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Frank Kreutzer

Franklin James Kreutzer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 7, 1939 in Buffalo, NY
High School: St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY)
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1962
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox 1962-1969

Final Game: May 12, 1969
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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
1961	22	BOS-min	B	12	11	.522	3.39	32	29					207.0	184	98	78	8	95								1.348	8.0	0.3	4.1			WSM · CARL
1962	23	CHW-min	AAA	15	10	.600	3.29	32	30		6	3		194.0	168	84	71	14	105	1	121	4	1	8			1.407	7.8	0.6	4.9	5.6	1.15	INA · AA
1962	23	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5		0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1963	24	CHW-min	AAA	12	13	.480	3.51	35	29					213.0	202	98	83	17	88		157						1.362	8.5	0.7	3.7	6.6	1.78	INA · IL
1963	24	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	211	0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.00
1964	25	TOT	AL	5	7	.417	4.10	30	11	6	0	0	1	85.2	85	41	39	7	41	3	59	1	1	2	382	89	1.471	8.9	0.7	4.3	6.2	1.44
1964	25	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	3.35	17	2	5	0	0	1	40.1	37	15	15	1	18	3	32	0	1	1	176	104	1.364	8.3	0.2	4.0	7.1	1.78
1964	25	WSA	AL	2	6	.250	4.76	13	9	1	0	0	0	45.1	48	26	24	6	23	0	27	1	0	1	206	79	1.566	9.5	1.2	4.6	5.4	1.17
1965	26	WSA	AL	2	6	.250	4.32	33	14	4	2	1	0	85.1	73	48	41	7	54	1	65	2	0	5	379	80	1.488	7.7	0.7	5.7	6.9	1.20
1966	27	TEX-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.89	23	21		7	2		141.0	137	72	61	12	69	2	91	5	0	9			1.461	8.7	0.8	4.4	5.8	1.32	HAW · PCL
1966	27	WSA	AL	0	5	.000	6.03	9	6	1	0	0	0	31.1	30	24	21	9	10	1	24	1	0	4	138	58	1.277	8.6	2.6	2.9	6.9	2.40

1967	28	TEX-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.30	28	22		4	1		136.0	142	80	65	5	75	5	102	1	0	15			1.596	9.4	0.3	5.0	6.8	1.36	HAW · PCL
1968	29	ATL-TEX-min	AAA	5	10	.333	4.16	23	18		1	0		119.0	124	69	55	10	62	4	81	4	0	5			1.563	9.4	0.8	4.7	6.1	1.31	RMD,BFL · IL
1969	30	PIT-TEX-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.71	26	14		5	0	0	109.0	114	62	57	9	60	3	59	2	0	12			1.596	9.4	0.7	5.0	4.9	0.98	CLB,BFL · IL
1969	30	WSA	AL	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	94	2.500	13.5	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
6 Yrs				8	18	.308	4.40	78	32	12	2	1	1	210.2	194	115	103	24	109	5	151	4	1	11	932	81	1.438	8.3	1.0	4.7	6.5	1.39
162 Game Avg.				5	11	.308	4.40	48	20	7	1	1	1	130	120	71	64	15	67	3	93	2	1	7	576	81	1.438	8.3	1.0	4.7	6.5	1.39

WSA (4 yrs)				4	17	.190	4.77	59	29	7	2	1	0	164.0	154	99	87	22	89	2	118	4	0	10	734	75	1.482	8.5	1.2	4.9	6.5	1.33
CHW (3 yrs)				4	1	.800	3.09	19	3	5	0	0	1	46.2	40	16	16	2	20	3	33	0	1	1	198	115	1.286	7.7	0.4	3.9	6.4	1.65

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
1962	23	CHW	AL	1.1	1	0	0	0.00	4.29	0.10	-0.18	98.0	3.93	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.566	.500	$
1963	24	CHW	AL	5.0	1	1	1	1.80	3.54	0.25	0.06	92.0	3.07	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.591	.501	$
1964	25	CHW	AL	40.1	17	2	15	3.35	4.16	0.61	-0.11	96.3	3.32	0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.3	3	.503	.500	$
1964	25	WSA	AL	45.1	13	9	26	5.16	4.16	0.12	0.05	101.7	4.16	-4	-0.5	1.9	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.463	.497	$8,000
1965	26	WSA	AL	85.1	33	14	48	5.06	4.07	-0.27	0.01	100.6	4.38	-6	-0.7	.9	-0.1	-0.1	1	.479	.496	$10,000
1966	27	WSA	AL	31.1	9	6	24	6.89	4.10	0.25	0.04	102.1	3.98	-10	-1.0	.1	0.0	-0.7	-8	.388	.494	$

