Frank Gabler

Frank Harold Gabler (The Great Gabbo)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 6, 1911 in East Highland, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Teams (by GP): Giants/Bees/WhiteSox 1935-1938

Final Game: September 29, 1938
Died: November 1, 1967 in Long Beach, CA
Cremated
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1932	20	KCY	AA	3	6	.333		13						58.0	73	46			31							1.793	11.3		4.8			KCY · AA
1933	21	OAK-min	A,AA	11	14	.440	4.71	43						212.0	249	139	111		70							1.505	10.6		3.0			WPT,KCY · NYPL,AA
1934	22	SFG-min	A	10	5	.667	4.01	30						155.0	166	84	69		58							1.445	9.6		3.4			NVL · SOUA
1935	23	NYG	NL	2	1	.667	5.70	26	1	13	0	0	0	60.0	79	43	38	6	20	24	0	0	2	276	68	1.650	11.9	0.9	3.0	3.6	1.20
1936	24	NYG	NL	9	8	.529	3.12	43	14	21	5	0	6	161.2	170	62	56	11	34	46	3	0	1	668	125	1.262	9.5	0.6	1.9	2.6	1.35
1937	25	TOT	NL	4	7	.364	5.61	25	9	11	2	1	2	85.0	104	59	53	8	18	22	0	0	2	365	65	1.435	11.0	0.8	1.9	2.3	1.22
1937	25	NYG	NL	0	0		10.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	20	14	10	1	2	3	0	0	1	48	40	2.444	20.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
1937	25	BSN	NL	4	7	.364	5.09	19	9	7	2	1	2	76.0	84	45	43	7	16	19	0	0	1	317	70	1.316	9.9	0.8	1.9	2.3	1.19
1938	26	TOT	MLB	1	7	.125	9.43	19	7	9	3	0	0	69.2	104	77	73	12	35	17	1	0	2	335	53	1.995	13.4	1.6	4.5	2.2	0.49
1938	26	BSN	NL	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	12.000	81.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1938	26	CHW	AL	1	7	.125	9.09	18	7	9	3	0	0	69.1	101	74	70	12	34	17	1	0	2	331	55	1.947	13.1	1.6	4.4	2.2	0.50
1939	27	CHW-min	A1,AA	9	11	.450	4.39	42	18					164.0	191	91	80		44							1.433	10.5		2.4			ATA,STP · SOUA,AA
1940	28	STL-min	AA	3	5	.375	5.59	26	5					66.0	70	44	41		23							1.409	9.5		3.1			SAC · PCL
1941	29	STL-min	AA,A1	8	6	.571	3.53	35	11	5	3	0		153.0	158	77	60		42	38	0	0	1			1.307	9.3		2.5	2.2	0.90	CLB,NOR · AA,SOUA
1942	30	STL-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.07	36	13	14	6	0		132.0	128	54	45		38	42	2	0	0			1.258	8.7		2.6	2.9	1.11	CLB · AA
1946	34	PRV	B	5	7	.417	5.71	24	13					115.0	140	73	73		18							1.374	11.0		1.4			PRV · NENL
1949	37	SFG-min	C	2	2	.500	6.61	20						49.0	82	46	36		18							2.041	15.1		3.3			IDF,GRF · PION
1950	38	YUM	C	1	3	.250	7.41	13						51.0	77	44	42		28							2.059	13.6		4.9			YUM · SUSE
1951	39	LVG	C					20																								LVG · SWIL
1952	40	ELC	C					11																								ELC · SWIL
4 Yrs				16	23	.410	5.26	113	31	54	10	1	8	376.1	457	241	220	37	107	109	4	0	7	1644	77	1.499	10.9	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.02
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.410	5.26	53	15	26	5	0	4	178	216	114	104	17	51	51	2	0	3	776	77	1.499	10.9	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.02

NYG (3 yrs)				11	9	.550	4.06	75	15	38	5	0	6	230.2	269	119	104	18	56	73	3	0	4	992	96	1.409	10.5	0.7	2.2	2.8	1.30
BSN (2 yrs)				4	7	.364	5.42	20	9	7	2	1	2	76.1	87	48	46	7	17	19	0	0	1	321	66	1.362	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.2	1.12
CHW (1 yr)				1	7	.125	9.09	18	7	9	3	0	0	69.1	101	74	70	12	34	17	1	0	2	331	55	1.947	13.1	1.6	4.4	2.2	0.50

