Frank Oberlin

Frank Rufus Oberlin (Flossie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 29, 1876 in Elsie, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1906
Teams (by GP): Senators/Americans 1906-1910

Final Game: June 28, 1910
Died: January 6, 1952 in Ashley, IN
Buried: Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, IN
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1905	29	-min	B	19	17	.528		36											210													SPR · IIIL
1906	30	-min	A	18	16	.529		45						306.0	259	148			109							1.203	7.6		3.2			MLW · AA
1906	30	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	3.18	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.0	38	20	12	0	13	13	2	1	1	148	88	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1907	31	TOT	AL	3	11	.214	4.47	23	12	7	5	0	0	94.2	105	69	47	2	36	36	4	0	4	411	56	1.489	10.0	0.2	3.4	3.4	1.00
1907	31	BOS	AL	1	5	.167	4.30	12	4	4	2	0	0	46.0	48	31	22	2	24	18	2	0	1	203	60	1.565	9.4	0.4	4.7	3.5	0.75
1907	31	WSH	AL	2	6	.250	4.62	11	8	3	3	0	0	48.2	57	38	25	0	12	18	2	0	3	208	53	1.418	10.5	0.0	2.2	3.3	1.50

1909	33	-min	A	6	7	.462		23						153.0	128	51			43							1.118	7.5		2.5			MNE · AA
1909	33	WSH	AL	1	4	.200	3.73	9	4	4	1	0	0	41.0	41	22	17	1	16	13	6	0	1	176	66	1.390	9.0	0.2	3.5	2.9	0.81
1910	34	WSH	AL	0	6	.000	2.98	8	6	1	6	0	0	57.1	52	32	19	0	23	18	2	0	2	226	84	1.308	8.2	0.0	3.6	2.8	0.78
1911	35	-min	B	8	8	.500		18																								UTI · NYSL
1912	36	-min	B					28							208	103			71													UTI · NYSL
1914	38	-min	B					29							188	86			68													UTI · NYSL
1915	39	-min	B	18	14	.563		33							249	103			93													UTI · NYSL
1916	40	-min	B	3	7	.300		10							83	54			21													SCR,UTI · NYSL
4 Seasons				5	24	.172	3.77	44	26	12	16	0	0	227.0	236	143	95	3	88	80	14	1	8	961	68	1.427	9.4	0.1	3.5	3.2	0.91
162 Game Avg.				5	23	.172	3.77	43	25	12	16	0	0	221	229	139	92	3	85	78	14	1	8	934	68	1.427	9.4	0.1	3.5	3.2	0.91

WSH (3 yrs)				3	16	.158	3.73	28	18	8	10	0	0	147.0	150	92	61	1	51	49	10	0	6	610	66	1.367	9.2	0.1	3.1	3.0	0.96
BOS (2 yrs)				2	8	.200	3.83	16	8	4	6	0	0	80.0	86	51	34	2	37	31	4	1	2	351	70	1.538	9.7	0.2	4.2	3.5	0.84

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
1906	30	BOS	AL	34.0	4	20	16	-1	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
1907	31	BOS	AL	46.0	4	31	21	1	1.0	-10	-1.2	$
1907	31	WSH	AL	48.2	8	38	22	-2	1.0	-16	-1.9	$

1909	33	WSH	AL	41.0	4	22	18	0	1.0	-4	-0.5	$
1910	34	WSH	AL	57.1	6	32	27	0	1.0	-5	-0.8	$
4 Seasons				227.0	26	143	104	-2	1.0	-39	-4.8	$

WSH (3 yrs)				147.0	18	92	67	-2	1.0	-25	-3.2	$
BOS (2 yrs)				80.0	8	51	37	0	1.0	-14	-1.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1902	26	-min	D																					LNS · MICH
1904	28	-min	B	26	75	75		9								.120	.120							FWA · CENL
1905	29	-min	B	36	113	113		22								.195	.195							SPR · IIIL
1906	30	-min	A	45	118	118		25	4	1	0					.212	.212	.263	.475		31			MLW · AA
1906	30	BOS	AL	4	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	39	3	0	0	/1
1907	31	TOT	AL	24	32	31	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.097	.125	.129	.254	-17	4	1	0	1/O
1907	31	BOS	AL	12	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.214	.231	.445	42	3	1	0	1
1907	31	WSH	AL	12	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.056	.056	.056	.111	-63	1	0	0	1/O

1909	33	-min	A	23	58	58		11	0	0	0					.190	.190	.190	.379		11			MNE · AA
1909	33	WSH	AL	10	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.143	.143	.143	.286	-8	2	0	0	/1
1910	34	WSH	AL	8	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.053	.100	.053	.153	-51	1	0	0	/1
1911	35	-min	B	18	54	54		10								.185	.185							UTI · NYSL
1912	36	-min	B	28	87	87		15								.172	.172							UTI · NYSL
1914	38	-min	B	29	85	85		18								.212	.212							UTI · NYSL
1915	39	-min	B	33	100	100		16								.160	.160							UTI · NYSL
1916	40	-min	B	10	26	26		5								.192	.192							UTI,SCR · NYSL
4 Seasons				46	80	77	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	21	.104	.138	.130	.267	-14	10	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	282	271	4	28	7	0	0	0	0	7	74	.104	.138	.130	.267	-14	35	4	0

WSH (3 yrs)				30	52	51	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.078	.096	.078	.175	-43	4	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				16	28	26	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.154	.214	.231	.445	41	6	1	0

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
1906	30	BOS	AL	14	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1907	31	BOS	AL	14	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1907	31	WSH	AL	18	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1/O

1909	33	WSH	AL	14	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1910	34	WSH	AL	20	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/1
4 Seasons				80	-10	0	0	0	0	3	2	-5	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$

WSH (3 yrs)				52	-8	0	0	0	0	3	2	-3	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$
BOS (2 yrs)				28	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1906	BOS	AL	30	P	4	34.0	19	1	16	2	.895	4.50	4.25	.948	3.23	3.18
1907	TOT	AL	31	P	23	94.2	31	0	26	5	.839	2.47	1.13	.946	3.28	3.25
1907	BOS	AL	31	P	12	46.0	17	0	14	3	.824	2.74	1.17	.946	3.29	3.25
1907	WSH	AL	31	P	11	48.2	14	0	12	2	.857	2.22	1.09	.946	3.27	3.25
1907	WSH	AL	31	OF	1		1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		1.80	0-0-1
1909	WSH	AL	33	P	9	41.0	9	1	8	0	1.000	1.98	1.00	.942	3.18	3.16
1910	WSH	AL	34	P	8	57.1	25	3	17	5	.800	3.14	2.50	.942	3.28	3.28
	4 Seasons			P	44	227.0	84	5	67	12	.857	2.85	1.64	.945	3.26	3.23
	1 Season			OF	1		1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		1.80	0-0-1
	4 Seasons			TOT	45	227.0	85	6	67	12	.859	2.85	1.62	.945	3.26	3.20	0-0-1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Transactions

August, 1906: Purchased by the Boston Americans from Milwaukee (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
August 11, 1907: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Boston Americans.

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Name and misspellings: Frank Flossie Frank frankie Rufus Oberlin

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