1969	30	WSA	AL	2.0	4	0	1	4.50	4.89	0.20	-0.20	91.6	4.11	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.498	.500	$10,000
6 Seasons				210.2	78	32	115	4.91	4.11	0.08	-0.00	99.9	4.03	-19	-2.0	.9	-0.2	-0.5	-3	.475	.498	$28,000

WSA (4 yrs)				164.0	59	29	99	5.43	4.11	-0.06	0.02	101.1	4.24	-20	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.463	.497	$28,000
CHW (3 yrs)				46.2	19	3	16	3.09	4.09	0.55	-0.09	95.9	3.31	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.5	5	.511	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1962	23	CHW	AL	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	24	CHW	AL	1	17	16	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	.133	6	2	0	0	0	0	1
1964	25	CHW	AL	17	176	155	15	37	7	2	1	0	0	18	32	.239	.316	.329	.645	.293	51	1	0	2	1	3	3
1964	25	TOT	AL	30	382	335	41	85	19	2	7	2	2	41	59	.254	.335	.385	.720	.288	129	3	1	3	2	3	7
1964	25	WSA	AL	13	206	180	26	48	12	0	6	2	2	23	27	.267	.351	.433	.785	.284	78	2	1	1	1	0	4
1965	26	WSA	AL	33	379	315	48	73	12	1	7	6	3	54	65	.232	.344	.343	.687	.267	108	7	2	4	4	1	7
1966	27	WSA	AL	9	138	127	24	30	5	3	9	2	0	10	24	.236	.297	.535	.833	.223	68	0	1	0	0	1	2

1969	30	WSA	AL	4	11	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	.444	.899	.429	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				78	932	806	115	194	37	6	24	11	5	109	151	.241	.332	.391	.723	.267	315	12	4	7	6	5	17
162 Game Avg.				48	576	498	71	120	23	4	15	7	3	67	93	.241	.332	.391	.723	.267	195	7	2	4	4	3	11
MLB Averages																.247	.312	.370	.681	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1962	23	CHW	AL	0.8	0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.25	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.1	1.25	0.7	0	0	1
1963	24	CHW	AL	1.2	0.1	17	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.88	-0.0	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.88	-0.5	0	0	0
1964	25	TOT	AL	-3.2	-0.3	392	-0.7	5.9	-6.6	.93	-0.6	-0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.93	-8.5	5	4	9
1964	25	CHW	AL	1.5	0.2	178	0.4	2.5	-2.1	.80	0.4	0.2	3.5	0.4	0.80	1.6	3	3	8
1964	25	WSA	AL	-4.7	-0.5	214	-1.1	3.4	-4.5	1.04	-1.0	-0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.04	-10.1	2	1	1
1965	26	WSA	AL	-8.5	-0.9	394	-0.8	5.1	-5.9	.79	-0.8	-0.3	-9.7	-1.0	0.79	-8.5	4	1	14
1966	27	WSA	AL	-8.7	-0.9	143	-1.0	2.0	-3.0	.92	-1.3	0.2	-8.5	-0.9	0.92	-11.1	0	0	3

1969	30	WSA	AL	0.0	0.0	11	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.09	-0.1	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2	1.09	-1.1	2	1	1
6 Yrs				-18.5	-1.9	963	-2.6	13.6	-16.1	.87	-2.8	-0.2	-22.4	-2.2	0.87	-29.1	11	6	28

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1963	24	CHW	AL	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56.0	56	56	0	0	0	1	7.9	6.8	5.0
1964	25	TOT	AL	30	11	3	5	3	1	1	4	7	.364	0	2	0	0	3	27%	46.8	65	29	20	5	3	5	3.1	3.2	4.7
1964	25	CHW	AL	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	53.0	65	41	3	3	0	1	2.5	4.5	5.0
1964	25	WSA	AL	13	9	2	5	2	1	1	3	6	.333	0	2	0	0	2	22%	45.4	62	29	17	2	3	4	3.3	2.9	4.6
1965	26	WSA	AL	33	14	2	5	7	0	0	6	8	.429	3	1	2	1	4	29%	47.1	88	23	23	12	5	4	4.2	4.6	4.4
1966	27	WSA	AL	9	6	0	5	1	0	1	1	5	.167	1	0	0	0	2	33%	47.5	68	30	3	3	1	4	2.5	3.0	4.6
4 Yrs				73	32	6	15	11	2	2	12	20	.375	4	3	2	1	9	28%	47	88	23	46	20	9	14	3.6	3.9	4.5
MLB Averages													.500						55%	54	116	-14					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	23	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	1.252	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0

