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Frankie Gustine

Frank William Gustine

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 20, 1920 in Hoopeston, IL
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1939 (Age 19)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Browns 1939-1950

Final Game: May 17, 1950 (Age 30)
Died: April 1, 1991 in Davenport, IA
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Coraopolis, PA
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 12:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1515. Bobby Knoop… #1516. Randy Ready… #1517. Ryan Doumit… #1518. FRANKIE GUSTINE… #1519. Walt Dropo… #1520. Eddie Murphy… #1521. Scott Spiezio… 

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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 Awards
1939 19 PIT NL 22 84 70 5 13 3 0 0 3 0 9 4 .186 .278 .229 .507 39 16 3 0 5 5
1940 20 PIT NL 133 565 524 59 147 32 7 1 55 7 35 39 .281 .328 .374 .702 94 196 13 2 4 *4 MVP-34
1941 21 PIT NL 121 497 463 46 125 24 7 1 46 5 28 38 .270 .313 .359 .672 89 166 9 1 5 *45
1942 22 PIT NL 115 422 388 34 89 11 4 2 35 5 29 27 .229 .286 .294 .580 68 114 14 2 3 *4/562
1943 23 PIT NL 112 454 414 40 120 21 3 0 43 12 32 36 .290 .341 .355 .696 98 147 8 0 8 64/3
1944 24 PIT NL 127 446 405 42 93 18 3 2 42 8 33 41 .230 .288 .304 .591 64 123 14 0 8 *64/5
1945 25 PIT NL 128 523 478 67 134 27 5 2 66 8 37 33 .280 .335 .370 .705 93 177 14 2 6 *64/2
1946 26 PIT NL 131 549 495 60 128 23 6 8 52 2 40 52 .259 .318 .378 .696 94 187 13 3 10 *46/5 AS,MVP-28
1947 27 PIT NL 156 692 616 102 183 30 6 9 67 5 63 65 .297 .364 .409 .773 102 252 15 2 10 *5 AS
1948 28 PIT NL 131 500 449 68 120 19 2 9 42 5 42 62 .267 .333 .379 .711 90 170 12 2 6 *5 AS
1949 29 CHC NL 76 285 261 29 59 13 4 4 27 3 18 22 .226 .279 .352 .631 71 92 9 1 5 54
1950 30 SLB AL 9 23 19 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 8 .158 .273 .211 .483 23 4 1 0 1 /5
12 Yrs 1261 5040 4582 553 1214 222 47 38 480 60 1 369 427 .265 .322 .359 .681 87 1644 125 15 71
162 Game Avg. 162 647 589 71 156 29 6 5 62 8 47 55 .265 .322 .359 .681 87 211 16 2 9
PIT (10 yrs) 1176 4732 4302 523 1152 208 43 34 451 57 348 397 .268 .325 .360 .684 89 1548 115 14 65
CHC (1 yr) 76 285 261 29 59 13 4 4 27 3 18 22 .226 .279 .352 .631 71 92 9 1 5
SLB (1 yr) 9 23 19 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 8 .158 .273 .211 .483 23 4 1 0 1
NL (11 yrs) 1252 5017 4563 552 1211 221 47 38 478 60 366 419 .265 .322 .359 .681 88 1640 124 15 70
AL (1 yr) 9 23 19 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 8 .158 .273 .211 .483 23 4 1 0 1