NL (4 yrs)				15	16	.484	4.40	95	24	45	7	1	8	307.0	356	167	150	25	73	92	3	0	5	1313	87	1.397	10.4	0.7	2.1	2.7	1.26
AL (1 yr)				1	7	.125	9.09	18	7	9	3	0	0	69.1	101	74	70	12	34	17	1	0	2	331	55	1.947	13.1	1.6	4.4	2.2	0.50

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
1935	23	NYG	NL	60.0	26	1	43	6.45	4.73	0.21	0.00	98.3	4.45	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.449	.492	$
1936	24	NYG	NL	161.2	43	14	62	3.45	4.66	0.42	0.00	97.2	4.13	12	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.4	28	.528	.507	$
1937	25	NYG	NL	9.0	6	0	14	14.00	4.62	0.47	0.00	103.2	4.28	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-9	.355	.495	$
1937	25	BSN	NL	76.0	19	9	45	5.33	4.45	0.44	0.00	92.9	3.73	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.432	.492	$
1938	26	BSN	NL	0.1	1	0	3	81.00	4.59	0.54	0.00	80.0	3.24	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.267	.499	$
1938	26	CHW	AL	69.1	18	7	74	9.61	5.71	0.02	0.00	101.2	5.76	-30	-2.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.8	-21	.365	.485	$
4 Seasons				376.1	113	31	241	5.76	4.82	0.32	0.00	97.4	4.40	-58	-4.9	1.0	-0.2	-2.0	-18	.456	.495	$

NYG (3 yrs)				230.2	75	15	119	4.64	4.68	0.36	0.00	97.7	4.22	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.7	12	.487	.498	$
BSN (2 yrs)				76.1	20	9	48	5.66	4.45	0.44	0.00	92.9	3.72	-16	-1.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.423	.495	$
CHW (1 yr)				69.1	18	7	74	9.61	5.71	0.02	0.00	101.2	5.76	-30	-2.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.8	-21	.365	.485	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1936	24	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		7.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		7.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	23	NYG	NL	276	2.2%	8.7%	7.3%			80%
1936	24	NYG	NL	668	1.7%	6.9%	5.1%	2.7%	11%	84%
1937	25	TOT	NL	365	2.2%	6.0%	4.9%	2.5%	9%	85%
1937	25	NYG	NL	48	2.1%	6.3%	4.2%			83%
1937	25	BSN	NL	317	2.2%	6.0%	5.1%	2.5%	10%	85%
1938	26	TOT	MLB	335	3.6%	5.1%	10.5%	4.8%	15%	79%
1938	26	BSN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%			75%
1938	26	CHW	AL	331	3.6%	5.1%	10.3%	4.8%	16%	79%
4 Yrs				1644	2.3%	6.6%	6.5%	2.6%	9%	83%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.7%	8.6%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1935	23	2	1	.667	5.70	26	1	13	0	0	0	60.0	79	43	38	6	20	24	0	2	276	68	1.650	11.9	0.9	3.0	3.6	1.20	68
1936	24	11	9	.550	3.82	69	15	34	5	0	6	221.2	249	105	94	17	54	70	3	3	944	102	1.367	10.1	0.7	2.2	2.8	1.30	102
1937	25	15	16	.484	4.31	94	24	45	7	1	8	306.2	353	164	147	25	72	92	3	5	1309	89	1.386	10.4	0.7	2.1	2.7	1.28	89
1938	26	16	23	.410	5.26	113	31	54	10	1	8	376.1	457	241	220	37	107	109	4	7	1644	77	1.499	10.9	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.02	77

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
1935	23	2	4	.333	5.81	62.0	83	44	40	6	21	25	0	1.677	12.0	3.0	3.6	1.19	0.9	26
1936	24	10	7	.588	3.17	162.0	175	63	57	11	35	46	3	1.296	9.7	1.9	2.6	1.31	0.6	43
1937	25	3	6	.333	6.32	84.0	113	66	59	9	20	22	0	1.583	12.1	2.1	2.4	1.10	1.0	25
1938	26	2	6	.250	7.54	74.0	99	69	62	11	33	18	1	1.784	12.0	4.0	2.2	0.55	1.3	19
4 Yrs		17	23	.425	5.14	382.0	470	242	218	37	109	111	4	1.516	11.1		2.6	1.02	0.9	113

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1936 NL 3.12 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1936 NL 1.262 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1936 NL 1.893 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1936 NL 43 (8th)
Saves s c a p y 1936 NL 6 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1936 NL 21 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1936 NL 125 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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