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Danny Frisella

Daniel Vincent Frisella (Bear)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Braves/Padres/Brewers/Cardinals 1967-1976

Final Game: September 23, 1976
Died: January 1, 1977 in Phoenix, AZ
Cremated
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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…

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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
1966	20	NYM-min	A	5	4	.556	2.96	10	9					70.0	69	29	23	5	10								1.129	8.9	0.6	1.3			AUB · NYPL
1967	21	NYM-min	A,AAA	11	5	.688	1.88	22	16		0	0		144.0	112	36	30	7	32	0	150	0	0	1			1.000	7.0	0.4	2.0	9.4	4.69	DHM,JCK · CARL,IL
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	100	1.365	8.3	0.7	4.0	6.2	1.55
1968	22	NYM-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.72	7	7		5	1		53.0	43	17	16	2	8	1	50	0	0	0			0.962	7.3	0.3	1.4	8.5	6.25	JCK · IL
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	78	1.382	9.4	0.9	3.0	8.3	2.76
1969	23	NYM-min	AAA,A	11	2	.846	2.62	17	16		10	1	0	120.0	102	40	35	10	27	1	55	2	0	2			1.075	7.6	0.8	2.0	4.1	2.04	TID,POM · IL,FLOR
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	51	2.357	15.4	1.9	5.8	9.6	1.67
1970	24	NYM-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.31	13	13		5	2	0	98.0	95	37	36	10	37	0	81	0	0	9			1.347	8.7	0.9	3.4	7.4	2.19	TID · IL
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	134	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	172	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	101	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	95	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	74	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	112	1.403	7.9	0.6	4.7	6.2	1.31
1976	30	TOT	MLB	5	2	.714	3.13	50	0	34	0	0	10	72.0	49	26	25	7	47	6	54	1	0	9	307	113	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	91	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	129	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	107	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	107	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	113	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	84	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	91	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	112	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	129	1.297	5.5	0.7	6.2	7.8	1.26

NL (10 yrs)			NL	29	38	.433	3.38	319	17	191	0	0	48	560.0	499	240	210	49	252	53	428	6	3	31	2398	105	1.341	8.0	0.8	4.1	6.9	1.70
AL (1 yr)			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	129	1.297	5.5	0.7	6.2	7.8	1.26

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
1967	21	NYM	NL	74.0	11	32	40	-2	1.1	8	1.0	$
1968	22	NYM	NL	50.2	4	23	23	0	.9	0	-0.1	$
1969	23	NYM	NL	4.2	0	4	2	0	.4	-2	-0.2	$
1970	24	NYM	NL	65.2	1	23	36	2	1.2	13	1.1	$
1971	25	NYM	NL	90.2	0	28	47	0	1.4	19	1.8	$
1972	26	NYM	NL	67.1	0	31	36	-3	1.2	5	0.1	$
1973	27	ATL	NL	45.0	0	27	26	0	1.3	-1	-0.5	$
1974	28	ATL	NL	41.2	1	26	22	2	1.5	-4	-0.9	$
1975	29	SDP	NL	97.2	0	36	55	-2	1.1	19	1.4	$
1976	30	STL	NL	22.2	0	10	13	0	.3	3	0.1	$
1976	30	MIL	AL	49.1	0	16	26	0	1.6	10	1.1	$
10 Seasons				609.1	17	256	326	-3	1.2	70	4.9	$

NYM (6 yrs)				353.0	16	141	184	-3	1.2	43	3.7	$
ATL (2 yrs)				86.2	1	53	48	2	1.4	-5	-1.4	$
STL (1 yr)				22.2	0	10	13	0	.3	3	0.1	$
SDP (1 yr)				97.2	0	36	55	-2	1.1	19	1.4	$
MIL (1 yr)				49.1	0	16	26	0	1.6	10	1.1	$

