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Frankie Frisch

Frank Francis Frisch (The Fordham Flash)

Hall of Famer

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 9, 1898 in Bronx, NY
High School: Fordham Prep (Bronx, NY)
School: Fordham University
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants in 1919. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1919
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1919-1937
Final Game: August 5, 1937
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1947 (136/161 ballots).
Died: March 12, 1973 in Wilmington, DE
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery,in Bronx, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1919 20 NYG NL 54 197 190 21 43 3 2 2 24 15 4 14 .226 .242 .295 .537 62 56 0 3 45/6
1920 21 NYG NL 110 473 440 57 123 10 10 4 77 34 11 20 18 .280 .311 .375 .686 96 165 0 13 *5/6
1921 22 NYG NL 153 687 618 121 211 31 17 8 100 49 13 42 28 .341 .384 .485 .870 128 300 1 26 54
1922 23 NYG NL 132 582 514 101 168 16 13 5 51 31 17 47 13 .327 .387 .438 .824 110 225 3 18 45/6
1923 24 NYG NL 151 702 641 116 223 32 10 12 111 29 12 46 12 .348 .395 .485 .880 131 311 4 11 *45
1924 25 NYG NL 145 675 603 121 198 33 15 7 69 22 9 56 24 .328 .387 .468 .855 130 282 2 14 *46/5 MVP-3
1925 26 NYG NL 120 542 502 89 166 26 6 11 48 21 12 32 14 .331 .374 .472 .846 118 237 3 5 546 MVP-9
1926 27 NYG NL 135 589 545 75 171 29 4 5 44 23 33 16 .314 .353 .409 .762 105 223 0 11 *4/5
1927 28 STL NL 153 693 617 112 208 31 11 10 78 48 43 10 .337 .387 .472 .858 126 291 7 26 *4/6 MVP-2
1928 29 STL NL 141 631 547 107 164 29 9 10 86 29 64 17 .300 .374 .441 .815 110 241 1 19 *4
1929 30 STL NL 138 599 527 93 176 40 12 5 74 24 53 12 .334 .397 .484 .881 116 255 2 17 *45/6 MVP-20
1930 31 STL NL 133 611 540 121 187 46 9 10 114 15 55 16 .346 .407 .520 .927 119 281 0 16 *45
1931 32 STL NL 131 570 518 96 161 24 4 4 82 28 45 13 .311 .368 .396 .764 102 205 2 5 *4 MVP-1
1932 33 STL NL 115 513 486 59 142 26 2 3 60 18 25 13 .292 .327 .372 .699 85 181 0 2 45/6 MVP-21
1933 34 STL NL 147 646 585 74 177 32 6 4 66 18 48 16 .303 .358 .398 .757 111 233 20 3 10 *46 AS,MVP-16
1934 35 STL NL 140 606 550 74 168 30 6 3 75 11 45 10 .305 .359 .398 .757 98 219 17 1 10 *45 AS,MVP-16
1935 36 STL NL 103 402 354 52 104 16 2 1 55 2 33 16 .294 .356 .359 .714 89 127 7 1 14 4/5 AS,MVP-14
1936 37 STL NL 93 348 303 40 83 10 0 1 26 2 36 10 .274 .353 .317 .670 81 96 9 1 8 45/6
1937 38 STL NL 17 34 32 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 .219 .242 .281 .524 41 9 2 0 1 /4
19 Seasons 2311 10100 9112 1532 2880 466 138 105 1244 419 74 728 272 .316 .369 .432 .801 110 3937 55 31 229
162 Game Avg. 162 708 639 107 202 33 10 7 87 29 51 19 .316 .369 .432 .801 110 276 2 16
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
STL (11 yrs) 1311 5653 5059 831 1577 286 61 51 720 195 448 133 .312 .370 .423 .792 106 2138 55 18 128
NYG (8 yrs) 1000 4447 4053 701 1303 180 77 54 524 224 74 280 139 .321 .367 .444 .811 116 1799 13 101

