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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 Pitching

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
1960 24 CLE AL 4 2 .667 1.99 9 0 8 0 0 1 31.2 27 8 7 3 9 3 18 0 0 1 122 191 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.6 5.1 2.00
1961 25 CLE AL 11 11 .500 3.31 56 0 43 0 0 11 92.1 79 35 34 9 31 6 64 4 1 3 382 118 1.191 7.7 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.06
1962 26 CLE AL 2 1 .667 3.24 47 0 20 0 0 6 80.2 62 35 29 11 32 1 49 4 1 2 336 120 1.165 6.9 1.2 3.6 5.5 1.53
1963 27 MLN NL 3 3 .500 2.68 25 0 8 0 0 0 43.2 42 14 13 3 13 3 19 1 0 1 179 122 1.260 8.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.46
4 Yrs 20 17 .541 3.01 137 0 79 0 0 18 248.1 210 92 83 26 85 13 150 9 2 7 1019 125 1.188 7.6 0.9 3.1 5.4 1.76
162 Game Avg. 10 8 .541 3.01 68 0 39 0 0 9 123 104 46 41 13 42 6 74 4 1 3 506 125 1.188 7.6 0.9 3.1 5.4 1.76
CLE (3 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.08 112 0 71 0 0 18 204.2 168 78 70 23 72 10 131 8 2 6 840 126 1.173 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.8 1.82
MLN (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.68 25 0 8 0 0 0 43.2 42 14 13 3 13 3 19 1 0 1 179 122 1.260 8.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.46
AL (3 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.08 112 0 71 0 0 18 204.2 168 78 70 23 72 10 131 8 2 6 840 126 1.173 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.8 1.82
NL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.68 25 0 8 0 0 0 43.2 42 14 13 3 13 3 19 1 0 1 179 122 1.260 8.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.46

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1960 24 CLE AL 31.2 9 0 8 2.27 4.34 0.19 -0.18 97.7 3.88 6 0.7 1.7 0.2 1.1 8 .572 .504 $
1961 25 CLE AL 92.1 56 0 35 3.41 4.64 0.08 -0.19 96.4 4.22 9 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.9 17 .516 .506 $
1962 26 CLE AL 80.2 47 0 35 3.90 4.48 0.19 -0.18 98.0 4.03 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .505 .501 $
1963 27 MLN NL 43.2 25 0 14 2.89 3.88 0.27 -0.16 99.2 3.41 2 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.6 7 .511 .502 $
4 Seasons 248.1 137 0 92 3.33 4.42 0.16 -0.18 97.6 3.97 19 2.1 1.3 0.2 4.3 41 .515 .503 $
CLE (3 yrs) 204.2 112 0 78 3.43 4.53 0.14 -0.19 97.2 4.09 17 1.8 1.5 0.3 3.7 34 .516 .504 $
MLN (1 yr) 43.2 25 0 14 2.89 3.88 0.27 -0.16 99.2 3.41 2 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.6 7 .511 .502 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1960 24 CLE AL 9 120 107 8 27 2 0 3 2 1 9 18 .252 .310 .355 .665 .279 38 8 0 4 0 3 1
1961 25 CLE AL 56 382 339 35 79 8 2 9 2 4 31 64 .233 .302 .348 .650 .260 118 7 4 6 3 6 5
1962 26 CLE AL 47 337 294 35 62 9 3 11 2 2 32 49 .211 .293 .374 .667 .213 110 6 4 2 5 1 7
1963 27 MLN NL 25 168 163 14 42 7 2 3 3 2 13 19 .258 .315 .380 .695 .275 62 3 1 1 1 3 3
4 Yrs 137 1007 903 92 210 26 7 26 9 9 85 150 .233 .302 .363 .665 .250 328 24 9 13 9 13 16
162 Game Avg. 68 500 448 46 104 13 3 13 4 4 42 74 .233 .302 .363 .665 .250 163 12 4 6 4 6 8
MLB Averages .254 .321 .388 .709 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1960 24 CLE AL 6.6 0.7 123 1.2 4.1 -2.8 1.67 0.4 0.4 5.7 0.6 1.67 4.6 4 2 3
1961 25 CLE AL 8.4 0.8 394 -0.3 10.7 -11.0 1.66 0.7 -0.9 7.6 0.8 1.66 9.6 30 7 17
1962 26 CLE AL 4.7 0.5 343 0.7 4.5 -3.7 .69 0.4 0.7 4.4 0.5 0.69 4.9 11 10 22
1963 27 MLN NL 3.4 0.4 173 -0.9 2.1 -3.1 .85 0.1 -1.2 1.7 0.2 0.85 1.1 4 2 15
4 Yrs 23.1 2.4 1033 0.8 21.4 -20.6 1.20 1.6 -1.0 19.4 2.0 1.20 20.2 49 21 57

