0.1	2.1	4.5	2.13	DAL,PHX · AA,PCL
1960	36	OAK-min	AAA	8	10	.444	5.14	51	12					140.0	168	94	80	18	42								1.500	10.8	1.2	2.7			DFW · AA
1961	37	ANA-min	AAA	0	0			3	0					9.0																			DFW · AA
4 Yrs				15	23	.395	4.32	88	43	26	14	0	1	387.2	393	213	186	40	164	0	115	10	2	8	1688	96	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	96	1.437	9.1	0.9	3.8	2.7	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	28	PHA	AL	5.0	2	0	1	1.80	3.77	-0.13	109.8	4.29	1	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.579	.501	$
1953	29	PHA	AL	211.0	39	23	105	4.48	4.47	-0.22	108.2	5.08	14	1.5	.5	-0.2	2.9	33	.538	.509	$
1954	30	PHA	AL	151.2	37	20	98	5.82	4.24	-0.35	104.8	4.81	-17	-1.8	.8	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.452	.489	$
1955	31	KCA	AL	20.0	10	0	9	4.05	4.49	-0.25	99.5	4.72	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	0.2	3	.514	.501	$
4 Seasons				387.2	88	43	213	4.94	4.37	-0.27	106.4	4.95	-0	0.0	.6	-0.4	2.5	34	.500	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1952	28	PHA	AL	2	18	20	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.286	.250	.536	.250	5	0	0	0	0		0
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	830	802	105	206	31	9	21	1	10	90	67	.257	.336	.397	.733	.259	318	16	6	11	0		12
1954	30	PHA	AL	37	666	592	98	163	24	12	17	4	3	64	43	.275	.347	.443	.790	.272	262	15	4	6	5		11
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	1
4 Yrs				88	1597	1487	213	393	58	22	40	6	15	164	115	.264	.340	.414	.754	.264	615	33	10	17	6	0	24
162 Game Avg.				46	829	772	111	204	30	11	21	3	8	85	60	.264	.340	.414	.754	.264	319	17	5	9	3		12
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.383	.715	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	28	PHA	AL	1.3	0.1	21	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.20	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.1	1.18	1.3	0	1	1
1953	29	PHA	AL	7.6	0.8	848	0.3	14.1	-13.9	1.01	-0.4	0.6	-6.7	-0.6	1.01	-5.4	1	3	11
1954	30	PHA	AL	-19.7	-2.0	680	-3.0	9.5	-12.6	.88	-2.4	-1.1	-31.3	-3.0	0.88	-28.2	3	1	10
1955	31	KCA	AL	1.8	0.2	90	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.23	-0.3	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.23	-0.5	0	1	9
4 Yrs				-9.0	-0.9	1639	-2.6	24.5	-27.1	.91	-2.9	-0.0	-39.0	-3.7	0.91	-32.7	4	6	31

Starting Pitching*

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
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	23	8	12	3	2	4	8	15	.348	1	2	10	0	12	52%	51.4	78	20	8	0	11	6	3.8	4.5	7.8
1954	30	PHA	AL	37	20	4	11	5	0	2	7	13	.350	2	4	4	0	9	45%	41.9	69	12	13	4	8	5	4.0	3.7	5.4
2 Yrs				76	43	12	23	8	2	6	15	28	.349	3	6	14	0	21	49%	47	78	12	21	4	19	11	3.9	4.2	6.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	28	PHA	AL	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0		6	1.196	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	7.5
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	16	10	1	0	0		0	8	5	63%	8	1.010	1	3	11	0	0	15	4	11	6	3	5	6	5.8
1954	30	PHA	AL	37	17	10	1	1	1	100%	1	9	5	56%	7	.875	3	1	10	1	2	13	5	11	13	1	13	3	7.6
1955	31	KCA	AL	10	10	5	0	0	0		0	7	6	86%	8	.229	0	1	9	0	0	10	3	7	5	2	5	1	6.0
4 Yrs				88	45	26	3	1	1	100%	1	24	16	67%		.915	4	6	31	1	2	40	12	31	26	6	25	10	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	28	PHA	AL	21	67%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	1.40	111%	6	0	0%
1953	29	PHA	AL	909	65%	2.5%	8.1%	10.8%	7.4%	30%	0.79	86%	171	16	9%
1954	30	PHA	AL	670	61%	2.6%	6.5%	9.6%	8.0%	33%	0.81	81%	152	15	10%
1955	31	KCA	AL	83	54%	2.4%	6.0%	10.8%	7.2%	32%	1.32	81%	18	2	11%
4 Yrs				1683	63%	2.5%	7.2%	10.3%	7.5%	31%	0.83	84%	347	33	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.9%	10.2%	6.7%	27%	0.95	83%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	18	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1953	29	PHA	AL	830	206			21	2	33	18	3	14	7	47	31	3	66%	12	3	2	308	1	10	9%	1	9	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	79
1954	30	PHA	AL	666	163			17	0	13	9	8	9	8	46	27	2	59%	11	3	0	271	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	4
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 Yrs				1597	393			40	2	47	29	11	23	17	98	63	5	64%	24	8	2	625	6	15	29%	6	14	0	1	0	0	4	0	22	86
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	5.0	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	23	235	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00	235
1953	29	10	12	.455	3.83	41	23	11	10	0	216.0	211	106	92	21	91		67	6	1	3	932	112	1.398	8.8	0.9	3.8	2.8	0.74	112
1954	30	15	23	.395	4.38	78	43	21	14	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	1	387.2	393	213	186	40	164	0	115	10	2	8	1688	96	1.437	9.1	0.9	3.8	2.7	0.70	96

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3.67	216.0	207	98	88	21	90	68	6	1.375	8.6	3.8	2.8	0.76	0.9	39
1954	30	6	11	.353	5.41	153.0	171	102	92	18	67	43	4	1.556	10.1	3.9	2.5	0.64	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 Yrs		19	23	.452	4.28	395.0	403	209	188	41	167	116	10	1.443	9.2		2.6	0.69	0.9	88

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1953 AL 2.9 (10th)	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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Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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