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 Awards
1939 19 PIT NL 22 84 -6 0 0 -1 0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .469 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -3 5
1940 20 PIT NL 133 565 -4 -0 0 -15 5 -14 -1.6 20 6 0.4 .489 .491 2.0 -1.1 21 *4 MVP-34
1941 21 PIT NL 121 497 -7 -0 0 -4 5 -7 -0.9 17 10 0.9 .494 .495 1.3 0.0 14 *45
1942 22 PIT NL 115 422 -15 -0 0 -8 5 -18 -2.2 13 -6 -0.9 .481 .487 0.0 -0.4 2 *4/562
1943 23 PIT NL 112 454 -2 0 0 -1 6 4 0.4 14 18 1.8 .504 .503 1.9 0.6 19 64/3
1944 24 PIT NL 127 446 -19 -0 0 -9 8 -21 -2.3 13 -7 -0.9 .482 .486 0.1 -0.1 2 *64/5
1945 25 PIT NL 128 523 -5 -0 0 -9 8 -6 -0.6 16 10 0.9 .495 .496 1.9 -0.0 19 *64/2
1946 26 PIT NL 131 549 -4 0 0 -6 6 -4 -0.5 19 15 1.4 .496 .497 2.1 0.0 21 *46/5 AS,MVP-28
1947 27 PIT NL 156 692 3 -0 0 0 0 2 0.3 24 26 2.6 .502 .501 2.6 0.1 27 *5 AS
1948 28 PIT NL 131 500 -6 -0 0 8 0 2 0.2 18 20 1.9 .502 .501 1.1 0.9 12 *5 AS
1949 29 CHC NL 76 285 -11 -1 -1 -4 1 -16 -1.7 10 -6 -0.7 .479 .490 -0.2 -0.3 -2 54
1950 30 SLB AL 9 23 -3 -1 -0 -2 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .438 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3 /5
12 Seasons 1261 5040 -79 -4 -0 -51 44 -90 -10.1 167 77 6.4 .492 .495 12.1 -0.7 127
PIT (10 yrs) 1176 4732 -65 -2 0 -45 43 -69 -7.9 156 87 7.6 .494 .495 12.6 -0.2 132
CHC (1 yr) 76 285 -11 -1 -1 -4 1 -16 -1.7 10 -6 -0.7 .479 .490 -0.2 -0.3 -2
SLB (1 yr) 9 23 -3 -1 -0 -2 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .438 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1939 PIT NL 19 3B 22 21 20 77 17 52 8 3 .896 3.14 .942 3.00
1940 PIT NL 20 2B 130 125 120 733 288 402 43 92 .941 5.31 .964 5.61 MVP-34
1941 PIT NL 21 2B 104 102 99 614 269 317 28 45 .954 5.63 .962 5.60
1941 PIT NL 21 3B 15 13 12 68 24 36 8 2 .882 4.00 .949 3.33
1942 PIT NL 22 2B 108 103 93 565 227 312 26 53 .954 4.99 .968 5.61
1942 PIT NL 22 3B 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 2.00 .940 3.20
1942 PIT NL 22 SS 2 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.20
1942 PIT NL 22 C 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 5.00 0 0 0
1943 PIT NL 23 SS 68 68 61 389 135 230 24 41 .938 5.37 .954 5.30
1943 PIT NL 23 2B 40 32 30 196 75 115 6 23 .969 4.75 .969 5.76
1943 PIT NL 23 1B 1 0 0 6 3 0 3 1 .500 3.00 .992 10.50
1944 PIT NL 24 SS 116 99 86 547 183 330 34 52 .938 4.42 .954 5.41
1944 PIT NL 24 2B 11 8 5 46 23 21 2 3 .957 4.00 .963 5.63
1944 PIT NL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
1945 PIT NL 25 SS 104 96 84 503 177 291 35 52 .930 4.50 .947 5.26
1945 PIT NL 25 2B 29 26 17 150 69 75 6 11 .960 4.97 .967 5.58
1945 PIT NL 25 C 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 4.60 0 0 0
1946 PIT NL 26 2B 113 109 103 639 290 328 21 61 .967 5.47 .970 5.55 AS,MVP-28
1946 PIT NL 26 SS 13 12 10 62 20 40 2 8 .968 4.62 .957 5.15 AS,MVP-28
1946 PIT NL 26 3B 7 7 5 29 9 19 1 1 .966 4.00 .952 3.09 AS,MVP-28
1947 PIT NL 27 3B 156 156 150 554 193 330 31 35 .944 3.35 .947 3.06 AS
1948 PIT NL 28 3B 118 112 105 396 119 256 21 21 .947 3.18 .941 3.10 AS
1949 CHC NL 29 3B 55 51 49 174 52 110 12 13 .931 2.95 .952 3.18
1949 CHC NL 29 2B 16 16 14 103 52 47 4 15 .961 6.19 .976 5.57
1950 SLB AL 30 3B 6 6 5 51.0 21 10 8 3 3 .857 3.18 3.00 .960 3.25 3.20
8 Seasons 2B 551 521 481 3046 1293 1617 136 303 .955 5.28 .966 5.60
9 Seasons 3B 382 366 346 51.0 1324 426 813 85 79 .936 3.18 3.24 .946 3.25 3.10
5 Seasons SS 303 277 242 1505 517 893 95 153 .937 4.65 .952 5.32
2 Seasons C 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 4.80 0 0 0
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 6 3 0 3 1 .500 3.00 .992 10.50
12 Seasons TOT 1239 1164 1069 51.0 5885 2243 3323 319 536 .946 3.18 4.49 .958 3.25 4.77 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

All-Star Games
1946 *
1947 (3B)
1948 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (34, 0%)
1946 NL (28, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1948 NL  0.9 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  156 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1947 NL  616 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 NL  692 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 NL  102 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  183 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL  252 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1947 NL  30 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  65 (8th)
1948 NL  62 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1943 NL  12 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1947 NL  138 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1947 NL  248 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (9th)
1945 NL  14 (8th)
1947 NL  15 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1947 NL  458 (3rd)

Assists† s c a p y
1946 NL  387 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1940 NL  43 (3rd)
1943 NL  33 (3rd)
1944 NL  36 (3rd)
1945 NL  41 (1st)
1946 NL  24 (5th)
1947 NL  31 (1st)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  130 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  288 (4th)
1946 NL  290 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  402 (3rd)
1941 NL  317 (5th)
1946 NL  328 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  43 (1st)
1941 NL  28 (4th)
1942 NL  26 (3rd)
1946 NL  21 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  92 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  156 (1st)
1948 NL  118 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  193 (1st)
1948 NL  119 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  330 (1st)
1948 NL  256 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  31 (1st)
1948 NL  21 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  35 (1st)
1948 NL  21 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1944 NL  116 (4th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1944 NL  183 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1944 NL  330 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1943 NL  24 (3rd)
1944 NL  34 (2nd)
1945 NL  35 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1940 NL  5.31 (5th)
1941 NL  5.63 (3rd)
1946 NL  5.47 (1st)
Career  5.28 (92nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1947 NL  3.35 (1st)
1948 NL  3.18 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1948 NL  .947 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1944 NL  4.42 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1944 NL  .938 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 NL  born 1920-02-20 (2nd)
1940 NL  born 1920-02-20 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1303), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1079), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (201st), 6.4 career WAR/9.9 7yr-peak WAR/8.1 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Johnny Evers (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buddy Kerr (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buck Weaver (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cass Michaels (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cass Michaels (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rennie Stennett (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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