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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
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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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
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

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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 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

             

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

November 20, 1957: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later, Kent Hadley, Duke Maas, Jim Small, John Tsitouris and Bill Tuttle to the Kansas City Athletics for a player to be named later, Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson and Gus Zernial. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

November 21, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Tom Acker.

February 24, 1961: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 21, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Chiti.

October 23, 1961: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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