Reliever Pitching*

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
1960 24 CLE AL 9 9 8 4 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 5 2 40% 6 1.669 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 7 9 0 9 1 10.6
1961 25 CLE AL 56 56 43 11 11 22 11 11 50% 22 0 53 25 47% 8 1.662 30 7 17 22 11 23 25 31 28 12 28 15 4.9
1962 26 CLE AL 47 47 20 2 1 7 6 1 86% 8 0 46 17 37% 7 .690 11 10 22 10 4 33 23 24 23 12 24 13 5.1
1963 27 MLN NL 25 25 8 3 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 3 27% 5 .850 4 2 15 1 4 17 5 17 16 3 15 6 5.2
4 Yrs 137 137 79 20 17 33 18 15 55% 34 0 115 47 41% 1.202 49 21 57 36 22 76 55 79 76 27 76 35 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1960 24 CLE AL 120 63% 2.5% 15.0% 7.5% 4.2% 19% 1.08 72% 21 8 38%
1961 25 CLE AL 383 63% 2.4% 16.8% 8.1% 5.0% 24% 0.83 70% 90 7 8%
1962 26 CLE AL 337 62% 3.3% 14.5% 9.5% 6.8% 37% 0.71 71% 72 6 8%
1963 27 MLN NL 179 67% 1.8% 11.3% 7.7% 7.1% 29% 0.94 85% 33 3 9%
4 Yrs 1019 63% 2.6% 14.9% 8.4% 5.9% 28% 0.83 73% 216 24 11%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 14.3% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.04 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1960 24 CLE AL 120 27 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 8 1 1 13% 1 1 0 43 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1961 25 CLE AL 382 79 9 2 23 6 3 7 2 37 18 3 49% 5 3 1 158 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
1962 26 CLE AL 337 62 11 1 16 7 4 7 4 25 14 6 56% 7 2 0 130 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1963 27 MLN NL 168 42 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 8 4 0 50% 3 1 1 66 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 11
4 Yrs 1007 210 26 3 45 15 11 18 8 78 37 10 47% 16 7 2 397 9 9 50% 8 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 24 12
MLB Averages 51% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1960 24 4 2 .667 1.99 9 0 8 0 0 1 31.2 27 8 7 3 9 3 18 0 0 1 122 191 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.6 5.1 2.00 191
1961 25 15 13 .536 2.98 65 0 51 0 0 12 124.0 106 43 41 12 40 9 82 4 1 4 504 131 1.177 7.7 0.9 2.9 6.0 2.05 131
1962 26 17 14 .548 3.08 112 0 71 0 0 18 204.2 168 78 70 23 72 10 131 8 2 6 840 126 1.173 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.8 1.82 126
1963 27 20 17 .541 3.01 137 0 79 0 0 18 248.1 210 92 83 26 85 13 150 9 2 7 1019 125 1.188 7.6 0.9 3.1 5.4 1.76 125

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1960 24 2 1 .667 2.40 30.0 29 9 8 3 10 17 0 1.300 8.7 3.0 5.1 1.70 0.9 9
1961 25 5 4 .556 3.44 89.0 79 38 34 9 31 62 4 1.236 8.0 3.1 6.3 2.00 0.9 56
1962 26 5 3 .625 3.42 79.0 63 33 30 11 33 48 4 1.215 7.2 3.8 5.5 1.45 1.3 47
1963 27 2 2 .500 3.69 39.0 46 18 16 3 14 17 1 1.538 10.6 3.2 3.9 1.21 0.7 25
4 Yrs 14 10 .583 3.34 237.0 217 98 88 26 88 144 9 1.287 8.2 5.5 1.64 1.0 137

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1961 AL  56 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1961 AL  11 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1961 AL  43 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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