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Frank Killen
Frank Bissell Killen (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 30, 1870 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1891
Final Game: June 27, 1900
Died: December 3, 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA
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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
1891 20 MIL AA 7 4 .636 1.68 11 11 0 11 2 0 96.2 73 42 18 1 51 38 0 0 4 374 262 1.283 6.8 0.1 4.7 3.5 0.75
1892 21 WHS NL 29 26 .527 3.31 60 52 7 46 2 0 459.2 448 286 169 15 182 147 0 0 18 0 98 1.371 8.8 0.3 3.6 2.9 0.81
1893 22 PIT NL 36 14 .720 3.64 55 48 6 38 2 0 415.0 401 235 168 12 140 99 0 1 10 0 125 1.304 8.7 0.3 3.0 2.1 0.71
1894 23 PIT NL 14 11 .560 4.50 28 28 0 20 1 0 204.0 261 148 102 3 86 62 0 0 2 0 116 1.701 11.5 0.1 3.8 2.7 0.72
1895 24 PIT NL 5 5 .500 5.49 13 11 2 6 0 0 95.0 113 77 58 2 57 25 0 0 3 0 83 1.789 10.7 0.2 5.4 2.4 0.44
1896 25 PIT NL 30 18 .625 3.41 52 50 1 44 5 0 432.1 476 244 164 7 119 134 0 1 9 0 123 1.376 9.9 0.1 2.5 2.8 1.13
1897 26 PIT NL 17 23 .425 4.46 42 41 1 38 1 0 337.1 417 246 167 4 76 99 8 0 5 0 94 1.461 11.1 0.1 2.0 2.6 1.30
1898 27 TOT NL 16 20 .444 3.68 40 39 1 32 0 0 306.0 350 186 125 7 70 91 13 1 6 0 98 1.373 10.3 0.2 2.1 2.7 1.30
1898 27 PIT NL 10 11 .476 3.75 23 23 0 17 0 0 177.2 201 106 74 3 41 48 11 0 3 0 95 1.362 10.2 0.2 2.1 2.4 1.17
1898 27 WHS NL 6 9 .400 3.58 17 16 1 15 0 0 128.1 149 80 51 4 29 43 2 1 3 0 102 1.387 10.4 0.3 2.0 3.0 1.48
1899 28 TOT NL 7 7 .500 4.45 14 14 0 12 0 0 111.1 126 76 55 3 30 26 4 0 6 0 93 1.401 10.2 0.2 2.4 2.1 0.87
1899 28 WHS NL 0 2 .000 6.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 18 11 8 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 65 1.833 13.5 0.0 3.0 2.3 0.75
1899 28 BSN NL 7 5 .583 4.26 12 12 0 11 0 0 99.1 108 65 47 3 26 23 3 0 5 0 98 1.349 9.8 0.3 2.4 2.1 0.88
1900 29 CHC NL 3 3 .500 4.67 6 6 0 6 0 0 54.0 65 31 28 1 11 4 2 0 1 0 78 1.407 10.8 0.2 1.8 0.7 0.36
10 Seasons 164 131 .556 3.78 321 300 18 253 13 0 2511.1 2730 1571 1054 55 822 725 27 3 64 374 108 1.414 9.8 0.2 2.9 2.6 0.88
162 Game Avg. 18 14 .556 3.78 35 33 2 28 1 0 275 299 172 115 6 90 79 3 0 7 41 108 1.414 9.8 0.2 2.9 2.6 0.88
PIT (6 yrs) 112 82 .577 3.97 213 201 10 163 9 0 1661.1 1869 1056 733 31 519 467 19 2 32 0 110 1.437 10.1 0.2 2.8 2.5 0.90
WHS (3 yrs) 35 37 .486 3.42 79 70 8 62 2 0 600.0 615 377 228 19 215 193 3 1 22 0 98 1.383 9.2 0.3 3.2 2.9 0.90
MIL (1 yr) 7 4 .636 1.68 11 11 0 11 2 0 96.2 73 42 18 1 51 38 0 0 4 374 262 1.283 6.8 0.1 4.7 3.5 0.75
BSN (1 yr) 7 5 .583 4.26 12 12 0 11 0 0 99.1 108 65 47 3 26 23 3 0 5 0 98 1.349 9.8 0.3 2.4 2.1 0.88
CHC (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.67 6 6 0 6 0 0 54.0 65 31 28 1 11 4 2 0 1 0 78 1.407 10.8 0.2 1.8 0.7 0.36
NL (9 yrs) 157 127 .553 3.86 310 289 18 242 11 0 2414.2 2657 1529 1036 54 771 687 27 3 60 0 106 1.420 9.9 0.2 2.9 2.6 0.89
AA (1 yr) 7 4 .636 1.68 11 11 0 11 2 0 96.2 73 42 18 1 51 38 0 0 4 374 262 1.283 6.8 0.1 4.7 3.5 0.75

