Frank Papish

Frank Richard Papish (Pap)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: October 21, 1917 in Pueblo, CO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1945
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Pirates 1945-1950

Final Game: June 27, 1950
Died: August 30, 1965 in Pueblo, CO
Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1936	18	OMA	A	29	81	81		15	3	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407		18					OMA · WL
1937	19	CHW-min	A1	40	52	52		10	1	0	0						.192	.192	.212	.404		11					DAL · TL
1938	20	CHW-min	C	23	50	50		17	3	0	2						.340	.340	.520	.860		26					LGV · ETXL
1939	21	CHW-min	B	43	88	88		17	4	0	0						.193	.193	.239	.432		21					ANN · SEAL
1940	22	LAD-min	B	48	114	114		31	4	0	3						.272	.272	.386	.658		44					ANN · SEAL
1941	23	CIN-min	B,A1	48	117	117		21	2	0	1						.179	.179	.222	.402		26					ANN,BIR · SEAL,SOUA
1942	24	LRK	A1	34	76	76		15	1	0	0						.197	.197	.211	.408		16					LRK · SOUA
1943	25	LRK,MNE	A1,AA	39	86	86		16	4	0	0						.186	.186	.221	.407		19					LRK,MNE · SOUA,AA
1944	26	CHW-min	A1	52	122	122		27	4	0	0						.221	.221	.254	.475		31					LRK · SOUA
1945	27	CHW	AL	19	31	26	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.231	.286	.269	.555	63	7	0	0	3	1
1946	28	CHW	AL	31	47	43	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.186	.205	.209	.414	18	9	1	0	3	1
1947	29	CHW	AL	38	65	58	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.086	.102	.086	.188	-46	5	2	0	6	1
1948	30	CHW	AL	32	28	27	1	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	.185	.185	.259	.444	19	7	2	0	1	1
1949	31	CLE	AL	25	13	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	15	1	0	0	3	1
1950	32	PIT-min	AAA	19	43	35	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		2	7	.200	.243	.229	.472		8	1	0	6		INA · AA
1950	32	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1951	33	PIT-min	AAA	28	60	54	3	5	0	0	1	3	0		2	12	.093	.140	.148	.288		8	1	1	3		INA · AA
1952	34	CLE-MIN-min	AAA,AA	28	42	38	3	5	2	0	0	2	0		2	9	.132	.195	.132	.327		5	0	1	1		INA,CNG · AA,SOUA
1953	35	CHW-MIN-min	AA	29	45	45		11	3	1	1						.244	.244	.422	.667		19					MEM,CNG · SOUA
6 Yrs				149	184	162	9	25	4	0	0	9	0	0	6	36	.154	.185	.179	.364	3	29	5	0	16
162 Game Avg.				162	200	176	10	27	4	0	0	10	0		7	39	.154	.185	.179	.364	3	32	5	0	17

CHW (4 yrs)				120	171	154	8	24	4	0	0	9	0	0	4	35	.156	.177	.182	.359	2	28	5	0	13
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				25	13	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	15	1	0	0	3

AL (5 yrs)				145	184	162	9	25	4	0	0	9	0	0	6	36	.154	.185	.179	.364	3	29	5	0	16
NL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1945	27	CHW	AL	19	31	-1	0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1946	28	CHW	AL	31	47	-5	0	0	0	5	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1947	29	CHW	AL	38	65	-12	0	0	0	7	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1948	30	CHW	AL	32	28	-3	-0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1949	31	CLE	AL	25	13	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1950	32	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				149	184	-22	0	-0	0	19	-4	-0.4	5	1	-0.4	.497	.500	-0.4	-0.0	1	$

