Frank Grube

Franklin Thomas Grube (Hans)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 7, 1905 in Easton, PA
School: Lafayette College (Easton, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1931
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1931-1941

Final Game: May 30, 1941
Died: July 2, 1945 in New York, NY
Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA
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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	Pos	Awards
1928	23	WPT	B	59	152	152		46	6	0	1						.303	.303	.362	.664		55					WPT · NYPL
1929	24	BPT	A	103	297	297		90	13	6	4						.303	.303	.428	.731		127					BPT · EL
1930	25	BFL	AA	104	345	345		120	29	4	8						.348	.348	.525	.872		181					BFL · IL
1931	26	CHW	AL	88	290	265	29	58	13	2	1	24	2	2	22	22	.219	.284	.294	.578	56	78		2	1	2
1932	27	CHW	AL	93	319	277	36	78	16	2	0	31	6	1	33	13	.282	.362	.354	.716	92	98		2	6	2
1933	28	CHW	AL	85	300	256	23	59	13	0	0	23	1	1	38	20	.230	.334	.281	.616	69	72		2	4	2
1934	29	SLB	AL	65	194	170	22	49	10	0	0	11	2	1	24	11	.288	.379	.347	.727	83	59		1	0	2
1935	30	TOT	AL	12	28	25	4	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	3	.360	.429	.480	.909	132	12		0	0	2
1935	30	SLB	AL	3	6	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	110	3		0	0	/2
1935	30	CHW	AL	9	22	19	1	7	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	2	.368	.455	.474	.928	138	9		0	0	/2
1936	31	CHW	AL	33	105	93	6	15	2	1	0	11	1	0	9	15	.161	.235	.204	.440	8	19		0	3	2

1937	32	CHW-STL-min	A1,AA	71	202	202		41	3	1	0						.203	.203	.228	.431		46					DAL,BFL,BLT,CLB · TL,IL,AA
1938	33	STL-min	AA	72	181	181		40	2	0	0						.221	.221	.232	.453		42					SAC · PCL
1939	34	CHW-min	D	72	241	241		77	14	1	2						.320	.320	.411	.730		99					JBO · NEAR
1940	35	BAL-min	AA	15	43	43		10	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.465		10					TOL · AA
1941	36	BAL-min	A1	43	117	117		20	2	0	0						.171	.171	.188	.359		22					SAN · TL
1941	36	SLB	AL	18	44	39	1	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.154	.195	.205	.400	5	8	0	0	3	2
7 Yrs				394	1280	1125	121	274	59	5	1	107	12	5	131	88	.244	.326	.308	.634	68	346	0	7	17
162 Game Avg.				162	526	463	50	113	24	2	0	44	5	2	54	36	.244	.326	.308	.634	68	142		3	7

CHW (5 yrs)				308	1036	910	95	217	46	5	1	95	10	4	105	72	.238	.321	.303	.625	67	276		6	14
SLB (3 yrs)				86	244	215	26	57	13	0	0	12	2	1	26	16	.265	.347	.326	.673	71	70	0	1	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1931	26	CHW	AL	88	290	-16	0	0	0	2	-14	-1.3	9	-5	-0.3	.485	.492	-0.4	0.3	-5	$	2
1932	27	CHW	AL	93	319	-1	1	0	-3	3	0	0.0	10	10	1.0	.500	.500	1.3	-0.0	13	$	2
1933	28	CHW	AL	85	300	-9	0	0	-1	2	-7	-0.7	10	2	0.2	.492	.496	0.3	0.2	3	$	2
1934	29	SLB	AL	65	194	-3	0	0	-1	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.497	.499	0.5	0.1	5	$	2
1935	30	SLB	AL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1935	30	CHW	AL	9	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.1	1	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
1936	31	CHW	AL	33	105	-15	0	0	0	1	-14	-1.2	3	-11	-0.9	.463	.492	-0.9	0.1	-11	$	2

1941	36	SLB	AL	18	44	-6	0	0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.465	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	2
7 Seasons				394	1280	-48	2	0	-6	11	-41	-3.9	40	-2	0.1	.490	.497	0.6	0.5	4	$

CHW (5 yrs)				308	1036	-39	2	0	-4	9	-33	-3.0	32	-0	0.2	.490	.496	0.5	0.5	4	$
SLB (3 yrs)				86	244	-9	0	0	-2	2	-9	-0.9	7	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	0.1	0.0	1	$

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	PwrSpd
1931	26	CHW	AL	290	210	21	2.7	103	.236	.219	.279	.284	.345	.294	.399	.578	.744	56	.248	-16.4	-1.6	.488	.158	.075	1.3
1932	27	CHW	AL	319	206	36	4.7	105	.295	.282	.276	.362	.346	.354	.406	.716	.752	92	.469	-1.3	-0.1	.690	.209	.072	.0
1933	28	CHW	AL	300	202	24	3.2	101	.250	.230	.273	.334	.344	.281	.394	.616	.737	69	.325	-9.1	-0.9	.566	.199	.051	.0
1934	29	SLB	AL	194	122	22	4.8	118	.308	.288	.297	.379	.372	.347	.427	.727	.799	83	.480	-3.3	-0.3	.697	.206	.059	.0
1935	30	TOT	AL	28	16	5	8.4	113	.409	.360	.290	.429	.363	.480	.419	.909	.783	132	.718	1.4	0.1	.938	.240	.120
1935	30	SLB	AL	6	4	1	6.7	114	.400	.333	.291	.333	.364	.500	.421	.833	.785	110	.628	0.1	0.0	.750	.167	.167
1935	30	CHW	AL	22	12	4	8.9	113	.412	.368	.290	.455	.363	.474	.419	.928	.782	138	.741	1.4	0.1	1.000	.263	.105
1936	31	CHW	AL	105	81	5	1.6	124	.192	.161	.302	.235	.378	.204	.444	.440	.823	8	.098	-14.3	-1.3	.372	.151	.043	.0

