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Frank Isbell
William Frank Isbell (Bald Eagle)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 21, 1875 in Delevan, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1898
Final Game: October 3, 1909
Died: July 15, 1941 in Wichita, KS
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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 Awards
1898 22 CHC NL 45 169 159 17 37 4 0 0 8 3 3 .233 .252 .258 .509 46 41 1 6 O1/456
1901 25 CHW AL 137 612 556 93 143 15 8 3 70 52 36 .257 .311 .329 .640 80 183 7 13 *3/4516
1902 26 CHW AL 137 555 515 62 130 14 4 4 59 38 14 .252 .276 .318 .595 67 164 3 23 *3/621
1903 27 CHW AL 138 586 546 52 132 25 9 2 59 26 12 .242 .266 .332 .597 81 181 6 22 *35/4O6
1904 28 CHW AL 96 351 314 27 66 10 3 1 34 19 16 .210 .255 .271 .526 69 85 3 18 34/O6
1905 29 CHW AL 94 389 341 55 101 21 11 2 45 15 15 .296 .335 .440 .775 149 150 5 28 4O/36
1906 30 CHW AL 143 617 549 71 153 18 11 0 57 37 30 .279 .324 .352 .676 113 193 7 31 *4O/21
1907 31 CHW AL 125 536 486 60 118 19 7 0 41 22 22 .243 .281 .311 .592 91 151 4 24 *4/O16
1908 32 CHW AL 84 360 320 31 79 15 3 1 49 18 19 .247 .297 .322 .619 103 103 4 17 34
1909 33 CHW AL 120 477 433 33 97 17 6 0 33 23 23 .224 .265 .291 .556 78 126 1 20 3/O4
10 Seasons 1119 4652 4219 501 1056 158 62 13 455 253 190 .250 .289 .326 .616 89 1377 41 202
162 Game Avg. 162 673 611 73 153 23 9 2 66 37 28 .250 .289 .326 .616 89 199 6 29
CHW (9 yrs) 1074 4483 4060 484 1019 154 62 13 447 250 187 .251 .291 .329 .620 90 1336 40 196
CHC (1 yr) 45 169 159 17 37 4 0 0 8 3 3 .233 .252 .258 .509 46 41 1 6
AL (9 yrs) 1074 4483 4060 484 1019 154 62 13 447 250 187 .251 .291 .329 .620 90 1336 40 196
NL (1 yr) 45 169 159 17 37 4 0 0 8 3 3 .233 .252 .258 .509 46 41 1 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 30 CHW AL WS CHC W 6 26 26 4 8 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 .308 .308 .462 .769 12 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 26 26 4 8 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 .308 .308 .462 .769 12 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1898 22 CHC NL 4 7 .364 3.56 13 9 4 7 0 0 81.0 86 54 32 0 42 16 7 1 4 0 100 1.580 9.6 0.0 4.7 1.8 0.38
1901 25 CHW AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1902 26 CHW AL 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1906 30 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1907 31 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Seasons 4 7 .364 3.59 17 10 7 7 0 1 85.1 92 57 34 0 43 19 7 1 5 1 99 1.582 9.7 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44
162 Game Avg. 10 18 .364 3.59 43 25 18 18 0 3 215 232 144 86 0 108 48 18 3 13 3 99 1.582 9.7 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44
CHW (4 yrs) 0 0 4.15 4 1 3 0 0 1 4.1 6 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 71 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 4 7 .364 3.56 13 9 4 7 0 0 81.0 86 54 32 0 42 16 7 1 4 0 100 1.580 9.6 0.0 4.7 1.8 0.38
AL (4 yrs) 0 0 4.15 4 1 3 0 0 1 4.1 6 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 71 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
NL (1 yr) 4 7 .364 3.56 13 9 4 7 0 0 81.0 86 54 32 0 42 16 7 1 4 0 100 1.580 9.6 0.0 4.7 1.8 0.38

