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Frank House
Henry Franklin House (Pig)

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 18, 1930 in Bessemer, AL
High School: Hueytown (Hueytown, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1950
Final Game: September 25, 1961
Died: March 13, 2005 in Birmingham, AL
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Standard Batting

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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
1950	20	DET	AL	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	150	3	0	0	0			/2
1951	21	DET	AL	18	48	41	3	9	2	0	1	4	1	1	6	2	.220	.319	.341	.661	79	14	3	0	1			2

1954	24	DET	AL	114	392	352	35	88	12	1	9	38	2	1	31	34	.250	.307	.366	.673	86	129	7	1	1	7		*2
1955	25	DET	AL	102	359	328	37	85	11	1	15	53	0	0	22	25	.259	.308	.436	.744	101	143	4	3	2	4	4	2
1956	26	DET	AL	94	348	321	44	77	6	2	10	44	1	1	21	19	.240	.290	.364	.655	72	117	15	3	0	3	0	2
1957	27	DET	AL	106	390	348	31	90	9	0	7	36	1	1	35	26	.259	.327	.345	.672	82	120	12	1	5	1	13	2
1958	28	KCA	AL	76	218	202	16	51	6	3	4	24	1	0	12	13	.252	.295	.371	.666	81	75	9	1	1	2	2	2
1959	29	KCA	AL	98	371	347	32	82	14	3	1	30	0	3	20	23	.236	.282	.303	.584	60	105	10	2	2	0	6	2
1960	30	CIN	NL	23	28	28	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.179	.179	.250	.429	15	7	2	0	0	0	0	/2
1961	31	DET	AL	17	28	22	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	.227	.333	.364	.697	85	8	1	0	1	1	0	2
10 Seasons				653	2187	1994	202	494	64	11	47	235	6	7	151	147	.248	.302	.362	.663	79	721	63	11	13	18	25
162 Game Avg.				162	543	495	50	123	16	3	12	58	1	2	37	36	.248	.302	.362	.663	79	179	16	3	3

DET (7 yrs)				456	1570	1417	154	356	42	5	42	178	5	4	119	109	.251	.310	.377	.686	85	534	42	8	10	16	17
KCA (2 yrs)				174	589	549	48	133	20	6	5	54	1	3	32	36	.242	.287	.328	.615	68	180	19	3	3	2	8
CIN (1 yr)				23	28	28	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.179	.179	.250	.429	15	7	2	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				630	2159	1966	202	489	62	11	47	232	6	7	151	145	.249	.303	.363	.667	80	714	61	11	13	18	25
NL (1 yr)				23	28	28	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.179	.179	.250	.429	15	7	2	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1950	20	DET	AL	5	3	1	8.8	116	.500	.400	.282	.400	.370	.600	.423	1.000	.793	150	.742	0.4	0.0	1.000	.200	.200
1951	21	DET	AL	48	37	4	2.9	102	.211	.220	.267	.319	.349	.341	.392	.661	.741	79	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.556	.268	.122	1.0

1954	24	DET	AL	392	280	40	3.8	97	.250	.250	.263	.307	.338	.366	.384	.673	.723	86	.452	-7.1	-0.7	.596	.207	.116	3.3
1955	25	DET	AL	359	253	45	4.8	101	.240	.259	.264	.308	.343	.436	.393	.744	.736	101	.518	-1.6	-0.2	.680	.244	.177	.0
1956	26	DET	AL	348	263	31	3.2	107	.227	.240	.268	.290	.351	.364	.410	.655	.760	72	.317	-15.1	-1.5	.542	.190	.125	1.8
1957	27	DET	AL	390	277	38	3.7	102	.263	.259	.266	.327	.339	.345	.402	.672	.741	82	.424	-8.9	-0.9	.576	.187	.086	1.8
1958	28	KCA	AL	218	163	20	3.3	100	.251	.252	.264	.295	.333	.371	.401	.666	.734	81	.380	-6.0	-0.6	.556	.183	.119	1.6
1959	29	KCA	AL	371	280	27	2.6	100	.251	.236	.263	.282	.334	.303	.401	.584	.736	60	.276	-20.2	-2.1	.446	.115	.066	.0
1960	30	CIN	NL	28	25	1	1.1	101	.192	.179	.265	.179	.332	.250	.407	.429	.739	15	.072	-3.3	-0.3	.280	.071	.071
1961	31	DET	AL	28	20	3	4.0	106	.238	.227	.267	.333	.343	.364	.416	.697	.759	85	.432	-0.4	-0.0	.667	.318	.136
10 Seasons				2187	1601	210	3.5	101	.246	.248	.265	.302	.340	.362	.399	.663	.739	79	.393	-63.4	-6.4	.562	.189	.114	10.6
162 Game Avg.				543	397	52	3.5	101	.246	.248	.265	.302	.340	.362	.399	.663	.739	79	.393	-63.4	-6.4	.562	.189	.114	3

