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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 Pitching

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 28 BLN NL 8 5 .615 3.24 17 13 4 13 1 0 119.1 123 71 43 0 35 32 8 1 2 508 111 1.324 9.3 0.0 2.6 2.4 0.91
1899 29 BLN NL 22 16 .579 2.78 40 37 3 34 2 0 326.2 327 144 101 6 65 75 12 0 6 1333 143 1.200 9.0 0.2 1.8 2.1 1.15
1900 30 BRO NL 15 13 .536 4.19 40 30 9 21 2 4 253.1 283 152 118 12 56 55 9 1 7 1069 91 1.338 10.1 0.4 2.0 2.0 0.98
1901 31 BRO NL 19 11 .633 2.98 38 32 6 26 5 2 280.2 312 135 93 9 67 127 10 0 3 1194 113 1.350 10.0 0.3 2.1 4.1 1.90
1902 32 BRO NL 19 13 .594 2.85 32 31 1 29 3 0 268.2 256 105 85 4 52 109 7 0 4 1079 96 1.146 8.6 0.1 1.7 3.7 2.10
1903 33 DET AL 15 16 .484 2.58 31 28 3 28 2 0 257.2 277 112 74 8 38 102 5 0 3 1055 111 1.223 9.7 0.3 1.3 3.6 2.68
1904 34 DET AL 9 13 .409 3.07 26 24 2 19 0 0 199.2 211 100 68 7 38 69 7 0 5 821 83 1.247 9.5 0.3 1.7 3.1 1.82
1905 35 DET AL 12 14 .462 3.47 33 27 5 21 3 1 225.2 230 120 87 3 57 78 11 0 3 934 79 1.272 9.2 0.1 2.3 3.1 1.37
1906 36 WSH AL 6 14 .300 3.65 30 21 7 15 1 0 197.0 196 97 80 2 57 59 6 0 4 810 72 1.284 9.0 0.1 2.6 2.7 1.04
1907 37 TOT AL 4 3 .571 3.39 17 7 10 5 0 0 93.0 116 51 35 1 26 25 6 0 1 409 80 1.527 11.2 0.1 2.5 2.4 0.96
1907 37 WSH AL 0 3 .000 3.94 5 3 2 2 0 0 32.0 41 20 14 1 9 11 2 0 1 142 62 1.563 11.5 0.3 2.5 3.1 1.22
1907 37 NYY AL 4 0 1.000 3.10 12 4 8 3 0 0 61.0 75 31 21 0 17 14 4 0 0 267 91 1.508 11.1 0.0 2.5 2.1 0.82
10 Yrs 129 118 .522 3.18 304 250 50 211 19 7 2221.2 2331 1087 784 52 491 731 81 2 38 9212 99 1.270 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.49
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .522 3.18 37 31 6 26 2 1 273 286 133 96 6 60 90 10 0 5 1131 99 1.270 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.49
BRO (3 yrs) 53 37 .589 3.32 110 93 16 76 10 6 802.2 851 392 296 25 175 291 26 1 14 3342 99 1.278 9.5 0.3 2.0 3.3 1.66
DET (3 yrs) 36 43 .456 3.02 90 79 10 68 5 1 683.0 718 332 229 18 133 249 23 0 11 2810 91 1.246 9.5 0.2 1.8 3.3 1.87
WSH (2 yrs) 6 17 .261 3.69 35 24 9 17 1 0 229.0 237 117 94 3 66 70 8 0 5 952 71 1.323 9.3 0.1 2.6 2.8 1.06
BLN (2 yrs) 30 21 .588 2.91 57 50 7 47 3 0 446.0 450 215 144 6 100 107 20 1 8 1841 133 1.233 9.1 0.1 2.0 2.2 1.07
NYY (1 yr) 4 0 1.000 3.10 12 4 8 3 0 0 61.0 75 31 21 0 17 14 4 0 0 267 91 1.508 11.1 0.0 2.5 2.1 0.82
AL (5 yrs) 46 60 .434 3.18 137 107 27 88 6 1 973.0 1030 480 344 21 216 333 35 0 16 4029 85 1.281 9.5 0.2 2.0 3.1 1.54
NL (5 yrs) 83 58 .589 3.17 167 143 23 123 13 6 1248.2 1301 607 440 31 275 398 46 2 22 5183 110 1.262 9.4 0.2 2.0 2.9 1.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1898 28 BLN NL 119.1 17 13 71 5.35 4.86 0.36 0.00 100.0 4.50 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .452 .495 $750
1899 29 BLN NL 326.2 40 37 144 3.97 5.22 0.20 0.00 103.0 5.17 53 5.2 1.0 -0.3 7.7 83 .631 .532 $
