Danny Frisella
Daniel Vincent Frisella (Bear)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 4, 1946 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Junipero Serra (San Mateo, CA)
School: Washington State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1967
Final Game: September 23, 1976
Died: January 1, 1977 in Phoenix, AZ
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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
1967 21 NYM NL 1 6 .143 3.41 14 11 1 0 0 0 74.0 68 32 28 6 33 1 51 0 0 1 316 99 1.365 8.3 0.7 4.0 6.2 1.55
1968 22 NYM NL 2 4 .333 3.91 19 4 10 0 0 2 50.2 53 23 22 5 17 0 47 0 0 4 216 77 1.382 9.4 0.9 3.0 8.3 2.76
1969 23 NYM NL 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 24 47 2.357 15.4 1.9 5.8 9.6 1.67
1970 24 NYM NL 8 3 .727 3.02 30 1 8 0 0 1 65.2 49 23 22 4 34 11 54 0 0 3 279 133 1.264 6.7 0.5 4.7 7.4 1.59
1971 25 NYM NL 8 5 .615 1.99 53 0 42 0 0 12 90.2 76 28 20 6 30 9 93 3 1 5 376 171 1.169 7.5 0.6 3.0 9.2 3.10
1972 26 NYM NL 5 8 .385 3.34 39 0 31 0 0 9 67.1 63 31 25 8 20 5 46 0 0 6 284 100 1.233 8.4 1.1 2.7 6.1 2.30
1973 27 ATL NL 1 2 .333 4.20 42 0 24 0 0 8 45.0 40 27 21 5 23 2 27 1 1 2 198 94 1.400 8.0 1.0 4.6 5.4 1.17
1974 28 ATL NL 3 4 .429 5.18 36 1 26 0 0 6 41.2 37 26 24 4 28 8 27 0 0 1 187 73 1.560 8.0 0.9 6.0 5.8 0.96
1975 29 SDP NL 1 6 .143 3.13 65 0 39 0 0 9 97.2 86 36 34 7 51 16 67 2 1 6 421 111 1.403 7.9 0.6 4.7 6.2 1.31
1976 30 TOT MLB 5 2 .714 3.12 50 0 34 0 0 10 72.0 49 26 25 7 47 6 54 1 0 9 307 112 1.333 6.1 0.9 5.9 6.8 1.15
1976 30 STL NL 0 0 3.97 18 0 10 0 0 1 22.2 19 10 10 3 13 1 11 0 0 2 97 89 1.412 7.5 1.2 5.2 4.4 0.85
1976 30 MIL AL 5 2 .714 2.74 32 0 24 0 0 9 49.1 30 16 15 4 34 5 43 1 0 7 210 127 1.297 5.5 0.7 6.2 7.8 1.26
10 Seasons 34 40 .459 3.32 351 17 215 0 0 57 609.1 529 256 225 53 286 58 471 7 3 38 2608 106 1.338 7.8 0.8 4.2 7.0 1.65
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .459 3.32 65 3 40 0 0 11 113 98 47 42 10 53 11 87 1 1 7 482 106 1.338 7.8 0.8 4.2 7.0 1.65
NYM (6 yrs) 24 26 .480 3.08 158 16 92 0 0 24 353.0 317 141 121 30 137 26 296 3 1 20 1495 112 1.286 8.1 0.8 3.5 7.5 2.16
ATL (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.67 78 1 50 0 0 14 86.2 77 53 45 9 51 10 54 1 1 3 385 83 1.477 8.0 0.9 5.3 5.6 1.06
STL (1 yr) 0 0 3.97 18 0 10 0 0 1 22.2 19 10 10 3 13 1 11 0 0 2 97 89 1.412 7.5 1.2 5.2 4.4 0.85
SDP (1 yr) 1 6 .143 3.13 65 0 39 0 0 9 97.2 86 36 34 7 51 16 67 2 1 6 421 111 1.403 7.9 0.6 4.7 6.2 1.31
MIL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 2.74 32 0 24 0 0 9 49.1 30 16 15 4 34 5 43 1 0 7 210 127 1.297 5.5 0.7 6.2 7.8 1.26
NL (10 yrs) 29 38 .433 3.38 319 17 191 0 0 48 560.0 499 240 210 49 252 53 428 6 3 31 2398 104 1.341 8.0 0.8 4.1 6.9 1.70
