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Frank Seminara

Frank Peter Seminara

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 16, 1967 in Brooklyn, NY
School: Columbia University (New York, NY)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1992
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 1992-1994

Final Game: June 5, 1994
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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
1988	21	NYY-min	A-	4	7	.364	4.37	16	13	2	0	0	1	78.1	86	49	38	2	32	2	60	5	6	11			1.506	9.9	0.2	3.7	6.9	1.88	ONE · NYPL
1989	22	NYY-min	A-,A	9	6	.600	2.62	32	10	12	3	1	2	106.2	77	48	31	0	40	3	93	8	7	6			1.097	6.5	0.0	3.4	7.8	2.33	ONE,PRW · NYPL,CARL
1990	23	NYY-min	A+	16	8	.667	1.90	25	25	0	4	2	0	170.1	136	51	36	5	52	1	132	10	2	12			1.104	7.2	0.3	2.7	7.0	2.54	PRW · CARL
1991	24	SDP-min	AA	15	10	.600	3.38	27	27	0	6	1	0	176.0	173	86	66	10	68	0	107	9	3	12	761		1.369	8.8	0.5	3.5	5.5	1.57	WCH · TL
1992	25	SDP-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.13	13	13	0	1	1	0	80.2	92	46	37	2	33	3	48	3	5	2	357		1.550	10.3	0.2	3.7	5.4	1.45	LVG · PCL
1992	25	SDP	NL	9	4	.692	3.68	19	18	0	0	0	0	100.1	98	46	41	5	46	3	61	3	1	1	435	98	1.435	8.8	0.4	4.1	5.5	1.33	RoY-7
1993	26	SDP-min	AAA	8	5	.615	5.43	21	19	1	0	0	1	114.1	136	79	69	15	52	1	99	4	2	2	518		1.644	10.7	1.2	4.1	7.8	1.90	LVG · PCL
1993	26	SDP	NL	3	3	.500	4.47	18	7	0	0	0	0	46.1	53	30	23	5	21	3	22	3	0	1	212	93	1.597	10.3	1.0	4.1	4.3	1.05
1994	27	NYM-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.38	20	13	3	0	0	0	100.2	108	55	49	11	31	0	43	10	3	2	431		1.381	9.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.39	NFK · IL
1994	27	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	5.82	10	1	5	0	0	0	17.0	20	12	11	2	8	0	7	0	1	1	75	73	1.647	10.6	1.1	4.2	3.7	0.88
1995	28	MIL-BAL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.67	40	7	7	0	0	0	73.0	85	48	46	5	28	1	39	3	2	4	320		1.548	10.5	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.39	NOR,ROC · AA,IL
3 Yrs				12	9	.571	4.12	47	26	5	0	0	0	163.2	171	88	75	12	75	6	90	6	2	3	722	93	1.503	9.4	0.7	4.1	4.9	1.20
162 Game Avg.				11	8	.571	4.12	44	24	5	0	0	0	152	159	82	70	11	70	6	84	6	2	3	673	93	1.503	9.4	0.7	4.1	4.9	1.20

SDP (2 yrs)				12	7	.632	3.93	37	25	0	0	0	0	146.2	151	76	64	10	67	6	83	6	1	2	647	96	1.486	9.3	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.24
NYM (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.82	10	1	5	0	0	0	17.0	20	12	11	2	8	0	7	0	1	1	75	73	1.647	10.6	1.1	4.2	3.7	0.88

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
1992	25	SDP	NL	100.1	19	18	46	4.13	3.84	0.26	0.13	101.6	3.78	-4	-0.5	.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.474	.497	$	RoY-7
1993	26	SDP	NL	46.1	18	7	30	5.83	4.42	-0.89	0.01	106.4	5.66	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	4	.491	.499	$150,000
1994	27	NYM	NL	17.0	10	1	12	6.35	4.84	-0.18	-0.21	99.7	4.80	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.470	.498	$
3 Seasons				163.2	47	26	88	4.84	4.11	-0.11	0.06	102.8	4.42	-9	-1.0	.7	-0.1	0.2	6	.479	.498	$150,000

SDP (2 yrs)				146.2	37	25	76	4.66	4.03	-0.11	0.10	103.1	4.38	-6	-0.7	.7	-0.1	0.4	8	.482	.498	$150,000
NYM (1 yr)				17.0	10	1	12	6.35	4.84	-0.18	-0.21	99.7	4.80	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.470	.498	$