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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
1891 20 MIL AA 11 43 35 8 8 3 0 0 5 0 8 7 .229 .372 .314 .686 82 11 0 1
1892 21 WHS NL 65 216 186 27 37 4 4 4 23 2 26 61 .199 .310 .328 .638 95 61 4 1/O
1893 22 PIT NL 55 193 171 35 47 6 6 4 30 1 22 28 .275 .358 .450 .808 116 77 0 1
1894 23 PIT NL 28 87 80 13 21 3 1 0 13 0 6 23 .263 .322 .325 .647 57 26 1 1
1895 24 PIT NL 14 45 38 7 13 0 1 0 5 2 6 7 .342 .444 .395 .839 122 15 1 0 1
1896 25 PIT NL 55 204 173 29 40 4 5 2 25 1 26 31 .231 .338 .347 .685 84 60 2 3 1
1897 26 PIT NL 42 147 129 16 32 4 0 1 7 2 17 .248 .340 .302 .642 73 39 1 0 1
1898 27 TOT NL 45 142 120 13 32 3 0 0 11 1 18 .267 .362 .292 .654 88 35 0 4 1/O
1898 27 PIT NL 24 75 65 6 17 1 0 0 4 0 6 .262 .324 .277 .601 74 18 0 4 1
1898 27 WHS NL 21 67 55 7 15 2 0 0 7 1 12 .273 .403 .309 .712 104 17 0 0 1/O
1899 28 TOT NL 14 47 46 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 1 .174 .191 .196 .387 3 9 0 0 1
1899 28 WHS NL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 /1
1899 28 BSN NL 12 42 41 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 .171 .190 .195 .386 2 8 0 0 1
1900 29 CHC NL 6 23 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .150 .227 .150 .377 7 3 1 1 /1
10 Seasons 335 1147 998 151 241 28 17 11 127 9 131 157 .241 .335 .337 .672 84 336 10 8
162 Game Avg. 162 555 483 73 117 14 8 5 61 4 63 .241 .335 .337 .672 84 162 5
PIT (6 yrs) 218 751 656 106 170 18 13 7 84 6 83 89 .259 .347 .358 .705 88 235 5 7
WHS (3 yrs) 88 288 246 34 53 6 4 4 31 3 38 61 .215 .330 .321 .651 96 79 4 0
MIL (1 yr) 11 43 35 8 8 3 0 0 5 0 8 7 .229 .372 .314 .686 82 11 0
BSN (1 yr) 12 42 41 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 .171 .190 .195 .386 2 8 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 6 23 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .150 .227 .150 .377 7 3 1 1
NL (9 yrs) 324 1104 963 143 233 25 17 11 122 9 123 150 .242 .334 .337 .671 84 325 10 8
AA (1 yr) 11 43 35 8 8 3 0 0 5 0 8 7 .229 .372 .314 .686 82 11 0

