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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 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 0 110 1.324 9.3 0.0 2.6 2.4 0.91
1899 29 BLN NL 22 16 .579 2.77 40 37 3 34 2 0 327.2 329 144 101 6 65 75 12 0 6 0 143 1.202 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 0 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 0 112 1.350 10.0 0.3 2.1 4.1 1.90
1902 32 BRO NL 19 12 .613 2.84 31 30 1 28 3 0 259.2 251 105 82 4 48 107 7 0 4 0 97 1.151 8.7 0.1 1.7 3.7 2.23
1903 33 DET AL 15 16 .484 2.58 31 28 3 28 2 0 257.2 277 112 74 8 38 102 6 0 3 1094 111 1.223 9.7 0.3 1.3 3.6 2.68
1904 34 DET AL 8 13 .381 3.07 26 24 2 19 0 1 199.2 211 100 68 7 38 69 7 0 5 842 83 1.247 9.5 0.3 1.7 3.1 1.82
1905 35 DET AL 12 14 .462 3.47 33 27 6 21 3 1 225.2 230 120 87 3 57 78 11 0 3 0 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 0 72 1.284 9.0 0.1 2.6 2.7 1.04
1907 37 TOT AL 4 3 .571 3.39 17 7 9 5 0 0 93.0 116 51 35 1 26 25 6 0 1 409 79 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 1 139 61 1.563 11.5 0.3 2.5 3.1 1.22
1907 37 NYY AL 4 0 1.000 3.10 12 4 7 3 0 0 61.0 75 31 21 0 17 14 4 0 0 270 90 1.508 11.1 0.0 2.5 2.1 0.82
10 Seasons 128 117 .522 3.18 303 249 50 210 19 8 2213.2 2328 1087 781 52 487 729 82 2 38 2345 99 1.272 9.5 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.50
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .522 3.18 37 31 6 26 2 1 273 287 134 96 6 60 90 10 0 5 289 99 1.272 9.5 0.2 2.0 3.0 1.50
BRO (3 yrs) 53 36 .596 3.32 109 92 16 75 10 6 793.2 846 392 293 25 171 289 26 1 14 0 100 1.281 9.6 0.3 1.9 3.3 1.69
DET (3 yrs) 35 43 .449 3.02 90 79 11 68 5 2 683.0 718 332 229 18 133 249 24 0 11 1936 90 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 5 139 71 1.323 9.3 0.1 2.6 2.8 1.06
BLN (2 yrs) 30 21 .588 2.90 57 50 7 47 3 0 447.0 452 215 144 6 100 107 20 1 8 0 133 1.235 9.1 0.1 2.0 2.2 1.07
NYY (1 yr) 4 0 1.000 3.10 12 4 7 3 0 0 61.0 75 31 21 0 17 14 4 0 0 270 90 1.508 11.1 0.0 2.5 2.1 0.82
AL (5 yrs) 45 60 .429 3.18 137 107 27 88 6 2 973.0 1030 480 344 21 216 333 36 0 16 2345 85 1.281 9.5 0.2 2.0 3.1 1.54
NL (5 yrs) 83 57 .593 3.17 166 142 23 122 13 6 1240.2 1298 607 437 31 271 396 46 2 22 0 111 1.265 9.4 0.2 2.0 2.9 1.46

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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

Standard Fielding

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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
1898 BLN NL 28 P 17 41 4 32 5 0 .878 2.12 .922 2.25
1898 BLN NL 28 OF 11 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1.18 .936 2.03 0-4-7
1899 BLN NL 29 P 40 82 12 68 2 1 .976 2.00 .902 2.24
1900 BRO NL 30 P 40 56 12 39 5 0 .911 1.28 .921 2.17
1900 BRO NL 30 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 0-0-1
1901 BRO NL 31 P 38 73 13 56 4 2 .945 1.82 .933 2.39
1901 BRO NL 31 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.05 0-0-2
1901 BRO NL 31 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 10.00
1902 BRO NL 32 P 32 85 8 74 3 1 .965 2.56 .931 2.41
1903 DET AL 33 P 31 81 9 69 3 0 .963 2.52 .947 2.73
1903 DET AL 33 OF 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .950 1.92 3-0-2
1904 DET AL 34 P 26 78 6 68 4 2 .949 2.85 .953 3.01
1905 DET AL 35 P 33 77 5 65 7 0 .909 2.12 .945 2.61
1906 WSH AL 36 P 30 70 5 62 3 1 .957 2.23 .947 2.52
1907 TOT AL 37 P 17 25 4 19 2 0 .920 1.35 .948 2.44
1907 WSH AL 37 P 5 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.00 .950 2.44
1907 NYY AL 37 P 12 19 4 14 1 0 .947 1.50 .947 2.43
10 Seasons P 304 668 78 552 38 7 .943 2.07 .935 2.46
4 Seasons OF 19 23 21 1 1 0 .957 1.16 .939 2.01 3-4-12
1 Season 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 10.00
10 Seasons TOT 324 695 103 553 39 7 .944 2.02 .879 2.46 3-4-12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1899 NL  2.774 (7th)
Career  3.175 (236th)

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  1.202 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  9.037 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  1.785 (4th)
1900 NL  1.990 (8th)
1902 NL  1.664 (7th)
1903 AL  1.327 (6th)
Career  1.980 (84th)

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)
1904 AL  1 (2nd)
1905 AL  1 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1899 NL  327.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1902 NL  107 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1899 NL  34 (10th)
Career  210 (122nd)

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  2.229 (7th)
1903 AL  2.684 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  .211 (181st)

Losses s c a p y
1903 AL  16 (6th)

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  82 (108th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1899 NL  143 (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 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (474), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August, 1897: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from Burlington (Western Association) for $1,000.

October 25, 1902: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Detroit Tigers.

December 5, 1905: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Senators for Happy Townsend.

May 30, 1907: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Washington Senators.

August, 1907: Purchased by Kansas City (American Association) from the New York Highlanders.

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