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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #609. Dan Plesac… #610. Vic Aldridge… #611. Rod Beck… #612. FRANK KITSON… #613. Elden Auker… #614. Fred Norman… #615. Bobby Bolin… 

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 28 BLN NL 8 5 .615 3.24 17 13 4 13 1 0 119.1 123 71 43 0 35 32 8 1 2 508 110 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 92 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 97 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 Seasons 129 118 .522 3.18 304 250 50 211 19 7 2221.2 2331 1087 784 52 491 731 81 2 38 9212 100 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 100 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 100 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) AL 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) NL 83 58 .589 3.17 167 143 23 123 13 6 1248.2 1301 607 440 31 275 398 46 2 22 5183 111 1.262 9.4 0.2 2.0 2.9 1.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1898 28 BLN NL 119.1 13 71 76 3 1.0 5 0.1 $
1899 29 BLN NL 326.2 37 144 221 5 1.0 77 6.8 $
1900 30 BRO NL 253.1 30 152 169 1 1.0 17 2.0 $
1901 31 BRO NL 280.2 32 135 165 0 1.0 30 3.2 $
1902 32 BRO NL 268.2 30 105 130 4 1.0 25 2.3 $
1903 33 DET AL 257.2 28 112 135 1 1.0 23 2.1 $
1904 34 DET AL 199.2 24 100 90 0 1.0 -10 -1.5 $
1905 35 DET AL 225.2 27 120 107 -1 1.0 -13 -1.0 $
1906 36 WSH AL 197.0 21 97 92 -5 1.0 -5 -0.2 $
1907 37 WSH AL 32.0 3 20 15 -1 1.0 -5 -0.6 $
1907 37 NYY AL 61.0 4 31 28 -2 1.0 -3 0.3 $
10 Seasons 2221.2 249 1087 1228 5 1.0 141 13.5 $
BRO (3 yrs) 802.2 92 392 464 5 1.0 72 7.5 $
DET (3 yrs) 683.0 79 332 332 0 1.0 0 -0.4 $
WSH (2 yrs) 229.0 24 117 107 -6 1.0 -10 -0.8 $
BLN (2 yrs) 446.0 50 215 297 8 1.0 82 6.9 $
NYY (1 yr) 61.0 4 31 28 -2 1.0 -3 0.3 $

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 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 85 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 .697 113 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 32 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 Seasons 352 1034 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 38 155 .240 .274 .316 .590 73 309 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 476 450 54 108 13 8 2 44 6 17 71 .240 .274 .316 .590 73 142 3 5
BRO (3 yrs) 130 376 358 51 99 13 7 2 43 2 13 41 .277 .306 .369 .674 93 132 2 3
DET (3 yrs) 96 290 275 29 52 2 2 1 12 2 6 73 .189 .215 .222 .437 36 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 82 202 4 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1898 28 BLN NL 92 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $750 1O
1899 29 BLN NL 141 -13 0 0 0 0 4 5 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1900 30 BRO NL 116 -2 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1/O
1901 31 BRO NL 139 -3 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1/O3
1902 32 BRO NL 121 1 -1 0 0 0 3 4 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1
1903 33 DET AL 124 -10 0 0 0 0 5 4 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1/O
1904 34 DET AL 76 -3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1905 35 DET AL 90 -7 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1906 36 WSH AL 98 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $ 1
1907 37 WSH AL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1907 37 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
10 Seasons 1034 -33 -1 0 0 0 30 34 30 2.8 30 3.1 -0.3 $750
BRO (3 yrs) 376 -4 -1 0 0 0 11 12 18 1.8 18 1.8 0.0 $
DET (3 yrs) 290 -20 0 0 0 0 11 10 1 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $
WSH (2 yrs) 109 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $
BLN (2 yrs) 233 -11 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $750
NYY (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1898 BLN NL 28 P 17 119.1 41 4 32 5 0 .878 2.72 2.12 .918 2.65 2.55
1898 BLN NL 28 OF 11 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1.18 .937 2.08 0-4-7
1899 BLN NL 29 P 40 326.2 82 12 68 2 1 .976 2.20 2.00 .910 2.68 2.56
1900 BRO NL 30 P 40 253.1 56 12 39 5 0 .911 1.81 1.28 .921 2.67 2.59
1900 BRO NL 30 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 2.20 0-0-1
1901 BRO NL 31 P 38 280.2 73 13 56 4 2 .945 2.21 1.82 .934 2.75 2.72
1901 BRO NL 31 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 2.05 0-0-2
1901 BRO NL 31 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .978 10.20
1902 BRO NL 32 P 32 268.2 85 8 74 3 1 .965 2.75 2.56 .933 2.72 2.68
1903 DET AL 33 P 31 257.2 81 9 69 3 0 .963 2.72 2.52 .948 3.19 3.13
1903 DET AL 33 OF 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .952 1.96 3-0-2
1904 DET AL 34 P 26 199.2 78 6 68 4 2 .949 3.34 2.85 .952 3.45 3.39
1905 DET AL 35 P 33 225.2 77 5 65 7 0 .909 2.79 2.12 .942 3.25 3.21
1906 WSH AL 36 P 30 197.0 70 5 62 3 1 .957 3.06 2.23 .948 3.22 3.17
1907 TOT AL 37 P 17 93.0 25 4 19 2 0 .920 2.23 1.35 .946 3.28 3.25
1907 WSH AL 37 P 5 32.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.41 1.00 .947 3.29 3.24
1907 NYY AL 37 P 12 61.0 19 4 14 1 0 .947 2.66 1.50 .946 3.28 3.25
10 Seasons P 304 2221.2 668 78 552 38 7 .943 2.55 2.07 .935 2.95 2.89
4 Seasons OF 19 23 21 1 1 0 .957 1.16 .941 2.05 3-4-12
1 Season 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .978 10.20
10 Seasons TOT 324 2221.2 695 103 553 39 7 .944 2.55 2.02 .936 2.95 2.87 3-4-12
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.4 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.8 (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 (143rd)

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1899 NL  .976 (1st)
1902 NL  .965 (3rd)

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 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (551), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Dick Rudolph (931)
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  8. Dick Rudolph (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Dolf Luque (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
189828Baltimore Orioles$7501/14/1899 Sporting Life
Career to date (may be incomplete)$750
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