Frank Kitson
Frank R. Kitson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 11, 1869 in Hopkins, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1898
Final Game: July 22, 1907
Died: April 14, 1930 in Allegan, MI
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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 28 BLN NL 31 92 86 13 27 1 3 0 16 2 5 .314 .359 .395 .754 114 34 1 0 1O
1899 29 BLN NL 45 142 134 12 27 7 1 0 8 7 6 .201 .241 .269 .510 37 36 1 1 1
1900 30 BRO NL 43 116 109 20 32 5 1 0 16 2 6 .294 .330 .358 .688 85 39 0 1 1/O
1901 31 BRO NL 47 139 133 22 35 5 2 1 16 0 4 .263 .290 .353 .643 84 47 1 1 1/O3
1902 32 BRO NL 40 121 116 9 32 3 4 1 11 0 3 .276 .300 .397 .697 113 46 1 1 1
1903 33 DET AL 36 124 116 12 21 0 2 0 4 2 2 .181 .202 .216 .417 27 25 1 5 1/O
1904 34 DET AL 27 76 72 9 15 0 0 1 4 0 1 .208 .240 .250 .490 57 18 2 1 1
1905 35 DET AL 33 90 87 8 16 2 0 0 4 0 3 .184 .211 .207 .418 32 18 0 0 1
1906 36 WSH AL 33 98 90 9 22 4 4 1 12 1 8 .244 .306 .411 .717 129 37 0 0 1
1907 37 TOT AL 17 37 35 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 .229 .250 .257 .507 60 9 0 1 1
1907 37 WSH AL 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -7 1 0 0 /1
1907 37 NYY AL 12 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 .280 .280 .320 .600 85 8 0 1 1
10 Seasons 352 1035 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 39 .240 .274 .316 .590 73 309 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 476 450 54 108 13 8 2 44 6 18 .240 .274 .316 .590 73 142 3 5
BRO (3 yrs) 130 376 358 51 99 13 7 2 43 2 13 .277 .306 .369 .674 93 132 2 3
DET (3 yrs) 96 290 275 29 52 2 2 1 12 2 6 .189 .215 .222 .437 36 61 3 6
WSH (2 yrs) 38 109 100 9 23 4 4 1 12 1 9 .230 .294 .380 .674 116 38 0 0
BLN (2 yrs) 76 234 220 25 54 8 4 0 24 9 11 .245 .288 .318 .606 66 70 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 12 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 .280 .280 .320 .600 85 8 0 1
AL (5 yrs) 146 425 400 42 82 7 6 2 28 3 15 .205 .239 .268 .507 59 107 3 7
NL (5 yrs) 206 610 578 76 153 21 11 2 67 11 24 .265 .299 .349 .648 82 202 4 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1898 28 BLN NL 92 59 12 5.3 93 .314 .314 .280 .359 .345 .395 .360 .754 .704 114 .631 1.1 0.1 .712 .163 .081 .0
1899 29 BLN NL 142 108 8 1.9 104 .201 .201 .296 .241 .359 .269 .385 .510 .745 37 .185 -12.2 -1.2 .467 .164 .067 .0
1900 30 BRO NL 116 78 13 4.4 103 .294 .294 .294 .330 .356 .358 .388 .688 .744 85 .508 -2.4 -0.2 .610 .138 .064 .0
1901 31 BRO NL 139 99 13 3.5 91 .258 .263 .279 .290 .335 .353 .364 .643 .699 84 .444 -3.3 -0.4 .531 .120 .090 .0
1902 32 BRO NL 121 85 14 4.4 79 .270 .276 .268 .300 .323 .397 .329 .697 .652 113 .609 0.8 0.1 .595 .147 .121 .0
1903 33 DET AL 124 100 5 1.3 79 .181 .181 .258 .202 .307 .216 .350 .417 .657 27 .139 -10.4 -1.2 .316 .069 .034 .0
1904 34 DET AL 76 58 4 1.8 71 .197 .208 .248 .240 .299 .250 .326 .490 .625 57 .268 -3.7 -0.4 .368 .056 .042 .0
1905 35 DET AL 90 71 4 1.5 73 .184 .184 .249 .211 .308 .207 .325 .418 .634 32 .208 -6.9 -0.8 .296 .057 .023
1906 36 WSH AL 98 68 11 4.3 71 .236 .244 .250 .306 .305 .411 .320 .717 .626 129 .629 2.5 0.3 .676 .267 .167 1.0
1907 37 TOT AL 37 28 2 1.9 74 .229 .229 .258 .250 .313 .257 .322 .507 .635 60 .290 -1.7 -0.2 .370 .057 .029
1907 37 WSH AL 11 9 0 0.0 66 .100 .100 .245 .182 .299 .100 .306 .282 .605 -7 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .222 .100 .000
1907 37 NYY AL 26 19 2 2.8 77 .280 .280 .263 .280 .319 .320 .329 .600 .648 85 .454 -0.5 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
10 Seasons 1035 754 86 3.0 86 .237 .240 .271 .274 .328 .316 .352 .590 .680 73 .407 -36.3 -4.0 .497 .130 .076 6.2
162 Game Avg. 476 347 40 3.0 86 .237 .240 .271 .274 .328 .316 .352 .590 .680 73 .407 -36.3 -4.0 .497 .130 .076 3
BRO (3 yrs) 376 262 40 4.0 91 .272 .277 .280 .306 .337 .369 .360 .674 .698 93 .518 -5.0 -0.5 .575 .134 .092 2.0
DET (3 yrs) 290 229 13 1.5 75 .186 .189 .253 .215 .306 .222 .336 .437 .641 36 .190 -21.0 -2.4 .323 .062 .033 1.3
WSH (2 yrs) 109 77 11 3.8 71 .222 .230 .250 .294 .305 .380 .319 .674 .623 116 .577 1.4 0.1 .623 .250 .150 1.0
BLN (2 yrs) 234 167 20 3.1 99 .245 .245 .290 .288 .354 .318 .375 .606 .729 66 .369 -11.1 -1.1 .554 .164 .073 .0
NYY (1 yr) 26 19 2 2.8 77 .280 .280 .263 .280 .319 .320 .329 .600 .648 85 .453 -0.5 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
AL (5 yrs) 425 325 26 2.1 74 .201 .205 .253 .239 .306 .268 .331 .507 .637 59 .311 -20.2 -2.4 .403 .108 .063 2.4
NL (5 yrs) 610 429 60 3.7 94 .262 .265 .284 .299 .344 .349 .366 .648 .710 82 .462 -16.1 -1.6 .567 .145 .085 3.4

