Frank Hankinson

Frank Edward Hankinson

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: April 29, 1856 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1878
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/Gothams/WhiteStockings/Trojans/Blues/... 1878-1888

Final Game: October 14, 1888
Died: April 5, 1911 in Palisades Park, NJ
Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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
1878	22	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	6	0	0	4			1	39	44	1.222	11.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
1879	23	CHC	NL	15	10	.600	2.50	26	25	1	25	2	0	230.2	248	134	64	0	27	69			4	1000	104	1.192	9.7	*0.0*	1.1	2.7	2.56
1880	24	CLV	NL	1	1	.500	1.08	4	2	2	2	0	1	25.0	20	10	3	0	3	8			0	96	221	0.920	7.2	0.0	1.1	2.9	2.67

1885	29	NYP	AA	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	80	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
4 Yrs				16	12	.571	2.50	32	28	3	28	2	1	266.2	281	154	74	1	31	81	0	0	5	1144	104	1.170	9.5	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.61
162 Game Avg.				18	14	.571	2.50	36	32	3	32	2	1	302	318	175	84	1	35	92		0	6	1297	104	1.170	9.5	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.61

CHC (2 yrs)				15	11	.577	2.63	27	26	1	26	2	0	239.2	259	143	70	0	27	73			5	1039	99	1.193	9.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.70
NYP (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	80	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
CLV (1 yr)				1	1	.500	1.08	4	2	2	2	0	1	25.0	20	10	3	0	3	8			0	96	221	0.920	7.2	0.0	1.1	2.9	2.67

NL (3 yrs)				16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	2.70
AA (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	80	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00

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
1878	22	CHC	NL	9.0	1	1	9	9.00	4.99	0.08	0.00	106.0	5.20	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.227	.498	$
1879	23	CHC	NL	230.2	26	25	134	5.23	5.32	0.53	0.00	104.0	4.97	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	1.2	8	.477	.496	$
1880	24	CLV	NL	25.0	4	2	10	3.60	4.71	0.28	0.00	98.0	4.34	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.559	.501	$

1885	29	NYP	AA	2.0	1	0	1	4.50	5.58	-0.21	0.00	87.0	5.03	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.511	.500	$
4 Seasons				266.2	32	28	154	5.20	5.25	0.49	0.00	103.4	4.92	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.3	1.4	8	.481	.499	$

CHC (2 yrs)				239.2	27	26	143	5.37	5.30	0.52	0.00	104.1	4.98	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.2	1.0	4	.468	.497	$
NYP (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	1	4.50	5.58	-0.21	0.00	87.0	5.03	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.511	.500	$
CLV (1 yr)				25.0	4	2	10	3.60	4.71	0.28	0.00	98.0	4.34	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.559	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1878	22	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	6	0	0	4			1	39	44	1.222	11.0	0.0	4.0		44
1879	23	15	11	.577	2.63	27	26	1	26	2	0	239.2	259	143	70	0	27	73			5	1039	99	1.193	9.7	1.0	2.7	2.70	99
1880	24	16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	1.0	2.8	2.70	104
1881	25	16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	1.0	2.8	2.70	104
1882	26	16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	1.0	2.8	2.70	104
1883	27	16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	1.0	2.8	2.70	104
1884	28	16	12	.571	2.48	31	28	3	28	2	1	264.2	279	153	73	0	30	81			5	1135	104	1.168	9.5	1.0	2.8	2.70	104
1885	29	16	12	.571	2.50	32	28	3	28	2	1	266.2	281	154	74	1	31	81	0	0	5	1144	104	1.170	9.5	1.0	2.7	2.61	104

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
1878	22	2	1	.667	3.09	35.0	0	13	12	0	0	15	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.9		0.0	1
1879	23	46	10	.821	1.82	509.0	448	114	103	0	49	152	0	0.976	7.9	0.9	2.7	3.10	0.0	26
1880	24	5	0	1.000	1.17	46.0	38	7	6	0	6	15	0	0.957	7.4	1.2	2.9	2.50	0.0	4

1885	29	0	0		6.00	3.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	6.0	1
4 Yrs		53	11	.828	1.87	593.0	489	136	123	2	57	182	0	0.921	7.4		2.8	3.19	0.0	32

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1879 NL 1.2 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1879 NL 2.50 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1879 NL 15 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1879 NL .600 (5th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1879 NL 1.192 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 9.676 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 1.054 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 2.692 (9th)
Games Played s c a p y 1879 NL 26 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1880 NL 1 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1879 NL 230.7 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1879 NL 25 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1879 NL 25 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1879 NL 2 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1879 NL 27 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1879 NL 248 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 0.000 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1879 NL 1,000 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1879 NL 1 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1879 NL 103 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1879 NL 2 (9th) 1880 NL 3 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1879 NL 0.2 (9th) 1880 NL 0.3 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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George Winter (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Henry Gruber (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clint Rogge (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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