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

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

Standard Pitching

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1936	18	OMA	A	10	16	.385	4.93	29						197.0	220	147	108		103							1.640	10.1		4.7			OMA · WL
1937	19	CHW-min	A1	7	10	.412	4.79	40	15					154.0	189	113	82		84							1.773	11.0		4.9			DAL · TL
1938	20	CHW-min	C	7	5	.583	4.45	16	14					97.0	110	76	48		48							1.629	10.2		4.5			LGV · ETXL
1939	21	CHW-min	B	10	13	.435	5.06	33						185.0	213	116	104		87							1.622	10.4		4.2			ANN · SEAL
1940	22	LAD-min	B	20	14	.588	3.31	39						269.0	276	143	99		102							1.405	9.2		3.4			ANN · SEAL
1941	23	CIN-min	B,A1	12	12	.500	3.44	36	7					230.0	250	129	88		85							1.457	9.8		3.3			ANN,BIR · SEAL,SOUA
1942	24	LRK	A1	13	10	.565	3.52	34	25					220.0	223	109	86		94							1.441	9.1		3.8			LRK · SOUA
1943	25	LRK,MNE	A1,AA	13	11	.542	3.61	39	26	3	1	0		227.0	234	106	91	2	96	11	0	0	1			1.454	9.3	0.1	3.8	0.4	0.11	LRK,MNE · SOUA,AA
1944	26	CHW-min	A1	16	17	.485	4.06	40	31					277.0	320	169	125		87							1.469	10.4		2.8			LRK · SOUA
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-min	AAA	11	3	.786	2.81	19	15		8	1		109.0	84	39	34		47	47	2	1	1			1.202	6.9		3.9	3.9	1.00	INA · AA
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
1951	33	PIT-min	AAA	9	12	.429	5.25	28	27		10	3		156.0	175	104	91		73	80	1	1	0			1.590	10.1		4.2	4.6	1.10	INA · AA
1952	34	CLE-MIN-min	AAA,AA	7	8	.467	5.01	28	12		1	0		115.0	132	69	64		53	41	2	0	2			1.609	10.3		4.1	3.2	0.77	INA,CNG · AA,SOUA
1953	35	MIN-CHW-min	AA	7	10	.412	5.14	29	23					140.0	165	84	80	13	59							1.600	10.6	0.8	3.8			CNG,MEM · SOUA
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
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	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1945	CHW	AL	27	P	19	5	3	84.1	27	2	24	1	0	.963	2.77	1.37	.955	2.24	2.23
1946	CHW	AL	28	P	31	15	6	138.0	37	11	23	3	2	.919	2.22	1.10	.951	2.01	1.99
1947	CHW	AL	29	P	38	26	6	199.0	40	11	27	2	2	.950	1.72	1.00	.955	1.92	1.90
1948	CHW	AL	30	P	32	14	2	95.1	17	2	14	1	2	.941	1.51	0.50	.963	2.02	1.99	1	0	0%		0
1949	CLE	AL	31	P	25	3	1	62.0	15	1	14	0	2	1.000	2.18	0.60	.962	2.12	2.09	1	2	67%	46%	0
1950	PIT	NL	32	P	4	1	0	2.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.25	.960	1.93	2.10	0	0			0
	6 Seasons			P	149	64	18	581.0	137	28	102	7	8	.949	2.01	0.87	.956	2.03	2.02	2	2	50%	34%	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	149	64	18	581.0	137	28	102	7	8	.949	2.01	0.87	.956	2.03	2.02	2	2	50%	34%	0

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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)

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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), 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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