AL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 2.74 32 0 24 0 0 9 49.1 30 16 15 4 34 5 43 1 0 7 210 127 1.297 5.5 0.7 6.2 7.8 1.26

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
1967 21 NYM NL 14 316 273 32 68 6 2 6 2 2 33 51 .249 .325 .352 .676 .281 96 6 0 5 5 1
1968 22 NYM NL 19 216 196 23 53 8 2 5 3 2 17 47 .270 .326 .408 .734 .329 80 1 0 1 2 0
1969 23 NYM NL 3 24 21 4 8 2 0 1 0 0 3 5 .381 .458 .619 1.077 .467 13 1 0 0 0 0
1970 24 NYM NL 30 279 240 23 49 7 4 4 1 1 34 54 .204 .302 .317 .618 .246 76 5 0 4 1 11
1971 25 NYM NL 53 376 335 28 76 9 2 6 8 3 30 93 .227 .295 .319 .615 .295 107 6 3 7 1 9
1972 26 NYM NL 39 284 259 31 63 10 0 8 5 2 20 46 .243 .296 .375 .671 .267 97 4 0 4 1 5
1973 27 ATL NL 42 198 166 27 40 8 2 5 4 2 23 27 .241 .332 .404 .735 .255 67 4 1 5 3 2
1974 28 ATL NL 36 187 154 26 37 5 1 4 3 2 28 27 .240 .357 .364 .721 .268 56 4 0 5 0 8
1975 29 SDP NL 65 422 357 36 86 14 2 7 13 6 51 67 .241 .334 .350 .684 .273 125 6 2 6 6 16
1976 30 TOT MLB 50 307 253 26 49 2 2 7 12 3 47 54 .194 .319 .300 .619 .215 76 4 1 3 3 6
1976 30 MIL AL 32 210 171 16 30 1 1 4 11 2 34 43 .175 .314 .263 .577 .208 45 2 1 3 1 5
1976 30 STL NL 18 97 82 10 19 1 1 3 1 1 13 11 .232 .330 .378 .708 .229 31 2 0 0 2 1
10 Seasons 351 2609 2254 256 529 71 17 53 51 23 286 471 .235 .320 .352 .672 .272 793 41 7 40 22 58
162 Game Avg. 65 482 417 47 98 13 3 10 9 4 53 87 .235 .320 .352 .672 .272 147 8 1 7 4 11
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
1967 21 NYM NL 14 11 1 6 4 0 2 1 10 .091 2 1 0 0 6 55% 52 81 29 13 3 4 4 2.0 2.0 6.0
1968 22 NYM NL 19 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 49 67 24 3 2 0 4 2.6 3.6 5.6
1970 24 NYM NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 62 62 62 14 5 1 0 5.0 5.6 7.7
1974 28 ATL NL 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 31 31 4 3 0 1 5.0 0.0 4.0
4 Seasons 99 17 4 8 5 1 2 4 13 .235 2 2 0 0 8 47% 51 81 24 34 13 5 9 2.5 2.5 5.9
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
1967 21 NYM NL 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1.139 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.0
1968 22 NYM NL 19 15 10 0 2 4 2 2 50% 5 1 12 7 58% 7 1.036 7 2 5 5 3 7 7 8 9 3 10 2 5.7
1969 23 NYM NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 2 0.515 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 4.7
1970 24 NYM NL 30 29 8 7 3 3 1 2 33% 4 1 24 10 42% 8 1.224 12 6 11 4 7 18 12 17 22 4 22 4 6.0
1971 25 NYM NL 53 53 42 8 5 15 12 3 80% 18 3 35 13 37% 8 1.540 24 11 18 19 13 21 18 35 30 7 31 6 5.1
1972 26 NYM NL 39 39 31 5 8 13 9 4 69% 13 0 24 9 38% 7 1.258 21 4 12 13 9 17 11 28 26 5 26 3 5.2
1973 27 ATL NL 42 42 24 1 2 16 8 8 50% 17 1 43 23 53% 8 1.312 19 6 14 17 4 20 23 18 12 11 12 13 3.2
1974 28 ATL NL 36 35 26 3 4 10 6 4 60% 15 5 37 14 38% 8 1.567 21 7 6 15 7 13 17 18 10 11 10 6 3.2
