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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 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
1945 27 CHW AL 4 4 .500 3.74 19 5 11 3 0 1 84.1 75 36 35 3 40 45 0 0 1 360 89 1.364 8.0 0.3 4.3 4.8 1.13
1946 28 CHW AL 7 5 .583 2.74 31 15 7 6 2 0 138.0 122 52 42 7 63 66 1 0 2 573 124 1.341 8.0 0.5 4.1 4.3 1.05
1947 29 CHW AL 12 12 .500 3.26 38 26 9 6 1 3 199.0 185 82 72 6 98 79 2 0 6 871 112 1.422 8.4 0.3 4.4 3.6 0.81
1948 30 CHW AL 2 8 .200 5.00 32 14 12 2 0 4 95.1 97 65 53 7 75 41 3 0 2 453 85 1.804 9.2 0.7 7.1 3.9 0.55
1949 31 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 3.19 25 3 12 1 0 1 62.0 54 24 22 2 39 23 0 1 0 271 126 1.500 7.8 0.3 5.7 3.3 0.59
1950 32 PIT NL 0 0 27.00 4 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 19 19 5.143 30.9 3.9 15.4 3.9 0.25
6 Yrs 26 29 .473 3.58 149 64 51 18 3 9 581.0 541 266 231 26 319 255 6 1 11 2547 103 1.480 8.4 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.80
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .473 3.58 48 20 16 6 1 3 185 173 85 74 8 102 81 2 0 4 813 103 1.480 8.4 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.80
CHW (4 yrs) 25 29 .463 3.52 120 60 39 17 3 8 516.2 479 235 202 23 276 231 6 0 11 2257 103 1.461 8.3 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 4 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 19 19 5.143 30.9 3.9 15.4 3.9 0.25
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.19 25 3 12 1 0 1 62.0 54 24 22 2 39 23 0 1 0 271 126 1.500 7.8 0.3 5.7 3.3 0.59
AL (5 yrs) 26 29 .473 3.48 145 63 51 18 3 9 578.2 533 259 224 25 315 254 6 1 11 2528 106 1.465 8.3 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.81
NL (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 4 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 19 19 5.143 30.9 3.9 15.4 3.9 0.25

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 Awards
1945 27 CHW AL 84.1 19 5 36 3.84 3.89 -0.11 0.00 99.0 3.96 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.6 6 .508 .501 $
1946 28 CHW AL 138.0 31 15 52 3.39 4.09 0.14 0.00 97.2 3.85 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.6 18 .525 .505 $
1947 29 CHW AL 199.0 38 26 82 3.71 4.08 0.05 0.00 100.0 4.03 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 23 .523 .505 $
1948 30 CHW AL 95.1 32 14 65 6.14 5.05 -0.04 0.00 99.3 5.06 -12 -1.1 1.6 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .465 .493 $
1949 31 CLE AL 62.0 25 3 24 3.48 4.66 0.40 0.00 96.8 4.12 4 0.5 .7 -0.1 0.8 10 .518 .503 $
1950 32 PIT NL 2.1 4 1 7 27.00 6.18 -0.15 0.00 94.4 5.97 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .377 .497 $
6 Seasons 581.0 149 64 266 4.12 4.28 0.07 0.00 98.7 4.16 3 0.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 49 .504 .501 $
CHW (4 yrs) 516.2 120 60 235 4.09 4.23 0.03 0.00 99.0 4.16 4 0.7 1.2 -0.4 3.8 44 .506 .501 $
PIT (1 yr) 2.1 4 1 7 27.00 6.18 -0.15 0.00 94.4 5.97 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .377 .497 $
CLE (1 yr) 62.0 25 3 24 3.48 4.66 0.40 0.00 96.8 4.12 4 0.5 .7 -0.1 0.8 10 .518 .503 $

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
1948 30 CHW AL 32 160 367 65 97 7 0 7 1 0 75 41 .264 .393 .341 .734 .282 125 6 3 8 0 1
1949 31 CLE AL 25 272 225 24 54 13 3 2 1 2 39 23 .240 .352 .351 .703 .260 79 7 0 8 0 2
1950 32 PIT NL 4 9 15 7 8 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .533 .632 .733 1.365 .538 11 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 61 441 607 96 159 20 3 10 2 2 118 65 .262 .385 .354 .739 .280 215 13 3 16 0 3
162 Game Avg. 53 380 522 83 137 17 3 9 2 2 102 56 .262 .385 .354 .739 .280 185 11 3 14 0 3
MLB Averages .261 .337 .348 .685 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 30 CHW AL -10.6 -1.0 163 0.0 3.3 -3.2 1.11 -0.4 0.4 -3.5 -0.3 1.10 -4.4 4 1 2
1949 31 CLE AL 6.4 0.6 277 -0.2 2.6 -2.8 .57 -0.1 -0.3 5.0 0.5 0.57 4.2 1 7 13
1950 32 PIT NL -5.0 -0.5 9 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.32 -0.3 -0.0 -4.3 -0.4 1.32 -3.2 0 1 0
6 Yrs 6.6 0.8 449 -0.6 5.9 -6.6 .78 -0.8 -0.0 -2.8 -0.2 0.78 -3.4 5 9 15