CHW (4 yrs)				120	171	-21	0	-0	0	17	-4	-0.4	4	0	-0.4	.496	.499	-0.4	-0.0	0	$
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				25	13	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1945	27	CHW	AL	31	23	2	2.3	86	.316	.231	.258	.286	.330	.269	.351	.555	.680	63	.283	-1.2	-0.1	.450	.115	.038
1946	28	CHW	AL	47	39	2	1.4	92	.222	.186	.259	.205	.333	.209	.372	.414	.705	18	.116	-4.8	-0.5	.278	.047	.023
1947	29	CHW	AL	65	61	1	0.4	92	.116	.086	.257	.102	.336	.086	.369	.188	.705	-46	.016	-11.4	-1.2	.109	.017	.000
1948	30	CHW	AL	28	25	1	1.1	102	.238	.185	.268	.185	.353	.259	.388	.444	.740	19	.065	-3.2	-0.3	.292	.074	.074
1949	31	CLE	AL	13	10	0	0.0	105	.143	.125	.268	.300	.360	.125	.390	.425	.750	15	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.250	.000
6 Yrs				184	158	6	1.0	94	.198	.154	.260	.185	.338	.179	.371	.364	.709	3	.068	-21.5	-2.2	.246	.062	.025
162 Game Avg.				200	172	7	1.0	94	.198	.154	.260	.185	.338	.179	.371	.364	.709	3	.068	-21.5	-2.2	.246	.062	.025

CHW (4 yrs)				171	148	6	1.1	93	.202	.156	.260	.177	.337	.182	.370	.359	.707	2	.078	-20.6	-2.1	.237	.052	.026
CLE (1 yr)				13	10	0	0.0	105	.143	.125	.268	.300	.360	.125	.390	.425	.750	15	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	27	CHW	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	6.5%	3.2%	17%	3.50	3.7		26.0		61%
1946	28	CHW	AL	47	0.0%	14.9%	2.1%	2.1%	13%	7.00	6.1		21.5		77%
1947	29	CHW	AL	65	0.0%	23.1%	1.5%	0.0%	0%	15.00	3.9		29.0		66%
1948	30	CHW	AL	28	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	7.1%	40%		4.5		6.8	0.80	75%
1949	31	CLE	AL	13	0.0%	7.7%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	0.50	8.0			0.67	54%
6 Yrs				184	0.0%	19.6%	3.3%	2.2%	16%	6.00	4.5		18.0	0.73	68%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.8%	6.2%	27%	0.97	9.3	55.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1945	27	CHW	AL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	28	CHW	AL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	CHW	AL	-11.5	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	CHW	AL	-3.2	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.02	-1.4	0
1949	31	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	13	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.84	-0.1	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	-1.8	0
1950	32	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-21.6	-2.2	23	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.88	-0.3	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	1.03	-3.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	30	CHW	AL	20%	3	0	50%	1	1	1	1
1949	31	CLE	AL	33%	4	1	50%	1	1	1	1
6 Yrs				29%	7	1	50%	2	2	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	30	CHW	AL	28	20%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	3	2	67%	7	2	29%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1949	31	CLE	AL	13	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				41	30%	25			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	400%	7	5	71%	8	4	50%	16	2	13%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			244%			27%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1945	27	19	31	26	3	6	1	1	2	7	.231	.286	.269	.555	63	7	0	3
1946	28	50	78	69	6	14	2	3	3	14	.203	.236	.232	.468	35	16	1	6
1947	29	88	143	127	7	19	2	5	4	29	.150	.176	.165	.341	-2	21	3	12
1948	30	120	171	154	8	24	4	9	4	35	.156	.177	.182	.359	2	28	5	13
1949	31	145	184	162	9	25	4	9	6	36	.154	.185	.179	.364	3	29	5	16
1950	32	149	184	162	9	25	4	9	6	36	.154	.185	.179	.364	3	29	5	16

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	27	20	32	27	3	6	1	1	2	7	.222	.276	.259	.535	2	19
1946	28	32	50	46	3	9	1	2	1	7	.196	.213	.217	.430	2	31
1947	29	39	69	62	2	7	0	4	1	16	.113	.127	.113	.240	1	38
1948	30	33	29	28	1	5	2	3	0	6	.179	.179	.250	.429	1	32
1949	31	26	13	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	25
5 Yrs		150	193	171	9	27	4	10	6	37	.158	.186	.181	.368	6	145
162 Game Avg.		162	208	185	10	29	4	11	6	40	.158	.186	.181	.368	6	145

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