1900 30 BRO NL 253.1 40 30 152 5.40 5.14 0.05 0.00 103.0 5.24 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 1.9 21 .501 .500 $
1901 31 BRO NL 280.2 38 32 135 4.33 4.52 -0.01 0.00 101.0 4.57 10 1.1 1.0 -0.4 2.9 32 .528 .506 $
1902 32 BRO NL 268.2 32 31 105 3.52 3.98 0.20 0.00 98.0 3.71 8 1.0 1.0 -0.3 2.7 26 .530 .506 $
1903 33 DET AL 257.2 31 28 112 3.91 4.09 0.06 0.00 97.0 3.91 4 0.5 1.0 -0.3 2.5 23 .516 .503 $
1904 34 DET AL 199.2 26 24 100 4.51 3.60 0.03 0.00 98.0 3.50 -20 -2.3 1.0 -0.2 -0.7 -6 .412 .486 $
1905 35 DET AL 225.2 33 27 120 4.79 3.74 -0.08 0.00 103.0 3.94 -20 -2.2 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .433 .486 $
1906 36 WSH AL 197.0 30 21 97 4.43 3.70 -0.35 0.00 98.0 3.97 -9 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 7 .464 .493 $
1907 37 WSH AL 32.0 5 3 20 5.63 3.71 -0.52 0.00 95.0 4.02 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .379 .496 $
1907 37 NYY AL 61.0 12 4 31 4.57 3.61 -0.58 0.00 110.0 4.61 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .503 .500 $
10 Seasons 2221.2 304 250 1087 4.40 4.33 0.02 0.00 100.5 4.33 13 0.8 1.0 -2.1 17.4 190 .503 .500 $750
BRO (3 yrs) 802.2 110 93 392 4.40 4.53 0.08 0.00 100.6 4.49 19 2.1 1.0 -0.9 7.5 80 .519 .504 $
DET (3 yrs) 683.0 90 79 332 4.37 3.83 0.01 0.00 99.3 3.80 -35 -4.0 1.0 -0.6 1.4 15 .456 .492 $
WSH (2 yrs) 229.0 35 24 117 4.60 3.70 -0.38 0.00 97.6 3.98 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.2 0.2 4 .452 .495 $
BLN (2 yrs) 446.0 57 50 215 4.34 5.12 0.24 0.00 102.2 4.99 45 4.4 1.0 -0.4 7.8 85 .578 .514 $750
NYY (1 yr) 61.0 12 4 31 4.57 3.61 -0.58 0.00 110.0 4.61 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .503 .500 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1898 28 8 5 .615 3.24 17 13 4 13 1 0 119.1 123 71 43 0 35 32 8 1 2 508 111 1.324 9.3 0.0 2.6 2.4 0.91 111
1899 29 30 21 .588 2.91 57 50 7 47 3 0 446.0 450 215 144 6 100 107 20 1 8 1841 133 1.233 9.1 0.1 2.0 2.2 1.07 133
1900 30 45 34 .570 3.37 97 80 16 68 5 4 699.1 733 367 262 18 156 162 29 2 15 2910 114 1.271 9.4 0.2 2.0 2.1 1.04 114
1901 31 64 45 .587 3.26 135 112 22 94 10 6 980.0 1045 502 355 27 223 289 39 2 18 4104 114 1.294 9.6 0.2 2.0 2.7 1.30 114
1902 32 83 58 .589 3.17 167 143 23 123 13 6 1248.2 1301 607 440 31 275 398 46 2 22 5183 110 1.262 9.4 0.2 2.0 2.9 1.45 110
1903 33 98 74 .570 3.07 198 171 26 151 15 6 1506.1 1578 719 514 39 313 500 51 2 25 6238 110 1.255 9.4 0.2 1.9 3.0 1.60 110
1904 34 107 87 .552 3.07 224 195 28 170 15 6 1706.0 1789 819 582 46 351 569 58 2 30 7059 107 1.254 9.4 0.2 1.9 3.0 1.62 107
1905 35 119 101 .541 3.12 257 222 33 191 18 7 1931.2 2019 939 669 49 408 647 69 2 33 7993 104 1.256 9.4 0.2 1.9 3.0 1.59 104
1906 36 125 115 .521 3.17 287 243 40 206 19 7 2128.2 2215 1036 749 51 465 706 75 2 37 8803 100 1.259 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.52 100
1907 37 129 118 .522 3.18 304 250 50 211 19 7 2221.2 2331 1087 784 52 491 731 81 2 38 9212 99 1.270 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.49 99