DET (7 yrs)				1570	1133	162	3.8	102	.245	.251	.266	.310	.343	.377	.397	.686	.740	85	.427	-33.8	-3.4	.598	.210	.126	8.9
KCA (2 yrs)				589	443	47	2.8	100	.251	.242	.263	.287	.334	.328	.401	.615	.735	68	.314	-26.2	-2.7	.486	.140	.086	1.7
CIN (1 yr)				28	25	1	1.1	101	.192	.179	.265	.179	.332	.250	.407	.429	.739	15	.072	-3.3	-0.3	.280	.071	.071

AL (9 yrs)				2159	1576	209	3.6	101	.247	.249	.265	.303	.340	.363	.398	.667	.739	80	.398	-60.1	-6.1	.566	.191	.114	10.6
NL (1 yr)				28	25	1	1.1	101	.192	.179	.265	.179	.332	.250	.407	.429	.739	15	.072	-3.3	-0.3	.280	.071	.071

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	20	DET	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%		5.0				80%
1951	21	DET	AL	48	2.1%	4.2%	12.5%	6.3%	33%	0.33	20.5	41.0	10.3		79%

1954	24	DET	AL	392	2.3%	8.7%	7.9%	5.6%	25%	1.10	10.4	39.1	9.3	0.80	81%
1955	25	DET	AL	359	4.2%	7.0%	6.1%	7.5%	32%	1.14	13.1	21.9	6.2	0.71	81%
1956	26	DET	AL	348	2.9%	5.5%	6.0%	5.2%	23%	0.90	16.9	32.1	7.3	0.94	85%
1957	27	DET	AL	390	1.8%	6.7%	9.0%	4.1%	18%	0.74	13.4	49.7	9.7	0.84	81%
1958	28	KCA	AL	218	1.8%	6.0%	5.5%	6.0%	26%	1.08	15.5	50.5	8.4	0.92	86%
1959	29	KCA	AL	371	0.3%	6.2%	5.4%	4.9%	22%	1.15	15.1	347.0	11.6	0.84	87%
1960	30	CIN	NL	28	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	40%		14.0		9.3	1.00	93%
1961	31	DET	AL	28	0.0%	7.1%	14.3%	7.1%	40%	0.50	11.0		7.3	1.25	75%
10 Seasons				2187	2.2%	6.7%	6.9%	5.6%	25%	0.97	13.6	42.4	8.5	0.84	83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	24	DET	AL	5	0	23%	145	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	44%	16	8	8	0	0	0	11	5	4
1955	25	DET	AL	1	0	23%	113	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	50%	11	5	5	3	2	1	8	3	5
1956	26	DET	AL	2	0	37%	118	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	44%	25	17	8	4	1	3	10	4	6
1957	27	DET	AL	6	0	20%	142	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	41%	20	13	5	4	2	2	10	2	7
1958	28	KCA	AL	8	0	20%	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	47%	11	6	5	1	1	0	3	1	2
1959	29	KCA	AL	4	0	30%	125	0	3	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	36%	21	14	7	4	4	0	14	7	7
1960	30	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	31	DET	AL	0	0	33%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
10 Seasons				26	0	26%	724	6	7	46%	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	20	30	43%	104	63	38	16	10	6	58	23	32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	24	DET	AL	392	94%	88			9	1	0	0	1.52	9	0	7	9	0	6	3	0	1	1	100%	69	7	10%	38	14	37%	235	30	13%	24	11	46%	24	8	33%	0
1955	25	DET	AL	359	82%	85			12	3	0	3	1.93	15	1	12	13	2	10	5	0	2	2	100%	59	4	7%	36	12	33%	227	39	17%	30	11	37%	26	12	46%	0
1956	26	DET	AL	348	83%	77			9	3	2	4	2.13	10	0	17	10	0	3	7	0	0	0		89	15	17%	47	11	23%	251	34	14%	22	14	64%	17	4	24%	0
1957	27	DET	AL	389	93%	90			7	2	0	0	3.20	7	0	7	7	0	4	3	0	5	5	100%	82	12	15%	31	10	32%	243	30	12%	14	8	57%	24	8	33%	0
