Frank Funk

Franklin Ray Funk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 30, 1935 in Washington, DC
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1960
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves 1960-1963

Final Game: September 22, 1963
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Standard Batting

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
1954	18	SFG-min	D	33	78	78		12	2	0	0						.154	.154	.179	.333		14						MYF · KITL
1955	19	SFG-min	C	37	75	75		9	1	0	0						.120	.120	.133	.253		10						SCL · NORL
1956	20	SFG-min	C,B,A	40	59	59		12	1	0	1						.203	.203	.237	.441		14						SCL,DAN,JHN · NORL,CARL,EL
1957	21	SFG-min	B,A	34	50	50		4	2	0	0						.080	.080	.100	.180		5						DAN,SXC · CARL,WL
1958	22	SFG-min	AA,AAA	59	56	52	7	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	19	.115	.179	.115	.294		6		0	0	0		CPC,PHX · TL,PCL
1959	23	-min	AAA	47	37	35	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	23	.114	.162	.143	.305		5		1	0	0	0	TTO · IL
1960	24	CLE-min	AAA	40	20	17	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.235	.222	.235	.458		4		0	2	1		TTO · IL
1960	24	CLE	AL	9	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	25	CLE	AL	56	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.059	.111	.059	.170	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	26	CLE/CHC-min	AAA	15	11	11	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.273	.364		3		0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1962	26	CLE	AL	47	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.067	.133	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	27	MLN	NL	26	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	28	TEX/ATL-ATL-min	AAA	57	39	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.000	.054	.000	.054		0		0	2	0		TTO,DEN · IL,PCL
1965	29	ATL-SFG-min	AAA	43	39	36	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.111	.158	.111	.269		4		0	1	0		ATA,TAC · IL,PCL
1966	30	ATL-min	AA,AAA	42	53	49	8	13	1	1	1	5	0	0	4	18	.265	.321	.388	.709		19		0	0	0		AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1967	31	ATL-min	AAA	12	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.091	.167	.091	.258		1		0	0	0		RMD · IL
4 Seasons				138	48	45	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	26	.067	.125	.067	.192	-46	3	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	56	53	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.067	.125	.067	.192	-46	4	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (3 yrs)				112	43	41	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	23	.073	.116	.073	.189	-47	3	0	0	0	0	0
MLN (1 yr)				26	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-36	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				112	43	41	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	23	.073	.116	.073	.189	-47	3	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				26	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-36	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
1960	24	CLE	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1961	25	CLE	AL	18	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1962	26	CLE	AL	15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1963	27	MLN	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				48	-9	0	0	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

CLE (3 yrs)				43	-8	0	0	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$
MLN (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1960	24	CLE	AL	10	8	0	0.0	99	.250	.111	.260	.200	.333	.111	.398	.311	.731	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.250	.111	.000
1961	25	CLE	AL	18	16	0	0.0	101	.143	.059	.260	.111	.335	.059	.405	.170	.740	-52	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.125	.059	.000
1962	26	CLE	AL	15	14	0	0.0	100	.143	.067	.259	.067	.331	.067	.404	.133	.736	-63	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.071	.000	.000
1963	27	MLN	NL	5	4	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.200	.315	.000	.378	.200	.693	-36	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
4 Seasons				48	42	0	0.0	99	.158	.067	.259	.125	.331	.067	.401	.192	.732	-46	.000	-9.3	-0.9	.143	.067	.000
162 Game Avg.				56	49	0	0.0	99	.158	.067	.259	.125	.331	.067	.401	.192	.732	-46	.000	-9.3	-0.9	.143	.067	.000

CLE (3 yrs)				43	38	0	0.0	100	.167	.073	.260	.116	.333	.073	.403	.189	.736	-47	.000	-8.6	-0.8	.132	.049	.000
MLN (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.200	.315	.000	.378	.200	.693	-36	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

AL (3 yrs)				43	38	0	0.0	100	.167	.073	.260	.116	.333	.073	.403	.189	.736	-47	.000	-8.6	-0.8	.132	.049	.000
NL (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.200	.315	.000	.378	.200	.693	-36	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	24	CLE	AL	10	0.0%	50.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	1.8			2.00	40%
1961	25	CLE	AL	18	0.0%	55.6%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	10.00	1.7		8.5		39%
1962	26	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	53.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			2.00	47%
1963	27	MLN	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%		3.00	1.3				20%
4 Seasons				48	0.0%	54.2%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	8.67	1.7		22.5	4.00	40%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.2%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.65	6.3	38.0	8.5	1.04	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1960	24	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	1.41	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.80	-1.2
1961	25	CLE	AL	-3.7	-0.4	18	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.36	-0.4	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.00	-3.8
1962	26	CLE	AL	-3.4	-0.3	15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.62	-0.3	0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.79	-3.8
1963	27	MLN	NL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.88	-0.6
4 Seasons				-9.3	-0.9	48	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	1.10	-0.9	0.0	-8.2	-0.8	0.88	-9.4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1960	24	CLE	AL	50%	3
1961	25	CLE	AL	50%	4
1962	26	CLE	AL	0%	1
1963	27	MLN	NL	100%	4
4 Seasons				50%	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1960	24	CLE	AL	10	10%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	25	CLE	AL	18	11%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	14	2	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	26	CLE	AL	15	13%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	27	MLN	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Seasons				48	10%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	6	0	0%	28	2	7%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1960	24	9	10	9	1	1	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1
1961	25	65	28	26	2	2	2	2	15	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	2
1962	26	112	43	41	2	3	2	2	23	.073	.116	.073	.189	-47	3
1963	27	138	48	45	3	3	2	3	26	.067	.125	.067	.192	-46	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1960	24	9	10	9	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	9
1961	25	56	18	17	0	1	10	.000	.056	.000	.056	56
1962	26	47	15	15	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	47
1963	27	26	5	4	1	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	26
4 Seasons		138	48	45	1	3	26	.000	.063	.000	.063	138
162 Game Avg.		162	56	53	1	4	31	.000	.063	.000	.063	138

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