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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1950 DET AL 20 C 5 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 4.20 0
1951 DET AL 21 C 18 70 56 11 3 1 .957 3.72 .983 4.40 0
1954 DET AL 24 C 107 99 880.0 494 434 56 4 7 .992 5.0 6.8 5 5.01 4.58 .986 5.40 4.76 4 9 23 32 58%
1955 DET AL 25 C 93 87 750.1 464 423 35 6 5 .987 2.0 3.2 2 5.49 4.92 .988 5.58 4.73 3 11 27 24 47%
1956 DET AL 26 C 88 78 700.2 490 450 33 7 8 .986 1.0 1.7 1 6.20 5.49 .988 5.91 5.02 3 16 17 17 50%
1957 DET AL 27 C 97 95 849.1 591 535 54 2 5 .997 3.0 4.2 3 6.24 6.07 .991 5.92 5.11 5 12 22 21 49%
1958 KCA AL 28 C 55 52 440.0 260 236 22 2 4 .992 -1.0 -2.7 -1 5.28 4.69 .990 6.01 5.34 7 10 17 15 47%
1959 KCA AL 29 C 95 92 808.2 499 447 43 9 7 .982 -6.0 -8.9 -6 5.45 5.16 .989 6.08 5.31 7 25 33 16 33%
1960 CIN NL 30 C 8 1 29.2 23 21 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.98 2.88 .987 6.58 5.41 0 0 1 1 50%
1961 DET AL 31 C 14 5 59.1 38 36 1 1 0 .974 -1.0 -20.2 -1 5.61 2.64 .989 6.20 5.44 0 2 3 1 25%
10 Seasons C 580 509 4518.0 2934 2642 258 34 38 .988 3.0 0.8 3 5.78 5.00 .988 5.81 5.01 29 85 143 127 47%
10 Seasons TOT 580 509 4518.0 2934 2642 258 34 38 .988 3.0 0.8 3 5.78 5.00 .977 5.81 5.01 29 85 143 127 47%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 DET AL 20 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 21 18 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 24 114 99 114 114 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1955 DET AL 25 102 87 102 102 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1956 DET AL 26 94 78 94 94 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1957 DET AL 27 106 95 106 106 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1958 KCA AL 28 76 52 76 76 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1959 KCA AL 29 98 92 98 98 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 CIN NL 30 23 1 23 23 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 DET AL 31 17 5 17 17 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 653 509 653 653 0 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 24 3852 3.99 4.46 82 100% 0 0 435 69 1 14 351 55 13 1 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 7 0 1 1 8 100%
1955 DET AL 25 3329 4.27 4.73 68 96% 0 0 421 51 1 13 354 35 9 0 0 3 6 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 DET AL 26 3187 4.41 4.91 67 99% 0 0 461 45 1 17 397 37 13 2 1 3 7 1 2 4 0 9 1 0 4 8 100%
1957 DET AL 27 3669 3.56 3.88 86 99% 0 0 536 68 0 4 464 54 17 0 1 7 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 13 92%
1958 KCA AL 28 1928 4.11 4.54 31 94% 1 0 238 23 0 10 205 23 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 4 50%
1959 KCA AL 29 3605 4.22 4.91 69 91% 0 1 446 49 2 16 378 40 13 0 0 7 9 1 2 6 4 7 0 0 0 12 67%
1960 CIN NL 30 140 5.76 6.37 2 100% 0 0 22 1 0 0 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 DET AL 31 276 4.55 5.61 5 80% 0 0 37 4 0 1 32 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 19986 4.09 4.58 410 97% 1 1 2596 310 5 75 2202 247 69 4 3 27 31 4 9 18 4 38 2 1 8 48 85%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.44 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 DET AL 24 4 9 1451 23 32 32 58% 22 27 0 5 1 0 3 1 48 35 1.43 1.19
1955 DET AL 25 3 11 1250 27 24 23 47% 24 16 3 4 0 4 0 0 56 28 1.24 1.29
1956 DET AL 26 3 16 1236 17 17 16 50% 12 16 3 1 2 0 1 1 63 20 1.21 1.21
1957 DET AL 27 5 12 1380 22 21 21 49% 20 19 2 2 0 0 3 0 49 28 1.25 1.28
1958 KCA AL 28 7 10 717 17 15 14 47% 13 11 3 1 1 3 0 0 42 17 1.34 1.06
1959 KCA AL 29 7 25 1381 33 16 15 33% 30 13 2 2 1 1 1 0 91 20 1.14 1.09
1960 CIN NL 30 0 0 60 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.01 0.94
1961 DET AL 31 0 2 114 3 1 0 25% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.47 0.54
8 Seasons 29 85 7589 143 127 122 47% 125 104 13 15 5 8 8 2 355 150 1.23 1.19
MLB Averages 42% 1.17 1.16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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