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1898 28 8 5 .615 2.93 123.0 122 44 40 0 35 33 8 1.276 8.9 2.6 2.4 0.94 0.0 17
1899 29 28 9 .757 2.31 339.0 312 97 87 6 62 78 11 1.103 8.3 1.6 2.1 1.26 0.2 40
1900 30 18 13 .581 3.48 287.0 293 123 111 12 58 62 9 1.223 9.2 1.8 1.9 1.07 0.4 40
1901 31 23 12 .657 2.91 315.0 351 113 102 10 75 143 11 1.352 10.0 2.1 4.1 1.91 0.3 38
1902 32 17 14 .548 3.52 284.0 314 123 111 5 64 115 9 1.331 10.0 2.0 3.6 1.80 0.2 32
1903 33 19 12 .613 3.10 279.0 340 107 96 10 47 110 6 1.387 11.0 1.5 3.5 2.34 0.3 31
1904 34 9 11 .450 4.43 183.0 246 100 90 8 44 63 8 1.585 12.1 2.2 3.1 1.43 0.4 26
1905 35 10 13 .435 4.48 215.0 261 119 107 3 65 74 12 1.516 10.9 2.7 3.1 1.14 0.1 33
1906 36 7 13 .350 5.14 184.0 231 117 105 2 67 55 7 1.620 11.3 3.3 2.7 0.82 0.1 30
1907 37 4 5 .444 4.40 88.0 131 48 43 1 29 24 7 1.818 13.4 3.0 2.5 0.83 0.1 17
10 Yrs 143 107 .572 3.49 2297.0 2601 991 892 57 546 757 88 1.370 10.2 3.0 1.39 0.2 304

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1899 NL  7.7 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1899 NL  2.78 (6th)
Career  3.18 (237th)

Wins s c a p y
1899 NL  22 (10th)
1902 NL  19 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1900 NL  .536 (9th)
1901 NL  .633 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1899 NL  1.200 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  9.009 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  1.791 (5th)
1900 NL  1.990 (8th)
1902 NL  1.742 (8th)
1903 AL  1.327 (6th)
Career  1.989 (89th)

Games Played s c a p y
1900 NL  40 (7th)
1901 NL  38 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1900 NL  4 (1st)
1901 NL  2 (3rd)
1905 AL  1 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1899 NL  326.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1902 NL  109 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1899 NL  34 (10th)
1902 NL  29 (10th)
Career  211 (121st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1900 NL  2 (10th)
1901 NL  5 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  12 (1st)
1901 NL  9 (4th)
1902 NL  4 (3rd)
1903 AL  8 (4th)
1904 AL  7 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1901 NL  312 (7th)
1903 AL  277 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1899 NL  1.154 (7th)
1902 NL  2.096 (10th)
1903 AL  2.684 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  0.211 (180th)

Losses s c a p y
1903 AL  16 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  118 (7th)
1902 NL  85 (10th)
1905 AL  87 (5th)
1906 AL  80 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1905 AL  11 (10th)
Career  81 (144th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1900 NL  9 (2nd)
1901 NL  6 (5th)
1906 AL  7 (9th)
1907 AL  10 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1899 NL  143 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  42 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1899 NL  4.0 (6th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (493), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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