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Frank House

Henry Franklin House (Pig)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 18, 1930 in Bessemer, AL
High School: Hueytown HS (Hueytown, AL)
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1950
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Reds 1950-1961

Final Game: September 25, 1961
Died: March 13, 2005 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, AL
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 24 DET AL 114 392 352 35 88 12 1 9 38 2 1 31 34 .250 .307 .366 .673 85 129 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 106 389 348 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 98 372 347 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 Yrs 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 1569 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) 174 590 549 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

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
1950 20 DET AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1951 21 DET AL 18 48 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .495 .499 0.0 0.0 0 $ 2
1954 24 DET AL 114 392 -8 1 0 5 4 2 0.2 11 13 1.3 .502 .502 0.8 1.0 8 $ *2
1955 25 DET AL 102 359 -4 1 0 2 4 2 0.3 10 12 1.3 .503 .502 1.0 0.6 10 $ 2
1956 26 DET AL 94 348 -16 0 -1 1 4 -12 -1.2 9 -3 -0.3 .487 .493 -0.4 0.5 -4 $ 2
1957 27 DET AL 106 389 -10 -2 -1 3 5 -5 -0.6 10 6 0.5 .495 .497 0.2 0.8 3 $ 2
1958 28 KCA AL 76 218 -2 0 -1 -1 3 -1 -0.2 6 5 0.5 .499 .499 0.6 0.2 6 $ 2
1959 29 KCA AL 98 372 -21 -1 -1 -6 5 -24 -2.7 10 -14 -1.7 .474 .484 -1.0 -0.2 -8 $ 2
1960 30 CIN NL 23 28 -3 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .484 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /2
1961 31 DET AL 17 28 -1 0 -0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 2
10 Seasons 653 2187 -66 -0 -3 3 24 -42 -4.7 59 17 1.2 .493 .497 0.9 2.9 14 $
DET (7 yrs) 456 1569 -40 1 -2 10 17 -14 -1.5 42 28 2.7 .497 .499 1.6 2.9 18 $
KCA (2 yrs) 174 590 -23 -1 -2 -7 8 -25 -2.8 16 -9 -1.2 .485 .492 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $
CIN (1 yr) 23 28 -3 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .484 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $

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
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 .268 .319 .349 .341 .392 .661 .741 79 .310 -1.2 -0.1 .556 .268 .122 1.0
1954 24 DET AL 392 280 40 3.8 98 .250 .250 .264 .307 .340 .366 .386 .673 .726 85 .452 -7.6 -0.8 .596 .207 .116 3.3
1955 25 DET AL 359 253 45 4.8 101 .240 .259 .264 .308 .343 .436 .393 .744 .737 101 .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 .761 72 .317 -15.1 -1.5 .542 .190 .125 1.8
1957 27 DET AL 389 277 38 3.7 102 .263 .259 .267 .327 .339 .345 .402 .672 .742 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 372 280 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 .266 .179 .332 .250 .408 .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 Yrs 2187 1601 210 3.5 101 .246 .248 .265 .302 .341 .362 .399 .663 .740 79 .393 -63.9 -6.5 .562 .189 .114 10.6
162 Game Avg. 543 397 52 3.5 101 .246 .248 .265 .302 .341 .362 .399 .663 .740 79 .393 -63.9 -6.5 .562 .189 .114 3
DET (7 yrs) 1569 1133 162 3.8 102 .245 .251 .266 .310 .343 .377 .398 .686 .741 85 .427 -34.4 -3.4 .598 .210 .126 8.9
KCA (2 yrs) 590 443 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 .266 .179 .332 .250 .408 .429 .739 15 .072 -3.3 -0.3 .280 .071 .071
AL (9 yrs) 2159 1576 209 3.6 101 .247 .249 .265 .303 .341 .363 .399 .667 .740 80 .398 -60.6 -6.1 .566 .191 .114 10.6
NL (1 yr) 28 25 1 1.1 101 .192 .179 .266 .179 .332 .250 .408 .429 .739 15 .072 -3.3 -0.3 .280 .071 .071