1941	36	SLB	AL	44	36	2	1.5	109	.171	.154	.279	.195	.356	.205	.411	.400	.768	5	.108	-5.6	-0.6	.303	.103	.051
7 Yrs				1280	873	115	3.5	107	.264	.244	.282	.326	.352	.308	.408	.634	.761	68	.348	-48.6	-4.6	.574	.187	.064	1.8
162 Game Avg.				526	359	47	3.5	107	.264	.244	.282	.326	.352	.308	.408	.634	.761	68	.348	-48.6	-4.6	.574	.187	.064	1

CHW (5 yrs)				1036	711	90	3.4	105	.258	.238	.279	.321	.349	.303	.405	.625	.753	67	.332	-39.8	-3.8	.564	.187	.065	1.8
SLB (3 yrs)				244	162	25	4.1	116	.286	.265	.293	.347	.369	.326	.424	.673	.793	71	.415	-8.7	-0.8	.616	.186	.060	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1931	26	CHW	AL	290	0.3%	7.6%	7.6%	5.5%	28%	1.00	12.0	265.0	11.0	83%
1932	27	CHW	AL	319	0.0%	4.1%	10.3%	5.6%	23%	0.39	21.3		8.9	83%
1933	28	CHW	AL	300	0.0%	6.7%	12.7%	4.3%	22%	0.53	12.8		11.1	79%
1934	29	SLB	AL	194	0.0%	5.7%	12.4%	5.2%	20%	0.46	15.5		15.5	82%
1935	30	TOT	AL	28	0.0%	10.7%	10.7%	10.7%	33%	1.00	8.3		4.2	79%
1935	30	SLB	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		6.0			83%
1935	30	CHW	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	13.6%	9.1%	29%	0.67	9.5		3.2	77%
1936	31	CHW	AL	105	0.0%	14.3%	8.6%	2.9%	20%	1.67	6.2		8.5	74%

1941	36	SLB	AL	44	0.0%	9.1%	4.6%	4.6%	33%	2.00	9.8		39.0	80%
7 Yrs				1280	0.1%	6.9%	10.2%	5.1%	24%	0.67	12.8	1125.0	10.5	81%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.7%	8.5%	6.8%	28%	1.02	10.3	64.1	7.8	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1931	26	88	290	265	29	58	13	2	1	24	2	2	22	22	.219	.284	.294	.578	56	78		2	1
1932	27	181	609	542	65	136	29	4	1	55	8	3	55	35	.251	.324	.325	.649	75	176		4	7
1933	28	266	909	798	88	195	42	4	1	78	9	4	93	55	.244	.328	.311	.639	73	248		6	11
1934	29	331	1103	968	110	244	52	4	1	89	11	5	117	66	.252	.337	.317	.654	75	307		7	11
1935	30	343	1131	993	114	253	55	4	1	95	11	5	120	69	.255	.339	.321	.661	76	319		7	11
1936	31	376	1236	1086	120	268	57	5	1	106	12	5	129	84	.247	.331	.311	.642	70	338		7	14
1937	32	376	1236	1086	120	268	57	5	1	106	12	5	129	84	.247	.331	.311	.642	70	338		7	14
1938	33	376	1236	1086	120	268	57	5	1	106	12	5	129	84	.247	.331	.311	.642	70	338		7	14
1939	34	376	1236	1086	120	268	57	5	1	106	12	5	129	84	.247	.331	.311	.642	70	338		7	14
1940	35	376	1236	1086	120	268	57	5	1	106	12	5	129	84	.247	.331	.311	.642	70	338		7	14
1941	36	394	1280	1125	121	274	59	5	1	107	12	5	131	88	.244	.326	.308	.634	68	346	0	7	17

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1931	26	92	299	274	28	58	13	2	1	23	2	22	23	.212	.275	.285	.560	21	88
1932	27	98	328	287	35	78	16	2	0	30	6	33	14	.272	.351	.341	.692	34	93
1933	28	91	315	270	23	60	13	0	0	23	1	39	21	.222	.325	.270	.595	23	85
1934	29	68	195	172	19	45	9	0	0	9	2	22	12	.262	.349	.314	.663	19	65
1935	30	13	28	25	3	8	3	0	0	5	0	3	3	.320	.393	.440	.833	4	12
1936	31	34	106	95	4	13	2	1	0	8	1	8	16	.137	.204	.179	.383	3	33

1941	36	19	44	39	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	.128	.171	.179	.350	1	18
7 Yrs		415	1315	1162	113	267	58	5	1	99	12	129	93	.230	.310	.291	.601	105	394
162 Game Avg.		162	513	454	44	104	23	2	0	39	5	50	36	.230	.310	.291	.601	41	394

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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