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1945 27 CHW AL 19 5 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 .400 0 0 3 0 3 60% 57.0 63 48 3 1 4.8 8.6
1946 28 CHW AL 31 15 7 4 4 1 3 9 6 .600 0 0 6 2 9 60% 53.0 81 22 8 3 4.3 6.3
1947 29 CHW AL 38 26 9 12 5 1 3 12 14 .462 0 0 6 1 14 54% 51.3 96 27 13 5 3.1 6.9
1948 30 CHW AL 32 14 2 7 5 0 3 5 9 .357 0 1 2 0 7 50% 41.8 64 18 8 4 8 3 5.1 6.6 5.1
1949 31 CLE AL 25 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 1 0 2 67% 58.0 65 53 16 2 1 1 4.8 4.3 7.2
1950 32 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 3 1 0 1 6.0 18.0 0.0
6 Yrs 149 64 21 24 19 3 10 30 34 .469 0 2 18 3 35 55% 50 96 18 27 7 33 14 4.1 5.7 6.4
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.8 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1945 27 CHW AL 19 14 11 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 2 8.9
1946 28 CHW AL 31 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 8.2
1947 29 CHW AL 38 12 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 2 4.6
1948 30 CHW AL 32 18 12 0 1 3 4 1 133% 4 1 8 3 38% 1.106 4 1 2 4 0 4 5 3 7 7 2 1 4.0
1949 31 CLE AL 25 22 12 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 3 33% 7 .573 1 7 13 1 1 20 5 17 14 3 15 3 5.5
1950 32 PIT NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.317 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2.3
6 Yrs 149 85 51 5 5 4 9 1 225% 5 1 17 6 35% .782 5 9 15 5 2 24 10 21 46 16 17 10 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1945 27 CHW AL 360 0.8% 12.5% 11.1% 1.7% 8% 73%
1946 28 CHW AL 583 1.2% 11.3% 10.8% 3.1% 15% 75%
1947 29 CHW AL 871 0.7% 9.1% 11.3% 1.4% 7% 77%
1948 30 CHW AL 453 34% 4.4% 25.6% 46.9% 8.8% 14% 1.05 199% 34 6 18%
1949 31 CLE AL 272 36% 0.7% 8.5% 14.3% 6.6% 33% 0.94 74% 51 7 14%
1950 32 PIT NL 19 11% 11.1% 11.1% 44.4% 11.1% 13% 0.50 144% 4 0 0%
6 Yrs 2558 35% 1.2% 11.3% 14.2% 3.1% 13% 0.97 85% 89 13 15%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.1% 11.5% 4.7% 17% 0.95 91% 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
1945 27 CHW AL 75 3 1
1946 28 CHW AL 122 7 2
1947 29 CHW AL 185 6 6
1948 30 CHW AL 160 97 7 0 7 3 0 0 3 8 4 2 50% 1 2 0 70 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 293
1949 31 CLE AL 272 54 2 0 11 1 2 2 1 24 9 1 38% 2 0 1 98 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1950 32 PIT NL 9 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
6 Yrs 441 541 26 0 19 5 2 2 5 33 14 3 42% 3 11 1 171 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 303
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1945 27 4 4 .500 3.74 19 5 11 3 0 1 84.1 75 36 35 3 40 45 0 0 1 360 89 1.364 8.0 0.3 4.3 4.8 1.13 89
1946 28 11 9 .550 3.12 50 20 18 9 2 1 222.1 197 88 77 10 103 111 1 0 3 933 108 1.349 8.0 0.4 4.2 4.5 1.08 108
1947 29 23 21 .523 3.18 88 46 27 15 3 4 421.1 382 170 149 16 201 190 3 0 9 1804 110 1.384 8.2 0.3 4.3 4.1 0.95 110
1948 30 25 29 .463 3.52 120 60 39 17 3 8 516.2 479 235 202 23 276 231 6 0 11 2257 103 1.461 8.3 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84 103
1949 31 26 29 .473 3.48 145 63 51 18 3 9 578.2 533 259 224 25 315 254 6 1 11 2528 106 1.465 8.3 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.81 106
1950 32 26 29 .473 3.58 149 64 51 18 3 9 581.0 541 266 231 26 319 255 6 1 11 2547 103 1.480 8.4 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.80 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1945 27 4 5 .444 4.66 83.0 86 48 43 3 46 44 0 1.590 9.3 5.0 4.8 0.96 0.3 19
1946 28 8 6 .571 3.44 131.0 135 56 50 8 70 63 1 1.565 9.3 4.8 4.3 0.90 0.5 31
1947 29 12 10 .545 3.66 199.0 200 90 81 6 106 79 2 1.538 9.0 4.8 3.6 0.75 0.3 38
1948 30 4 6 .400 4.73 99.0 98 58 52 7 76 42 3 1.758 8.9 6.9 3.8 0.55 0.6 32
1949 31 3 3 .500 3.34 62.0 56 26 23 2 40 23 0 1.548 8.1 5.8 3.3 0.58 0.3 25
1950 32 0 0 18.00 3.0 8 7 6 1 4 1 0 4.000 24.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 3.0 4
6 Yrs 31 30 .508 3.98 577.0 583 285 255 27 342 252 6 1.603 9.1 3.9 0.74 0.4 149

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL  38 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  98 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  0.271 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1947 AL  6 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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