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 20 DET AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 50% 5.0 0.00 80%
1951 21 DET AL 48 2.1% 4.2% 12.5% 6.3% 33% 0.33 20.5 41.0 10.3 1.00 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 389 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 372 0.3% 6.2% 5.4% 4.8% 22% 1.15 15.1 347.0 11.6 0.83 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 Yrs 2187 2.2% 6.7% 6.9% 5.6% 25% 0.97 13.6 42.4 8.5 0.84 83%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.8% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.28 7.5 39.8 8.2 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 20 DET AL 0.4 0.0 6 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .52 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.74 0.5 0
1951 21 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 39 0.0 0.6 -0.6 1.00 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.88 -0.9 0
1954 24 DET AL -7.6 -0.8 400 -0.9 6.1 -7.0 1.01 -0.1 -0.9 -4.5 -0.5 0.94 -2.2 1.41 9
1955 25 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 362 -0.6 5.9 -6.5 .95 -0.6 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.95 -4.8 1.91 12
1956 26 DET AL -15.1 -1.5 352 -2.7 4.7 -7.4 1.04 -1.6 -1.0 -15.4 -1.5 1.01 -16.6 2.13 9
1957 27 DET AL -8.9 -0.9 392 -1.4 6.1 -7.4 1.12 -0.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.95 -6.3 3.21 7
1958 28 KCA AL -6.0 -0.6 222 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 1.04 -0.6 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -4.5 1.17 18
1959 29 KCA AL -20.2 -2.1 377 -0.9 5.1 -6.0 .93 -2.0 1.0 -16.7 -1.7 0.95 -21.1 2.10 4
1960 30 CIN NL -3.3 -0.3 28 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.13 -0.2 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 1.00 -2.8 1.15 17
1961 31 DET AL -0.4 -0.0 28 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.09 -0.1 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 1.00 -0.9 1.83 3
10 Yrs -63.9 -6.5 2206 -8.1 32.4 -40.5 1.02 -6.0 -2.0 -44.1 -4.4 0.96 -59.7 1.67 79

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 20 DET AL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 21 DET AL 0 0 14% 14 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Yrs 26 0 26% 743 6 7 46% 6 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 31 43% 107 65 39 16 10 6 59 23 33

Situational Hitting*

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
1950 20 DET AL 5 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 21 DET AL 48 78% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 17 3 18% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1954 24 DET AL 392 94% 88 9 1 0 0 1.41 9 0 7 9 0 6 3 0 1 1 100% 69 7 10% 38 14 37% 235 30 13% 24 11 46% 10 6 60% 0
1955 25 DET AL 359 82% 85 12 3 0 3 1.91 15 1 12 13 2 10 5 0 2 2 100% 59 4 7% 36 12 33% 227 39 17% 30 11 37% 12 7 58% 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% 15 5 33% 0
1957 27 DET AL 389 93% 90 7 2 0 0 3.21 7 0 7 7 0 4 3 0 5 5 100% 82 12 15% 31 10 32% 243 30 12% 14 8 57% 14 9 64% 0
1958 28 KCA AL 218 95% 51 18 6 1 2 1.17 4 1 6 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 49 9 18% 17 5 29% 155 21 14% 16 8 50% 6 2 33% 0
1959 29 KCA AL 372 84% 82 4 1 0 1 2.10 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 81 10 12% 37 8 22% 240 30 13% 23 12 52% 15 9 60% 0
1960 30 CIN NL 28 100% 5 17 3 0 2 1.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 21 3 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1961 31 DET AL 28 86% 5 3 0 0 0 1.83 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 19 3 16% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2187 88% 494 79 19 3 12 1.67 47 2 60 45 2 25 22 0 14 13 93% 444 63 14% 214 65 30% 1408 193 14% 134 67 50% 73 39 53% 0
MLB Averages 49% 82% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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 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 85 146 10 1 2 7
1955 25 239 804 726 76 184 26 2 25 95 3 2 59 62 .253 .309 .398 .707 92 289 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 1541 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 1759 1597 167 402 47 7 46 199 6 4 127 120 .252 .307 .376 .684 84 601 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1 5
1951 21 19 50 43 3 9 2 0 1 4 1 6 2 .209 .306 .326 .632 4 18
1954 24 119 415 372 39 96 13 1 10 43 2 34 36 .258 .316 .379 .695 45 114
1955 25 107 375 343 39 89 12 1 16 56 0 23 26 .259 .308 .440 .749 46 102
1956 26 98 360 333 44 78 6 2 10 44 1 21 20 .234 .283 .354 .638 33 94
1957 27 112 411 367 33 96 10 0 7 39 1 37 27 .262 .330 .346 .676 42 106
1958 28 79 230 213 17 55 6 3 4 26 1 13 14 .258 .301 .371 .672 24 76
1959 29 102 387 362 33 85 15 3 1 31 0 21 24 .235 .281 .301 .582 30 98
1960 30 24 29 29 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 .172 .172 .241 .414 1 23
1961 31 17 28 22 3 5 1 1 0 3 0 4 2 .227 .333 .364 .697 3 17
10 Yrs 682 2290 2089 212 520 68 11 49 249 6 159 154 .249 .303 .362 .665 229 653
162 Game Avg. 162 544 496 50 124 16 3 12 59 1 38 37 .249 .303 .362 .665 54 653

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
1954 AL  1.0 (10th)

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 StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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