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1921 22 NYG NL WS NYY W 8 34 30 5 9 0 1 0 1 3 0 4 3 .300 .382 .367 .749 11 0 0 0 0 0
1922 23 NYG NL WS NYY W 5 20 17 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 .471 .474 .529 1.003 9 1 0 1 1 0
1923 24 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 25 25 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .480 .880 12 0 0 0 0 0
1924 25 NYG NL WS WSH L 7 35 30 1 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 .333 .429 .533 .962 16 0 1 0 0 0
1928 29 STL NL WS NYY L 4 17 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .231 .313 .231 .543 3 0 0 1 1 0
1930 31 STL NL WS PHA L 6 24 24 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .208 .208 .292 .500 7 0 0 0 0 0
1931 32 STL NL WS PHA W 7 29 27 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .259 .286 .333 .619 9 1 0 1 0 0
1934 35 STL NL WS DET W 7 32 31 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 .194 .194 .226 .419 7 1 0 1 0 0
8 Seasons (8 Series) 50 216 197 16 58 10 3 0 10 9 3 12 9 .294 .335 .376 .711 74 3 1 4 2 0
8 WS 50 216 197 16 58 10 3 0 10 9 3 12 9 .294 .335 .376 .711 74 3 1 4 2 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1919 NYG NL 20 2B 29 179 82 92 5 7 .972 6.00 .960 5.14
1919 NYG NL 20 3B 20 57 18 38 1 0 .982 2.80 .944 3.10
1919 NYG NL 20 SS 1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 6.00 .943 5.50
1920 NYG NL 21 3B 109 367 104 251 12 23 .967 3.26 .946 3.04
1920 NYG NL 21 SS 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50 .943 5.45
1921 NYG NL 22 3B 93 298 79 200 19 16 .936 3.00 .941 2.95
1921 NYG NL 22 2B 61 379 147 218 14 36 .963 5.98 .962 5.45
1922 NYG NL 23 2B 85 476 176 288 12 40 .975 5.46 .961 5.58
1922 NYG NL 23 3B 53 179 52 117 10 12 .944 3.19 .948 2.93
1922 NYG NL 23 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.50
1923 NYG NL 24 2B 135 779 307 451 21 80 .973 5.61 .958 5.57
1923 NYG NL 24 3B 17 63 20 42 1 3 .984 3.65 .944 2.95
1924 NYG NL 25 2B 143 955 391 537 27 101 .972 6.49 .961 5.60 MVP-3
1924 NYG NL 25 SS 10 24 10 14 0 1 1.000 2.40 .946 5.44 MVP-3
1924 NYG NL 25 3B 2 13 7 6 0 3 1.000 6.50 .954 2.80 MVP-3
1925 NYG NL 26 3B 46 144 37 97 10 4 .931 2.91 .940 2.85 MVP-9
1925 NYG NL 26 2B 42 279 105 162 12 20 .957 6.36 .967 5.61 MVP-9
1925 NYG NL 26 SS 39 222 73 134 15 21 .932 5.31 .943 5.19 MVP-9
1926 NYG NL 27 2B 127 751 261 471 19 69 .975 5.76 .965 5.29
1926 NYG NL 27 3B 7 26 9 15 2 2 .923 3.43 .954 2.81
1927 STL NL 28 2B 153 1059 396 641 22 104 .979 6.78 .966 5.63 MVP-2
1927 STL NL 28 SS 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.20 MVP-2
1928 STL NL 29 2B 139 878 383 474 21 80 .976 6.17 .970 5.71
1929 STL NL 30 2B 121 690 295 374 21 66 .970 5.53 .968 5.46 MVP-20
1929 STL NL 30 3B 13 43 9 33 1 1 .977 3.23 .951 2.79 MVP-20
1929 STL NL 30 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.40 MVP-20
1930 STL NL 31 2B 123 805 307 473 25 93 .969 6.34 .963 5.59
1930 STL NL 31 3B 10 30 8 20 2 3 .933 2.80 .950 2.71
1931 STL NL 32 2B 129 733 290 424 19 93 .974 5.53 .964 5.22 MVP-1
1932 STL NL 33 2B 75 478 214 250 14 53 .971 6.19 .969 5.44 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 33 3B 37 97 38 59 0 5 1.000 2.62 .942 2.74 MVP-21
1932 STL NL 33 SS 4 17 5 10 2 2 .882 3.75 .947 5.08 MVP-21
1933 STL NL 34 2B 132 763 371 378 14 71 .982 5.67 .967 5.41 AS,MVP-16
1933 STL NL 34 SS 15 63 24 35 4 5 .937 3.93 .949 4.94 AS,MVP-16
1934 STL NL 35 2B 115 660 294 351 15 74 .977 5.61 .965 5.45 AS,MVP-16
1934 STL NL 35 3B 25 73 31 37 5 6 .932 2.72 .945 2.73 AS,MVP-16
1935 STL NL 36 2B 88 453 193 252 8 48 .982 5.06 .962 5.37 AS,MVP-14
1935 STL NL 36 3B 5 14 6 6 2 0 .857 2.40 .943 2.72 AS,MVP-14
1936 STL NL 37 2B 60 311 124 176 11 27 .965 5.00 .963 5.30
1936 STL NL 37 3B 22 54 35 16 3 5 .944 2.32 .946 2.51
1936 STL NL 37 SS 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.10
1937 STL NL 38 2B 5 26 12 14 0 0 1.000 5.20 .958 5.32
18 Seasons 2B 1762 10654 4348 6026 280 1062 .974 5.89 .964 5.48
14 Seasons 3B 459 1458 453 937 68 83 .953 3.03 .945 2.90
10 Seasons SS 75 347 117 207 23 29 .934 4.32 .944 5.18
19 Seasons TOT 2296 12459 4918 7170 371 1174 .970 5.26 .932 4.96
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1939 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1942 BBWAA (36.1%)
1945 BBWAA (40.9%)
1946 Final Ballot (25.5%)
1946 Nominating Vote (51.5%)
1947 BBWAA (84.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1947 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1933 (2B)
1934 (2B)
1935