1975 29 SDP NL 65 65 39 1 6 11 9 2 82% 11 0 47 16 34% 8 1.154 24 11 29 12 14 39 25 40 38 12 40 21 4.5
1976 30 TOT MLB 50 50 34 5 2 13 10 3 77% 16 3 49 16 33% 1.278 20 8 20 19 5 26 30 20 21 11 25 8 4.3
1976 30 STL NL 18 18 10 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 2 22% 8 0.314 1 3 13 2 0 16 7 11 5 5 6 4 3.8
1976 30 MIL AL 32 32 24 5 2 12 9 3 75% 15 3 40 14 35% 8 1.724 19 5 7 17 5 10 23 9 16 6 19 4 4.6
10 Seasons 351 334 215 30 32 85 57 28 67% 99 14 278 114 41% 1.267 148 57 119 104 62 167 146 187 172 64 180 63 4.6

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%
1967 21 NYM NL 316 40% 1.9% 16.1% 10.4% 4.4% 21% 1.26 70% 72 6 8%
1968 22 NYM NL 216 38% 2.3% 21.8% 7.9% 6.9% 28% 1.30 68% 38 1 3%
1969 23 NYM NL 24 25% 4.2% 20.8% 12.5% 12.5% 38% 0.50 63% 2 1 50%
1970 24 NYM NL 279 39% 1.4% 19.4% 12.2% 5.4% 31% 1.15 66% 60 5 8%
1971 25 NYM NL 376 45% 1.6% 24.7% 8.0% 4.5% 22% 1.95 63% 68 6 9%
1972 26 NYM NL 284 44% 2.8% 16.2% 7.0% 6.3% 29% 1.63 73% 67 4 6%
1973 27 ATL NL 198 35% 2.5% 13.6% 11.6% 7.6% 38% 1.34 69% 43 4 9%
1974 28 ATL NL 187 42% 2.1% 14.4% 15.0% 5.4% 27% 1.50 66% 44 4 9%
1975 29 SDP NL 422 41% 1.7% 15.9% 12.1% 5.5% 27% 1.12 68% 75 6 8%
1976 30 TOT MLB 307 37% 2.3% 17.6% 15.3% 3.6% 22% 0.72 64% 59 4 7%
1976 30 STL NL 97 38% 3.1% 11.3% 13.4% 5.2% 26% 0.60 72% 17 2 12%
1976 30 MIL AL 210 36% 1.9% 20.5% 16.2% 2.9% 20% 0.79 60% 42 2 5%
10 Seasons 2609 40% 2.0% 18.1% 11.0% 5.4% 27% 1.26 67% 528 41 8%
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
1967 21 NYM NL 316 68 6 0 3 2 4 1 5 18 13 1 72% 5 1 1 119 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
1968 22 NYM NL 216 53 5 0 3 2 3 4 1 11 5 2 45% 1 4 0 82 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1969 23 NYM NL 24 8 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 24 NYM NL 279 49 4 0 18 4 0 3 1 24 8 6 33% 5 3 0 99 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 25 NYM NL 376 76 6 0 16 5 1 3 3 19 9 5 47% 5 5 0 143 8 3 73% 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
1972 26 NYM NL 284 63 8 0 14 7 1 4 4 22 11 4 50% 7 6 1 117 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1973 27 ATL NL 192 40 5 1 15 3 1 3 1 25 14 3 56% 5 2 1 85 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6
1974 28 ATL NL 187 37 4 0 26 2 2 1 3 25 15 2 60% 3 1 1 69 3 2 60% 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0
1975 29 SDP NL 421 86 7 0 14 3 4 3 4 34 15 8 44% 5 6 1 165 13 6 68% 12 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 18 1
1976 30 TOT MLB 307 49 7 0 10 5 2 4 3 15 7 2 47% 2 9 0 128 12 3 80% 9 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1976 30 STL NL 97 19 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 5 3 0 60% 0 2 0 38 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1976 30 MIL AL 210 30 4 0 9 2 2 2 2 10 4 2 40% 2 7 0 90 11 2 85% 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
