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Frank Kitson

Frank R. Kitson

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 11, 1869 in Watson, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1898
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Tigers/Orioles/Senators/Highlanders 1898-1907

Final Game: July 22, 1907
Died: April 14, 1930 in Allegan, MI
Buried: Hudson Corners Cemetery, Allegan, MI
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Standard Batting

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 7 .314 .359 .395 .754 114 34 1 0 1O
1899 29 BLN NL 45 141 134 12 27 7 1 0 8 7 5 13 .201 .236 .269 .504 35 36 1 1 1
1900 30 BRO NL 43 116 109 20 32 5 1 0 16 2 6 13 .294 .330 .358 .688 86 39 0 1 1/O
1901 31 BRO NL 47 139 133 22 35 5 2 1 16 0 4 16 .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 12 .276 .300 .397 .697 115 46 1 1 1
1903 33 DET AL 36 124 116 12 21 0 2 0 4 2 2 31 .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 21 .208 .240 .250 .490 57 18 2 1 1
1905 35 DET AL 33 90 87 8 16 2 0 0 4 0 3 21 .184 .211 .207 .418 33 18 0 0 1
1906 36 WSH AL 33 98 90 9 22 4 4 1 12 1 8 16 .244 .306 .411 .717 129 37 0 0 1
1907 37 TOT AL 17 37 35 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 .229 .250 .257 .507 60 9 0 1 1
1907 37 WSH AL 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -7 1 0 0 /1
1907 37 NYY AL 12 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 .280 .280 .320 .600 85 8 0 1 1
10 Yrs 352 1034 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 38 155 .240 .274 .316 .590 74 309 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 476 450 54 108 13 8 2 44 6 17 71 .240 .274 .316 .590 74 142 3 5
BRO (3 yrs) 130 376 358 51 99 13 7 2 43 2 13 41 .277 .306 .369 .674 94 132 2 3
DET (3 yrs) 96 290 275 29 52 2 2 1 12 2 6 73 .189 .215 .222 .437 37 61 3 6
WSH (2 yrs) 38 109 100 9 23 4 4 1 12 1 9 18 .230 .294 .380 .674 116 38 0 0
BLN (2 yrs) 76 233 220 25 54 8 4 0 24 9 10 20 .245 .284 .318 .603 65 70 2 1
NYY (1 yr) 12 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 .280 .280 .320 .600 85 8 0 1
AL (5 yrs) 146 425 400 42 82 7 6 2 28 3 15 94 .205 .239 .268 .507 59 107 3 7
NL (5 yrs) 206 609 578 76 153 21 11 2 67 11 23 61 .265 .298 .349 .647 83 202 4 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1898 28 BLN NL 31 92 1 -0 0 0 4 5 0.4 3 8 0.4 .514 .503 0.4 -0.1 7 $750 1O
1899 29 BLN NL 45 141 -13 1 0 0 11 -2 -0.2 4 3 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1900 30 BRO NL 43 116 -3 -0 0 0 9 6 0.5 3 9 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 $ 1/O
1901 31 BRO NL 47 139 -3 0 0 0 10 7 0.7 4 11 0.7 .516 .505 0.7 -0.0 11 $ 1/O3
1902 32 BRO NL 40 121 1 0 0 0 9 10 1.1 4 14 1.1 .529 .507 1.1 -0.0 14 $ 1
1903 33 DET AL 36 124 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 4 3 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.1 3 $ 1/O
1904 34 DET AL 27 76 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1
1905 35 DET AL 33 90 -6 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 $ 1
1906 36 WSH AL 33 98 2 -0 0 0 7 9 1.0 3 12 1.0 .531 .506 1.0 0.0 12 $ 1
1907 37 WSH AL 5 11 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1907 37 NYY AL 12 26 -0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
10 Seasons 352 1034 -36 1 0 0 72 37 3.8 32 69 3.6 .511 .502 3.6 -0.2 69 $750
BRO (3 yrs) 130 376 -4 1 0 0 28 24 2.4 11 34 2.3 .519 .505 2.3 -0.1 35 $
DET (3 yrs) 96 290 -21 0 0 0 21 1 0.0 10 10 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.1 10 $
WSH (2 yrs) 38 109 1 -0 0 0 7 9 1.0 4 12 1.0 .526 .503 1.0 0.0 12 $
BLN (2 yrs) 76 233 -12 1 0 0 15 3 0.3 7 10 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.1 10 $750
NYY (1 yr) 12 26 -0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