Awards (yr lg award)
1931 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (3, 50%)
1925 NL (9, 16%)
1927 NL (2, 82%)
1929 NL (20, 2%)
1931 NL (1, 81%)
1932 NL (21, 4%)
1933 NL (16, 9%)
1934 NL (16, 5%)
1935 NL (14, 9%)
1 MVP
2.58 Career Shares (47th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1921 NL  .341 (7th)
1923 NL  .348 (5th)
1924 NL  .328 (8th)
1927 NL  .337 (6th)
Career  .316 (71st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1924 NL  .387 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1921 NL  .485 (9th)
1923 NL  .485 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1921 NL  .870 (8th)
1923 NL  .880 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 NL  153 (2nd)
1923 NL  151 (10th)
1924 NL  145 (10th)
1927 NL  153 (4th)
Career  2311 (98th)

At Bats s c a p y
1921 NL  618 (5th)
1923 NL  641 (2nd)
1924 NL  603 (2nd)
1927 NL  617 (4th)
1933 NL  585 (10th)
Career  9112 (58th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1921 NL  687 (7th)
1923 NL  702 (3rd)
1924 NL  675 (2nd)
1927 NL  693 (3rd)
Career  10100 (68th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1921 NL  121 (2nd)
1923 NL  116 (3rd)
1924 NL  121 (1st)
1927 NL  112 (5th)
1928 NL  107 (5th)
1930 NL  121 (10th)
1931 NL  96 (7th)
Career  1532 (55th)

Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  211 (2nd)
1923 NL  223 (1st)
1924 NL  198 (3rd)
1926 NL  171 (10th)
1927 NL  208 (3rd)
1933 NL  177 (8th)
Career  2880 (37th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1921 NL  300 (5th)
1923 NL  311 (1st)
1924 NL  282 (6th)
1927 NL  291 (6th)
Career  3937 (88th)

