Frank Sacka

Frank Sacka

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 30, 1924 in Romulus, MI
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1951
Team: Senators 1951-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: December 7, 1994 in Dearborn, MI
Buried: Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, MI
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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
1946	21	BAL-min	C	140	537	537		162	28	8	30						.302	.302	.551	.853		296					PAR · ETXL
1947	22	BAL-min	B,A	82	289	289		85	16	4	6						.294	.294	.439	.734		127					SPR,ELM · IIIL,EL
1948	23	BAL-min	C,B	79	305	305		82	18	5	7						.269	.269	.430	.698		131					GLJ,SPR · CAML,IIIL
1949	24	BAL-min	C	110	376	376		111	23	8	11						.295	.295	.487	.782		183					GLJ · CAML
1950	25	AND	B	142	534	534		160	28	8	23						.300	.300	.511	.811		273					AND · TRIS
1951	26	MIN-min	AA	24	66	66		15	3	1	1						.227	.227	.348	.576		23					CNG · SOUA
1951	26	WSH	AL	7	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	4	0	0	0	/2

1952	27	MIN-min	AA	38	108	108		25	7	0	2						.231	.231	.352	.583		38					CNG · SOUA
1953	28	MIN-min	AA	67	219	219		64	11	3	2						.292	.292	.397	.689		87					CNG · SOUA
1953	28	WSH	AL	7	22	18	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.278	.381	.278	.659	82	5	1	0	1	/2
1954	29	MIN-min	AA	125	394	394		105	22	4	4						.266	.266	.373	.640		147					CNG · SOUA
1955	30	MIN-min	AA	108	335	335		92	14	5	3						.275	.275	.373	.648		125					CNG · SOUA
1956	31	ATL-min	AA	109	353	353		97	14	2	11						.275	.275	.419	.694		148					ATA · SOUA
2 Yrs				14	38	34	3	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.265	.324	.265	.589	62	9	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	440	393	35	104	0	0	0	69	0	0	35	69	.265	.324	.265	.589	62	104	12	0	12

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
1951	26	WSH	AL	7	16	-2	-0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

1953	28	WSH	AL	7	22	1	-0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.515	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
2 Seasons				14	38	-0	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.496	.500	0.1	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
1951	26	WSH	AL	16	12	1	2.2	100	.364	.250	.265	.250	.346	.250	.389	.500	.735	37	.217	-1.5	-0.2	.333	.000	.000

1953	28	WSH	AL	22	15	2	3.6	100	.294	.278	.266	.381	.342	.278	.392	.659	.733	82	.401	-0.3	-0.0	.571	.167	.000
2 Yrs				38	27	3	3.0	100	.321	.265	.266	.324	.344	.265	.390	.589	.734	62	.322	-1.8	-0.2	.462	.088	.000
162 Game Avg.				440	312	35	3.0	100	.321	.265	.266	.324	.344	.265	.390	.589	.734	62	.322	-1.8	-0.2	.462	.088	.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%
1951	26	WSH	AL	16	0.0%	31.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.2		5.3	0.75	69%

1953	28	WSH	AL	22	0.0%	4.6%	13.6%	0.0%	0%	0.33	18.0		6.0	1.17	77%
2 Yrs				38	0.0%	15.8%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.7		5.7	1.00	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	26	WSH	AL	-1.5	-0.2	16	0.0	0.3	-0.2	.80	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.91	-1.1	0.00	1

1953	28	WSH	AL	-0.3	-0.0	22	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.84	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.17	-0.5	1.62	1
2 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	38	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.82	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.06	-1.6	0.81	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	26	WSH	AL	0	0	25%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

1953	28	WSH	AL	2	0	25%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	0	25%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

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
1951	26	WSH	AL	16	69%	4			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	3	30%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0

1953	28	WSH	AL	22	27%	5			1	0	0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	5	1	20%	24	3	13%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
2 Yrs				38	45%	9			2	0	0	0	0.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	7	2	29%	34	6	18%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1951	26	7	16	16	1	4	3	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	4	0	0
1952	27	7	16	16	1	4	3	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	4	0	0
1953	28	14	38	34	3	9	6	3	6	.265	.324	.265	.589	62	9	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	26	7	17	17	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	7

1953	28	7	23	19	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	.263	.364	.263	.627	2	7
2 Yrs		14	40	36	3	9	0	0	0	6	0	3	6	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	14
162 Game Avg.		162	463	417	35	104	0	0	0	69	0	35	69	.250	.308	.250	.558	35	14

* 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.

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