Frank Funk
Franklin Ray Funk
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
Final Game: September 22, 1963
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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
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 1 122 189 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 3 382 119 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 2 336 119 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 1 179 120 1.260 8.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.46
4 Seasons 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 1 179 120 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 1 179 120 1.260 8.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.46

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
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
1961 25 CLE AL 56 383 339 35 79 8 2 9 2 4 31 64 .233 .302 .348 .650 .260 118 7 4 6 3 6
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
1963 27 MLN NL 25 179 163 14 42 7 2 3 3 2 13 19 .258 .315 .380 .695 .275 62 3 1 1 1 3
4 Seasons 137 1019 903 92 210 26 7 26 9 9 85 150 .233 .302 .363 .665 .250 328 24 9 13 9 13
162 Game Avg. 68 506 448 46 104 13 3 13 4 4 42 74 .233 .302 .363 .665 .250 163 12 4 6 4 6
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
1960 24 CLE AL 9 9 8 4 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 5 2 40% 6 1.692 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 7 9 0 9 1 10.6
1961 25 CLE AL 56 56 43 11 11 21 11 11 52% 22 1 53 25 47% 8 1.700 32 7 15 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 0.726 12 10 24 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 0.910 4 3 14 1 4 17 5 17 16 3 15 6 5.2
4 Seasons 137 137 79 20 17 32 18 15 56% 34 1 115 47 41% 1.241 52 22 56 36 22 76 55 79 76 27 76 35 5.4

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%
1960 24 CLE AL 120 37% 2.5% 15.0% 7.5% 4.2% 19% 1.08 72% 21 8 38%
1961 25 CLE AL 383 37% 2.4% 16.7% 8.1% 5.0% 24% 0.83 70% 90 7 8%
1962 26 CLE AL 337 38% 3.3% 14.5% 9.5% 6.8% 37% 0.71 71% 72 6 8%
1963 27 MLN NL 179 33% 1.7% 10.6% 7.3% 6.7% 29% 0.94 79% 33 3 9%
4 Seasons 1019 37% 2.6% 14.7% 8.3% 5.8% 28% 0.83 72% 216 24 11%
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
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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 24 12
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+
1960 24 4 2 .667 1.99 9 0 8 0 0 1 31.2 27 8 7 3 9 3 18 0 0 1 122 189 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.6 5.1 2.00 189
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

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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 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 28 9 8 3 9 17 0 1.233 8.4 2.7 5.1 1.89 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 3.46 78.0 64 33 30 11 33 47 4 1.244 7.4 3.8 5.4 1.42 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 Seasons 14 10 .583 3.36 236.0 217 98 88 26 87 143 9 1.288 8.3 5.5 1.64 1.0 137

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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 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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