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1898 CHC NL 22 OF 28 45 40 3 2 0 .956 1.54 .936 2.03 4-12-11
1898 CHC NL 22 P 13 32 7 19 6 2 .813 2.00 .928 2.25
1898 CHC NL 22 2B 3 15 2 8 5 0 .667 3.33 .960 5.53
1898 CHC NL 22 3B 3 12 2 7 3 1 .750 3.00 .917 3.43
1898 CHC NL 22 SS 2 12 3 6 3 2 .750 4.50 .925 5.55
1901 CHW AL 25 1B 137 1519 1387 101 31 79 .980 10.86 .974 10.53
1901 CHW AL 25 2B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 5.65
1901 CHW AL 25 3B 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .933 3.50
1901 CHW AL 25 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.50
1901 CHW AL 25 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 5.30
1902 CHW AL 26 1B 133 1515 1401 93 21 97 .986 11.23 .980 10.73
1902 CHW AL 26 SS 4 12 4 7 1 3 .917 2.75 .925 5.68
1902 CHW AL 26 C 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 4.70 0
1902 CHW AL 26 P 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 2.60
1903 CHW AL 27 1B 117 1287 1180 87 20 57 .984 10.83 .981 10.59
1903 CHW AL 27 3B 19 89 25 49 15 1 .831 3.89 .929 3.11
1903 CHW AL 27 2B 2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 5.05
1903 CHW AL 27 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 1.90 0-0-1
1903 CHW AL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1904 CHW AL 28 1B 57 656 599 48 9 22 .986 11.35 .982 10.78
1904 CHW AL 28 2B 27 144 53 80 11 6 .924 4.93 .956 5.04
1904 CHW AL 28 OF 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.84 0-0-5
1904 CHW AL 28 SS 4 28 6 17 5 1 .821 5.75 .943 5.22
1905 CHW AL 29 2B 43 195 76 112 7 18 .964 4.37 .951 4.91
1905 CHW AL 29 OF 41 74 65 5 4 1 .946 1.71 .953 1.83 2-5-34
1905 CHW AL 29 1B 9 83 68 14 1 4 .988 9.11 .982 10.64
1905 CHW AL 29 SS 2 16 10 5 1 2 .938 7.50 .931 5.20
1906 CHW AL 30 2B 132 690 292 363 35 36 .949 4.96 .954 5.19
1906 CHW AL 30 OF 14 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1.21 .961 1.87 4-7-3
1906 CHW AL 30 C 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 5.50 0
1906 CHW AL 30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50
1907 CHW AL 31 2B 119 690 276 384 30 41 .957 5.55 .954 5.30
1907 CHW AL 31 OF 5 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 1.84 5-0-0
1907 CHW AL 31 P 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 .900 2.40
1907 CHW AL 31 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1908 CHW AL 32 1B 65 879 824 46 9 30 .990 13.38 .984 11.05
1908 CHW AL 32 2B 18 107 40 58 9 0 .916 5.44 .953 5.11
1909 CHW AL 33 1B 101 1278 1204 66 8 48 .994 12.57 .985 10.80
1909 CHW AL 33 OF 9 10 7 1 2 0 .800 0.89 .960 1.80 0-9-0
1909 CHW AL 33 2B 5 30 15 13 2 3 .933 5.60 .953 4.84
7 Seasons 1B 619 7217 6663 455 99 337 .986 11.50 .980 8.77
9 Seasons 2B 351 1880 758 1023 99 104 .947 5.07 .954 5.18
7 Seasons OF 103 165 146 10 9 1 .945 1.51 .950 1.89 15-33-54
3 Seasons 3B 23 104 27 58 19 2 .817 3.70 .928 3.17
5 Seasons P 17 37 7 24 6 3 .838 1.82 .927 2.31
7 Seasons SS 15 70 24 36 10 8 .857 4.00 .933 5.40
2 Seasons C 2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .950 5.10 0
10 Seasons TOT 1130 9479 7629 1608 242 455 .974 8.17 .948 7.83 15-33-54 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1905 AL--.296--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1905 AL--.440--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1905 AL--.775--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1901 AL--137--9th
1902 AL--137--6th
1903 AL--138--9th

At Bats s c a p y
1901 AL--556--7th
1903 AL--546--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1901 AL--612--10th

Triples s c a p y
1905 AL--11--9th
1906 AL--11--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1901 AL--52--1st
1902 AL--38--4th
1906 AL--37--3rd
Career--253--218th

Singles s c a p y
1906 AL--124--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1905 AL--149--2nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1905 AL--17--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1905 AL--2.0--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1905 AL--.694--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 AL--6--10th
1906 AL--7--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1902 AL--23--3rd
1903 AL--22--9th
1905 AL--28--9th
1906 AL--31--5th
1907 AL--24--10th
Career--202--82nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1901 AL--426--3rd
1902 AL--408--2nd
1903 AL--436--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (2104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mike Mowrey (923)
  6. George Moriarty (923)
  7. Bill Coughlin (922)
  8. Cliff Carroll (921)
  9. Doc Casey (920)
  10. Possum Whitted (919)
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  2. Charlie Buffinton (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Buffinton (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Adonis Terry (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Birmingham (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Danny Hoffman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jimmy McAleer (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Possum Whitted (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jimmy McAleer (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September, 1898: Traded by the Chicago Orphans to St. Paul (Western) for Bill Phyle.

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Name and misspellings: Bald William Eagle Frank frankie Isbell

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