Cumulative Batting

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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
1898 28 31 92 86 13 27 1 3 0 16 2 5 .314 .359 .395 .754 114 34 1 0
1899 29 76 234 220 25 54 8 4 0 24 9 11 .245 .288 .318 .606 66 70 2 1
1900 30 119 350 329 45 86 13 5 0 40 11 17 .261 .302 .331 .633 72 109 2 2
1901 31 166 489 462 67 121 18 7 1 56 11 21 .262 .298 .338 .636 76 156 3 3
1902 32 206 610 578 76 153 21 11 2 67 11 24 .265 .299 .349 .648 82 202 4 4
1903 33 242 734 694 88 174 21 13 2 71 13 26 .251 .283 .327 .610 74 227 5 9
1904 34 269 810 766 97 189 21 13 3 75 13 27 .247 .279 .320 .599 72 245 7 10
1905 35 302 900 853 105 205 23 13 3 79 13 30 .240 .272 .308 .580 69 263 7 10
1906 36 335 998 943 114 227 27 17 4 91 14 38 .241 .275 .318 .593 74 300 7 10
1907 37 352 1035 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 39 .240 .274 .316 .590 73 309 7 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1898 28 33 94 88 11 26 1 3 0 14 2 5 0 .295 .340 .375 .715 11 31
1899 29 47 145 138 10 25 6 1 0 7 6 6 0 .181 .221 .239 .460 7 45
1900 30 49 125 119 18 31 5 1 0 14 2 6 0 .261 .296 .319 .615 11 43
1901 31 54 156 151 23 38 5 2 1 17 0 4 0 .252 .276 .331 .607 14 47
1902 32 46 141 136 11 39 4 5 1 14 0 4 0 .287 .312 .412 .724 17 40
1903 33 42 139 136 14 25 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 .184 .201 .213 .415 6 36
1904 34 28 80 77 12 18 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 .234 .263 .273 .535 5 27
1905 35 35 99 95 11 20 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 .211 .242 .232 .474 5 33
1906 36 35 107 98 12 26 5 5 1 16 1 9 0 .265 .327 .449 .776 15 33
1907 37 18 39 38 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 .263 .282 .289 .572 3 17
10 Seasons 387 1125 1076 127 258 29 19 4 103 13 42 0 .240 .273 .313 .586 94 352
162 Game Avg. 162 471 450 53 108 12 8 2 43 5 18 .240 .273 .313 .586 39 352

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1905 AL  born 1869-09-11 (10th)
1906 AL  born 1869-09-11 (9th)
1907 AL  born 1869-09-11 (9th)

                                         

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