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Frank Papish
Frank Richard Papish (Pap)
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: October 21, 1917 in Pueblo, CO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1945
Final Game: June 27, 1950
Died: August 30, 1965 in Pueblo, CO
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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
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 6 871 113 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 0 271 125 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 16 5.143 30.9 3.9 15.4 3.9 0.25
6 Seasons 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 104 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 16 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 0 271 125 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 16 5.143 30.9 3.9 15.4 3.9 0.25

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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
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 -47 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 NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 149 184 162 9 25 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 36 .154 .185 .179 .364 3 29 5 0 16 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 200 176 10 27 4 0 0 10 0 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 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 0 0 0

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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 Awards
1945 CHW AL 27 P 19 27 2 24 1 0 .963 1.37 .956 1.28
1946 CHW AL 28 P 31 37 11 23 3 2 .919 1.10 .951 1.01
1947 CHW AL 29 P 38 40 11 27 2 2 .950 1.00 .955 0.95
1948 CHW AL 30 P 32 17 2 14 1 2 .941 0.50 .965 0.91
1949 CLE AL 31 P 25 15 1 14 0 2 1.000 0.60 .960 1.01
1950 PIT NL 32 P 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 0.98
6 Seasons P 149 137 28 102 7 8 .949 0.87 .956 1.01
6 Seasons TOT 149 137 28 102 7 8 .949 0.87 .905 1.01

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--.271--2nd

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Rock Island (Western).

October 2, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Ernest Groth and Bob Kuzava.

December 14, 1949: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians.

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