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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
1966	20	NYM-min	A	21	37	37		7	1	0	2						.189	.189	.378	.568		14						AUB · NYPL
1967	21	NYM-min	A,AAA	28	61	59	7	12	1	0	1	10	1	1	2	15	.203	.230	.271	.501		16		0	0	0		DHM,JCK · CARL,IL
1967	21	NYM	NL	14	24	23	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.087	.125	.130	.255	-26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1968	22	NYM-min	AAA	9	25	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.120	.120	.120	.240		3		0	0	0		JCK · IL
1968	22	NYM	NL	19	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	-50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1969	23	NYM-min	AAA,A	18	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154		1		0	0	0		TID,POM · IL,FLOR
1969	23	NYM	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	24	NYM-min	AAA	13	39	38	3	9	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	13	.237	.237	.316	.553		12		0	1	0		TID · IL
1970	24	NYM	NL	30	15	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.308	.357	.308	.665	81	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	25	NYM	NL	53	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	50	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	26	NYM	NL	39	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	65	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	27	ATL	NL	42	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	28	ATL	NL	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	29	SDP	NL	65	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	TOT	MLB	50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	STL	NL	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	30	MIL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Seasons				351	84	78	3	14	1	0	0	4	2	0	4	25	.179	.220	.192	.412	19	15	2	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	39	36	1	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	12	.179	.220	.192	.412	19	7	1	0	1	0	0

NYM (6 yrs)				158	74	69	2	12	1	0	0	4	2	0	3	22	.174	.208	.188	.397	14	13	2	0	2	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				78	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	130	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				65	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				319	84	78	3	14	1	0	0	4	2	0	4	25	.179	.220	.192	.412	19	15	2	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1967	21	NYM	NL	24	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1968	22	NYM	NL	12	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1969	23	NYM	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1970	24	NYM	NL	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	1
1971	25	NYM	NL	15	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1972	26	NYM	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1973	27	ATL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1974	28	ATL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1975	29	SDP	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1976	30	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
10 Seasons				84	-8	-1	1	0	0	6	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

NYM (6 yrs)				74	-7	-1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
ATL (2 yrs)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SDP (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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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	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1967	NYM	NL	21	P	14	11	74.0	17	3	12	2	0	.882	1.82	1.07	.960	1.99	2.00	2	2	50%	2
1968	NYM	NL	22	P	19	4	50.2	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.95	0.58	.958	2.01	2.02	3	2	40%	0
1969	NYM	NL	23	P	3	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.93	1.93	0	0		0
1970	NYM	NL	24	P	30	1	65.2	11	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.51	0.37	.951	1.85	1.84	1	1	50%	0
1971	NYM	NL	25	P	53	0	90.2	20	7	13	0	0	1.000	1.99	0.38	.954	1.90	1.90	8	3	27%	0
1972	NYM	NL	26	P	39	0	67.1	21	5	15	1	0	.952	2.67	0.51	.950	1.78	1.78	5	2	29%	0
1973	ATL	NL	27	P	42	0	45.0	11	4	6	1	0	.909	2.00	0.24	.950	1.88	1.88	4	2	33%	0
1974	ATL	NL	28	P	36	1	41.2	7	5	2	0	2	1.000	1.51	0.19	.944	1.88	1.88	3	2	40%	0
1975	SDP	NL	29	P	65	0	97.2	21	6	13	2	0	.905	1.75	0.29	.946	1.86	1.86	13	6	32%	0
1976	TOT	MLB	30	P	50	0	72.0	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.62	0.26	.950	1.86	1.88	12	3	20%	2
1976	STL	NL	30	P	18	0	22.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.99	0.28	.950	1.87	1.87	1	1	50%	1
1976	MIL	AL	30	P	32	0	49.1	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.46	0.25	.950	1.86	1.88	11	2	15%	1
	10 Seasons			P	351	17	609.1	132	39	87	6	3	.955	1.86	0.36	.952	1.89	1.88	51	23	31%	4
	10 Seasons			TOT	351	17	609.1	132	39	87	6	3	.955	1.86	0.36	.952	1.89	1.88	51	23	31%	4

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From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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 (241st)	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 (209th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1972 NL 2.67 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1971 NL 1.000 (1st) 1974 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 39th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 1966: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).
November 2, 1972: Traded by the New York Mets with Gary Gentry to the Atlanta Braves for Felix Millan and George Stone.
November 8, 1974: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the San Diego Padres for Cito Gaston.
April 8, 1976: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Stewart (minors) and Ken Reynolds.
June 7, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Sam Mejias (June 23, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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