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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 Awards
1891 MIL AA 20 P 11 28 3 22 3 1 .893 2.27 .911 2.14
1892 WHS NL 21 P 60 163 20 121 22 2 .865 2.35 .905 2.17
1892 WHS NL 21 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.85 1-0-1
1893 PIT NL 22 P 55 133 16 103 14 2 .895 2.16 .915 2.07
1894 PIT NL 23 P 28 55 6 44 5 2 .909 1.79 .913 1.74
1895 PIT NL 24 P 13 27 1 26 0 1 1.000 2.08 .911 2.01
1896 PIT NL 25 P 52 140 15 115 10 1 .929 2.50 .915 2.20
1897 PIT NL 26 P 42 103 17 73 13 2 .874 2.14 .924 2.10
1898 TOT NL 27 P 40 89 12 69 8 3 .910 2.03 .918 2.25
1898 PIT NL 27 P 23 56 10 41 5 1 .911 2.22 .918 2.25
1898 WHS NL 27 P 17 33 2 28 3 2 .909 1.76 .918 2.25
1898 WHS NL 27 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .933 2.02 2-0-2
1899 TOT NL 28 P 14 35 6 24 5 0 .857 2.14 .914 2.24
1899 WHS NL 28 P 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.25
1899 BSN NL 28 P 12 34 6 24 4 0 .882 2.50 .912 2.24
1900 CHC NL 29 P 6 17 0 15 2 0 .882 2.50 .924 2.17
10 Seasons P 321 790 96 612 82 14 .896 2.21 .914 2.12
2 Seasons OF 6 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .925 1.97 3-0-3
10 Seasons TOT 327 794 100 612 82 14 .897 2.18 .811 2.11 3-0-3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1893 NL--3.643--7th
1894 NL--4.500--9th
1896 NL--3.414--9th

Wins s c a p y
1892 NL--29--7th
1893 NL--36--1st
1896 NL--30--1st
Career--164--197th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1893 NL--.720--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1893 NL--1.304--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1893 NL--8.696--3rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1893 NL--3.036--8th
1897 NL--2.028--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1894 NL--2.735--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1892 NL--60--3rd
1893 NL--55--2nd
1896 NL--52--1st
1897 NL--42--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1892 NL--459.7--4th
1893 NL--415.0--4th
1896 NL--432.3--1st
1897 NL--337.3--5th
Career--2511.3--230th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1893 NL--99--7th
1896 NL--134--3rd
1897 NL--99--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1892 NL--52--4th
1893 NL--48--2nd
1896 NL--50--1st
1897 NL--41--3rd
1898 NL--39--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1892 NL--46--5th
1893 NL--38--5th
1896 NL--44--1st
1897 NL--38--1st
Career--253--76th

Shutouts s c a p y
1891 AA--2--7th
1893 NL--2--3rd
1894 NL--1--7th
1896 NL--5--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1892 NL--15--2nd
1893 NL--12--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1892 NL--182--5th
1896 NL--119--10th
Career--822--219th

Hits s c a p y
1892 NL--448--3rd
1893 NL--401--9th
1896 NL--476--2nd
1897 NL--417--2nd
1898 NL--350--9th
Career--2730--168th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1893 NL--.707--6th
1896 NL--1.126--5th
1897 NL--1.303--6th
1898 NL--1.300--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1894 NL--.132--2nd
1896 NL--.146--8th
1897 NL--.107--7th
Career--.197--162nd

Losses s c a p y
1892 NL--26--5th
1897 NL--23--3rd
1898 NL--20--8th
Career--131--249th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1892 NL--169--5th
1896 NL--164--8th
1897 NL--167--3rd
Career--1054--188th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1892 NL--18--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1892 NL--7--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1893 NL--125--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1892 NL--61--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 18 (75), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 57 (258), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 58 (210), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Bob Forsch (924)
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  5. Frank Dwyer (917)
  6. Jouett Meekin (916)
  7. Elton Chamberlain (916)
  8. Bill Sherdel (915)
  9. Alvin Crowder (914)
  10. Red Lucas (913)
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  2. Elmer Smith (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ad Gumbert (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Stein (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Stein (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sadie McMahon (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kid Gleason (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wes Ferrell (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  2. Pink Hawley (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pink Hawley (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pink Hawley (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pink Hawley (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Clark Griffith (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 21, 1893: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Duke Farrell and $1,500.

August 5, 1898: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 25, 1899: Released by the Washington Senators.

May 11, 1899: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters.

July 28, 1899: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

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