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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 College at Cortland
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	238	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 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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1952	28	PHA	AL	5.0	0	1	3	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
1953	29	PHA	AL	211.0	23	105	123	-3	1.0	18	3.0	$
1954	30	PHA	AL	151.2	20	98	93	-6	.9	-5	-0.7	$
1955	31	KCA	AL	20.0	0	9	13	-1	.2	4	0.1	$
4 Seasons				387.2	43	213	232	-10	.9	19	2.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1953	29	PHA	AL	76	-10	0	0	6	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$	1
1954	30	PHA	AL	48	-7	0	-1	3	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.5	$	1
1955	31	KCA	AL	3	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				127	-16	-1	-1	9	3	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.7	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1952	PHA	AL	28	P	2	0	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.50	.970	2.16	2.10	0	0		0
1953	PHA	AL	29	P	39	23	10	211.0	36	8	28	0	2	1.000	1.54	0.92	.957	1.95	1.93	1	10	91%	2
1954	PHA	AL	30	P	37	20	4	151.2	32	9	20	3	2	.906	1.72	0.78	.959	2.01	1.99	4	3	43%	0
1955	KCA	AL	31	P	10	0	0	20.0	10	5	4	1	0	.900	4.05	0.90	.956	1.98	1.97	1	2	67%	0
	4 Seasons			P	88	43	14	387.2	79	22	53	4	4	.949	1.74	0.85	.958	1.98	1.96	6	15	71%	2
	4 Seasons			TOT	88	43	14	387.2	79	22	53	4	4	.949	1.74	0.85	.958	1.98	1.96	6	15	71%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 Ink

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
May 10, 1952: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
October 12, 1955: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with $60,000 to Toronto (International) for Jack Crimian.
May, 1956: Sent from Toronto (International) to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
December 3, 1956: Drafted by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Chicago White Sox in the 1956 minor league draft.

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