10 Seasons 2602 529 53 1 122 33 19 27 25 195 97 34 50% 38 38 5 1016 51 23 69% 43 19 7 2 1 2 8 0 92 7
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+
1967 21 1 6 .143 3.41 14 11 1 0 0 0 74.0 68 32 28 6 33 1 51 0 0 1 316 99 1.365 8.3 0.7 4.0 6.2 1.55 99
1968 22 3 10 .231 3.61 33 15 11 0 0 2 124.2 121 55 50 11 50 1 98 0 0 5 532 89 1.372 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.1 1.96 89
1969 23 3 10 .231 3.76 36 15 11 0 0 2 129.1 129 59 54 12 53 1 103 0 0 6 556 86 1.407 9.0 0.8 3.7 7.2 1.94 86
1970 24 11 13 .458 3.51 66 16 19 0 0 3 195.0 178 82 76 16 87 12 157 0 0 9 835 100 1.359 8.2 0.7 4.0 7.2 1.80 100
1971 25 19 18 .514 3.02 119 16 61 0 0 15 285.2 254 110 96 22 117 21 250 3 1 14 1211 115 1.299 8.0 0.7 3.7 7.9 2.14 115
1972 26 24 26 .480 3.08 158 16 92 0 0 24 353.0 317 141 121 30 137 26 296 3 1 20 1495 112 1.286 8.1 0.8 3.5 7.5 2.16 112
1973 27 25 28 .472 3.21 200 16 116 0 0 32 398.0 357 168 142 35 160 28 323 4 2 22 1693 109 1.299 8.1 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.02 109
1974 28 28 32 .467 3.40 236 17 142 0 0 38 439.2 394 194 166 39 188 36 350 4 2 23 1880 104 1.324 8.1 0.8 3.8 7.2 1.86 104
1975 29 29 38 .433 3.35 301 17 181 0 0 47 537.1 480 230 200 46 239 52 417 6 3 29 2301 105 1.338 8.0 0.8 4.0 7.0 1.74 105
1976 30 34 40 .459 3.32 351 17 215 0 0 57 609.1 529 256 225 53 286 58 471 7 3 38 2608 106 1.338 7.8 0.8 4.2 7.0 1.65 106

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
1967 21 3 4 .429 4.30 69.0 74 37 33 7 36 48 0 1.594 9.7 4.7 6.3 1.33 0.9 14
1968 22 2 3 .400 5.60 45.0 60 31 28 6 19 42 0 1.756 12.0 3.8 8.4 2.21 1.2 19
1969 23 0 0 11.25 4.0 9 6 5 1 3 4 0 3.000 20.3 6.8 9.0 1.33 2.3 3
1970 24 5 2 .714 2.91 65.0 49 23 21 4 34 53 0 1.277 6.8 4.7 7.3 1.56 0.6 30
1971 25 7 2 .778 2.41 86.0 82 26 23 6 32 88 3 1.326 8.6 3.3 9.2 2.75 0.6 53
1972 26 3 4 .429 4.16 67.0 73 34 31 9 23 46 0 1.433 9.8 3.1 6.2 2.00 1.2 39
1973 27 2 2 .500 4.30 44.0 41 23 21 5 24 26 1 1.477 8.4 4.9 5.3 1.08 1.0 42
1974 28 1 3 .250 5.62 40.0 38 28 25 4 29 26 0 1.675 8.6 6.5 5.9 0.90 0.9 36
1975 29 5 5 .500 3.76 91.0 91 42 38 7 54 62 2 1.593 9.0 5.3 6.1 1.15 0.7 65
1976 30 4 3 .571 3.90 67.0 54 32 29 8 52 50 1 1.582 7.3 7.0 6.7 0.96 1.1 50
10 Seasons 32 28 .533 3.96 578.0 571 282 254 57 306 445 7 1.517 8.9 6.9 1.45 0.9 351

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL--65--6th

Saves s c a p y
1971 NL--12--7th
Career--57--226th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL--7--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 NL--42--4th
1972 NL--31--9th
1975 NL--39--8th
Career--215--202nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Steve Foucault (960)
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