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 .342 .314 .280 .359 .345 .395 .360 .754 .704 114 .632 1.1 0.1 .712 .163 .081 .0
1899 29 BLN NL 141 108 8 1.9 104 .223 .201 .296 .236 .359 .269 .386 .504 .745 35 .185 -12.5 -1.3 .458 .157 .067 .0
1900 30 BRO NL 116 78 13 4.4 102 .333 .294 .293 .330 .355 .358 .386 .688 .741 86 .509 -2.3 -0.2 .610 .138 .064 .0
1901 31 BRO NL 139 99 13 3.5 91 .293 .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 77 .301 .276 .265 .300 .320 .397 .326 .697 .646 115 .609 1.0 0.1 .595 .147 .121 .0
1903 33 DET AL 124 100 5 1.3 79 .247 .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 .280 .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 .242 .184 .248 .211 .307 .207 .324 .418 .631 33 .208 -6.8 -0.8 .296 .057 .023
1906 36 WSH AL 98 68 11 4.3 71 .288 .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 .267 .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 .125 .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 .318 .280 .263 .280 .319 .320 .328 .600 .648 85 .454 -0.5 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
10 Yrs 1034 754 86 3.0 86 .282 .240 .270 .274 .328 .316 .351 .590 .679 74 .407 -36.2 -4.0 .495 .129 .076 6.2
162 Game Avg. 476 347 40 3.0 86 .282 .240 .270 .274 .328 .316 .351 .590 .679 74 .407 -36.2 -4.0 .495 .129 .076 3
BRO (3 yrs) 376 262 40 4.0 90 .308 .277 .279 .306 .336 .369 .359 .674 .695 94 .518 -4.6 -0.5 .575 .134 .092 2.0
DET (3 yrs) 290 229 13 1.5 75 .254 .189 .252 .215 .305 .222 .335 .437 .640 37 .190 -20.9 -2.4 .323 .062 .033 1.3
WSH (2 yrs) 109 77 11 3.8 71 .272 .230 .250 .294 .305 .380 .319 .674 .623 116 .577 1.4 0.1 .623 .250 .150 1.0
BLN (2 yrs) 233 167 20 3.1 99 .270 .245 .290 .284 .354 .318 .375 .603 .729 65 .369 -11.4 -1.2 .548 .159 .073 .0
NYY (1 yr) 26 19 2 2.8 77 .318 .280 .263 .280 .319 .320 .328 .600 .648 85 .453 -0.5 -0.1 .444 .040 .040
AL (5 yrs) 425 325 26 2.1 74 .263 .205 .252 .239 .306 .268 .331 .507 .637 59 .311 -20.1 -2.4 .403 .108 .063 2.4
NL (5 yrs) 609 429 60 3.7 94 .293 .265 .283 .298 .343 .349 .365 .647 .708 83 .462 -16.1 -1.6 .565 .144 .085 3.4

Cumulative Batting

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 7 .314 .359 .395 .754 114 34 1 0
1899 29 76 233 220 25 54 8 4 0 24 9 10 20 .245 .284 .318 .603 65 70 2 1
1900 30 119 349 329 45 86 13 5 0 40 11 16 33 .261 .300 .331 .631 72 109 2 2
1901 31 166 488 462 67 121 18 7 1 56 11 20 49 .262 .297 .338 .635 75 156 3 3
1902 32 206 609 578 76 153 21 11 2 67 11 23 61 .265 .298 .349 .647 83 202 4 4
1903 33 242 733 694 88 174 21 13 2 71 13 25 92 .251 .282 .327 .609 74 227 5 9
1904 34 269 809 766 97 189 21 13 3 75 13 26 113 .247 .278 .320 .598 72 245 7 10
1905 35 302 899 853 105 205 23 13 3 79 13 29 134 .240 .271 .308 .579 69 263 7 10
1906 36 335 997 943 114 227 27 17 4 91 14 37 150 .241 .275 .318 .593 74 300 7 10
1907 37 352 1034 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 38 155 .240 .274 .316 .590 74 309 7 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 7 .295 .340 .375 .715 11 31
1899 29 47 146 139 11 26 7 1 0 7 7 5 14 .187 .221 .252 .472 7 45
1900 30 49 126 119 18 31 5 1 0 14 2 6 15 .261 .296 .319 .615 11 43
1901 31 54 157 151 23 38 5 2 1 17 0 4 19 .252 .276 .331 .607 14 47
1902 32 46 142 136 11 39 4 5 1 14 0 4 14 .287 .312 .412 .724 17 40
1903 33 42 145 136 14 25 0 2 0 5 2 2 36 .184 .201 .213 .415 6 36
1904 34 28 81 77 12 18 0 0 1 5 0 1 22 .234 .263 .273 .535 5 27
1905 35 35 99 95 11 20 2 0 0 6 0 4 22 .211 .242 .232 .474 5 33
1906 36 35 107 98 12 26 5 5 1 16 1 9 17 .265 .327 .449 .776 15 33
1907 37 18 40 38 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 5 .263 .282 .289 .572 3 17
10 Yrs 387 1137 1077 128 259 30 19 4 103 14 41 171 .240 .273 .315 .588 94 352
162 Game Avg. 162 476 451 54 108 13 8 2 43 6 17 72 .240 .273 .315 .588 39 352

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1899 NL  7.5 (8th)

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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