Doubles s c a p y
1921 NL  31 (8th)
1923 NL  32 (9th)
1924 NL  33 (4th)
1930 NL  46 (5th)
Career  466 (76th)

Triples s c a p y
1921 NL  17 (3rd)
1922 NL  13 (7th)
1924 NL  15 (5th)
1927 NL  11 (6th)
1929 NL  12 (8th)
Career  138 (66th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  12 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1920 NL  77 (7th)
1921 NL  100 (5th)
1923 NL  111 (3rd)
Career  1244 (119th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 NL  56 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1920 NL  34 (3rd)
1921 NL  49 (1st)
1922 NL  31 (2nd)
1923 NL  29 (5th)
1924 NL  22 (7th)
1925 NL  21 (5th)
1926 NL  23 (3rd)
1927 NL  48 (1st)
1928 NL  29 (2nd)
1929 NL  24 (3rd)
1930 NL  15 (4th)
1931 NL  28 (1st)
1932 NL  18 (3rd)
1933 NL  18 (2nd)
1934 NL  11 (5th)
Career  419 (59th)

Singles s c a p y
1921 NL  155 (2nd)
1923 NL  169 (1st)
1924 NL  143 (4th)
1926 NL  133 (6th)
1927 NL  156 (4th)
1931 NL  129 (6th)
1933 NL  135 (5th)
Career  2171 (22nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1921 NL  128 (9th)
1923 NL  131 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 NL  119 (2nd)
1923 NL  122 (1st)
1924 NL  109 (7th)
1927 NL  111 (7th)
Career  1460 (89th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1921 NL  24 (8th)
1923 NL  28 (5th)
1924 NL  26 (8th)
1927 NL  22 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1921 NL  2.3 (8th)
1923 NL  2.7 (5th)
1924 NL  2.6 (8th)
1927 NL  2.2 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  56 (6th)
1923 NL  54 (8th)
1924 NL  55 (7th)
1927 NL  52 (7th)
Career  709 (161st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 NL  254 (5th)
1923 NL  273 (2nd)
1924 NL  256 (5th)
1927 NL  258 (5th)
1933 NL  228 (7th)
Career  3639 (75th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1921 NL  .691 (5th)
1923 NL  .694 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1927 NL  7 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1921 NL  26 (6th)
1927 NL  26 (5th)
1935 NL  14 (8th)
Career  229 (53rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL  20 (5th)
1934 NL  17 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1922 NL  17 (5th)
1925 NL  12 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1921 NL  13.8 (3rd)
1923 NL  17.0 (2nd)
1924 NL  10.6 (8th)
1925 NL  14.4 (2nd)
1926 NL  8.2 (10th)
1927 NL  16.6 (2nd)
1928 NL  14.9 (3rd)
1930 NL  12.0 (8th)
Career  167.9 (126th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1922 NL  39.5 (4th)
1923 NL  53.4 (1st)
1924 NL  25.1 (10th)
1925 NL  35.9 (5th)
1926 NL  34.1 (6th)
1927 NL  61.7 (1st)
1928 NL  32.2 (7th)
1929 NL  43.9 (2nd)
1930 NL  33.8 (1st)
1931 NL  39.8 (4th)
1932 NL  37.4 (2nd)
1933 NL  36.6 (3rd)
1934 NL  55.0 (1st)
Career  33.5 (14th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1921 NL  446 (10th)
1923 NL  441 (8th)
1924 NL  428 (6th)
1927 NL  435 (3rd)
Career  6590 (82nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1936 NL  born 1898-09-09 (7th)
1937 NL  born 1898-09-09 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 12 (194), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 131 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 184 (53), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 60 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 14, 1919: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

December 20, 1926: Traded by the New York Giants with Jimmy Ring to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rogers Hornsby.

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