1964	25	TOT	AL	30	19	6	2	2	1	1	0	100%	2	1	11	1	9%		.929	5	4	9	2	2	15	7	12	10	6	12	0	5.4
1964	25	CHW	AL	17	15	5	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	1	14%	2	.799	3	3	8	1	1	13	4	11	9	4	10	0	6.1
1964	25	WSA	AL	13	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	4	0	0%	8	1.040	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	0	3.0
1965	26	WSA	AL	33	19	4	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	8	2	25%	6	.790	4	1	14	3	1	15	6	13	9	7	10	1	3.8
1966	27	WSA	AL	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.915	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	2	0	4.0

1969	30	WSA	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	1.091	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	2	1.5
5 Yrs				77	46	12	2	3	1	1	0	100%	5	2	22	4	18%		.873	11	6	28	5	5	36	15	31	22	17	25	3	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	23	CHW	AL	5	40%	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		0.50	60%	0	0
1963	24	CHW	AL	17	0%	5.9%	0.0%	5.9%	5.9%	33%	0.75	88%	3	2	67%
1964	25	TOT	AL	382	34%	1.8%	15.5%	10.7%	7.3%	33%	1.07	71%	64	3	5%
1964	25	CHW	AL	176	34%	0.6%	18.2%	10.2%	5.7%	27%	1.34	70%	26	1	4%
1964	25	WSA	AL	206	34%	2.9%	13.1%	11.2%	8.7%	38%	0.89	72%	38	2	5%
1965	26	WSA	AL	379	24%	1.9%	17.2%	14.3%	5.3%	27%	0.75	65%	79	7	9%
1966	27	WSA	AL	138	25%	6.5%	17.4%	7.3%	12.3%	57%	1.63	68%	12	0	0%

1969	30	WSA	AL	11	55%	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	9.1%	33%	1.00	64%	3	0	0%
6 Yrs				932	28%	2.6%	16.2%	11.7%	7.2%	35%	0.98	68%	161	12	7%
MLB Averages					48%	2.1%	15.5%	8.2%	6.1%	28%	1.10	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1962	23	CHW	AL	5	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	24	CHW	AL	17	3			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	TOT	AL	382	85			7	0	5	6	1	4	3	17	7	2	41%	7	2	2	149	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1964	25	CHW	AL	176	37			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	11	3	2	27%	3	1	0	65	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1964	25	WSA	AL	206	48			6	0	0	5	1	4	2	6	4	0	67%	4	1	2	84	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1965	26	WSA	AL	379	73			7	0	6	7	0	4	3	20	11	1	55%	7	5	0	145	6	3	67%	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1966	27	WSA	AL	138	30			9	0	0	6	3	4	5	6	3	1	50%	2	4	0	33	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1969	30	WSA	AL	11	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				932	194			24	0	11	20	4	13	11	44	22	4	50%	17	11	2	340	11	5	69%	9	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

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+
1962	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5		0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1963	24	1	0	1.000	1.42	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	286	0.789	4.3	1.4	2.8	1.4	0.50	286
1964	25	6	7	.462	3.91	32	12	6	0	0	1	92.0	88	42	40	8	43	3	60	1	1	2	404	94	1.424	8.6	0.8	4.2	5.9	1.40	94
1965	26	8	13	.381	4.11	65	26	10	2	1	1	177.1	161	90	81	15	97	4	125	3	1	7	783	87	1.455	8.2	0.8	4.9	6.3	1.29	87
1966	27	8	18	.308	4.40	74	32	11	2	1	1	208.2	191	114	102	24	107	5	149	4	1	11	921	81	1.428	8.2	1.0	4.6	6.4	1.39	81
1967	28	8	18	.308	4.40	74	32	11	2	1	1	208.2	191	114	102	24	107	5	149	4	1	11	921	81	1.428	8.2	1.0	4.6	6.4	1.39	81
1968	29	8	18	.308	4.40	74	32	11	2	1	1	208.2	191	114	102	24	107	5	149	4	1	11	921	81	1.428	8.2	1.0	4.6	6.4	1.39	81
1969	30	8	18	.308	4.40	78	32	12	2	1	1	210.2	194	115	103	24	109	5	151	4	1	11	932	81	1.438	8.3	1.0	4.7	6.5	1.39	81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1962	23	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
1963	24	0	0		2.25	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.8	2.3	0.0	0.00	2.3	1
1964	25	4	5	.444	4.72	82.0	89	48	43	7	43	57	1	1.610	9.8	4.7	6.3	1.33	0.8	30
1965	26	3	6	.333	5.11	81.0	77	51	46	7	57	62	2	1.654	8.6	6.3	6.9	1.09	0.8	33
1966	27	1	2	.333	6.75	32.0	32	27	24	10	11	24	1	1.344	9.0	3.1	6.8	2.18	2.8	9

1969	30	0	0		4.50	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	2.500	13.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	4
6 Yrs		8	13	.381	5.12	202.0	204	128	115	25	115	146	4	1.579	9.1		6.5	1.27	1.1	78

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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