1958	28	KCA	AL	218	95%	51			18	6	1	2	1.23	4	1	6	4	0	1	3	0	2	1	50%	49	9	18%	17	5	29%	155	21	14%	16	8	50%	14	3	21%	0
1959	29	KCA	AL	371	84%	82			4	1	0	1	2.04	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	81	10	12%	37	8	22%	239	30	13%	23	12	52%	22	8	36%	1
1960	30	CIN	NL	28	100%	5			17	3	0	2	1.23	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	2	1	50%	21	3	14%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1961	31	DET	AL	28	86%	5			3	0	0	0	1.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0
10 Seasons				2133	88%	494			79	19	3	12	1.71	47	2	60	44	2	24	22	0	13	13	100%	438	63	14%	211	63	30%	1390	190	14%	132	66	50%	131	44	34%	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	20	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	150	3	0	0	0
1951	21	23	53	46	4	11	3	0	1	4	1	1	6	3	.239	.327	.370	.696	87	17	3	0	1
1952	22	23	53	46	4	11	3	0	1	4	1	1	6	3	.239	.327	.370	.696	87	17	3	0	1
1953	23	23	53	46	4	11	3	0	1	4	1	1	6	3	.239	.327	.370	.696	87	17	3	0	1
1954	24	137	445	398	39	99	15	1	10	42	3	2	37	37	.249	.309	.367	.676	86	146	10	1	2	7
1955	25	239	804	726	76	184	26	2	25	95	3	2	59	62	.253	.309	.398	.707	93	289	14	4	4	11	4
1956	26	333	1152	1047	120	261	32	4	35	139	4	3	80	81	.249	.303	.388	.691	86	406	29	7	4	14	4
1957	27	439	1542	1395	151	351	41	4	42	175	5	4	115	107	.252	.309	.377	.686	85	526	41	8	9	15	17
1958	28	515	1760	1597	167	402	47	7	46	199	6	4	127	120	.252	.307	.376	.684	85	601	50	9	10	17	19
1959	29	613	2131	1944	199	484	61	10	47	229	6	7	147	143	.249	.303	.363	.666	80	706	60	11	12	17	25
1960	30	636	2159	1972	199	489	63	10	47	232	6	7	147	145	.248	.301	.362	.663	79	713	62	11	12	17	25
1961	31	653	2187	1994	202	494	64	11	47	235	6	7	151	147	.248	.302	.362	.663	79	721	63	11	13	18	25

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
1950	20	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	5
1951	21	19	49	43	3	9	2	0	1	4	1	6	2	.209	.306	.326	.632	4	18

1954	24	119	414	372	39	96	13	1	10	43	2	34	36	.258	.316	.379	.695	45	114
1955	25	107	374	344	39	90	12	1	16	56	0	23	26	.262	.310	.442	.752	47	102
1956	26	98	355	329	44	74	6	2	10	44	1	20	20	.225	.273	.347	.620	30	94
1957	27	112	402	364	33	93	9	0	7	38	1	36	27	.255	.323	.338	.661	40	106
1958	28	79	225	210	17	52	6	3	4	26	1	12	14	.248	.289	.362	.651	22	76
1959	29	102	381	359	33	82	14	3	1	31	0	20	24	.228	.273	.292	.565	28	98
1960	30	24	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	23
1961	31	17	27	22	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	4	2	.227	.333	.364	.697	3	17
10 Seasons		682	2261	2077	212	501	63	11	49	249	6	155	154	.241	.295	.353	.648	221	653
162 Game Avg.		162	537	493	50	119	15	3	12	59	1	37	37	.241	.295	.353	.648	52	653

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL 7 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL 13 (3rd)
1959 AL 6 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1950 AL born 1930-02-18 (4th)
1951 AL born 1930-02-18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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