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
1992	25	SDP	NL	19	435	380	46	98	12	3	5	10	6	46	61	.258	.341	.345	.686	.294	131	11	3	3	2	3	6
1993	26	SDP	NL	18	212	180	30	53	7	3	5	3	3	21	22	.294	.374	.450	.824	.310	81	4	3	6	2	3	5
1994	27	NYM	NL	10	75	66	12	20	4	1	2	3	1	8	7	.303	.373	.485	.858	.310	32	3	0	0	1	0	3
3 Yrs				47	722	626	88	171	23	7	12	16	10	75	90	.273	.354	.390	.744	.301	244	18	6	9	5	6	14
162 Game Avg.				44	673	583	82	159	21	7	11	15	9	70	84	.273	.354	.390	.744	.301	227	17	6	8	5	6	13
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.400	.730	.292

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1992	25	SDP	NL	-1.2	-0.1	456	1.3	7.3	-6.0	.94	-0.0	1.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	-0.9	0	0	1
1993	26	SDP	NL	-3.4	-0.3	221	-1.1	3.0	-4.2	.96	-0.8	-0.4	-6.5	-0.6	0.96	-8.3	1	3	7
1994	27	NYM	NL	-2.9	-0.3	82	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	.73	-0.4	-0.7	-3.4	-0.3	0.73	-3.8	2	1	5
3 Yrs				-7.6	-0.8	759	-0.7	11.0	-11.7	.92	-1.3	0.5	-11.9	-1.2	0.92	-13.0	3	4	13

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
1992	25	SDP	NL	19	18	9	4	5	3	1	11	7	.611	2	1	0	0	10	56%	50.7	72	25	16	8	0	8	5.2	5.7	5.6	89	6	6	6	0	115
1993	26	SDP	NL	18	7	1	2	4	1	0	3	4	.429	0	3	0	0	1	14%	40.1	59	19	17	4	1	4	5.2	3.6	4.7	74	4	3	0	0	96
1994	27	NYM	NL	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	0	0	0	1	5.0	7.2	5.0	93	0	1	0	0	93
3 Yrs				47	26	10	6	10	4	1	15	11	.577	2	4	0	0	11	42%	47	72	19	33	12	1	13	5.2	5.3	5.3	85	10	10	6	0	115
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-14					4.5	4.5	6.1	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1992	25	SDP	NL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	7	.935	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10
1993	26	SDP	NL	18	11	0	2	1	1	1	0%	2	1	8	3	38%	6	.961	1	3	7	3	1	7	5	6	5	4	6	2	3.7	19
1994	27	NYM	NL	10	9	5	0	2	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.727	2	1	5	0	2	7	2	7	5	2	5	1	4.0	20
3 Yrs				47	21	5	2	3	1	1	0%	2	1	12	5	42%		.921	3	4	13	3	3	15	8	13	10	7	11	3	3.7	19

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%
1992	25	SDP	NL	435	45%	1.2%	14.0%	10.6%	4.6%	20%	0.94	1.33	73%	25%	3.4%	11%	88	11	13%
1993	26	SDP	NL	212	43%	2.4%	10.4%	9.9%	7.1%	28%	1.11	1.24	73%	16%	7.5%	11%	42	4	10%
1994	27	NYM	NL	75	51%	2.7%	9.3%	10.7%	9.3%	35%	1.07	1.39	77%	18%	8.0%	14%	13	3	23%
3 Yrs				722	45%	1.7%	12.5%	10.4%	5.8%	25%	1.00	1.31	73%	22%	5.1%	11%	143	18	13%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.2%	8.7%	7.1%	30%	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.6%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1992	25	SDP	NL	436	1608	3.69	974	61%	27%	12%	28%	33%	73%	2%	44%	83%	56%	6%	25	11	18%	77	45	4	33%	5	11	-1	0	0
1993	26	SDP	NL	212	727	3.43	429	59%	28%	9%	23%	39%	71%	3%	42%	87%	56%	9%	19	15	15%	32	15	0	23%	5	2	0	0	1
1994	27	NYM	NL	69	255	3.70	150	59%	29%	11%	24%	37%	71%	0%	42%	85%	59%	3%	2	2	16%	11	5	1	17%	0	0	6	0	0
3 Yrs				717	2590	3.61	1553	60%	27%	11%	26%	35%	73%	2%	44%	84%	56%	6%	46	28	17%	120	65	5	29%	10	13	5	0	1
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1992	25	SDP	NL	435	98	41	1	5	0	11	1	4	1	4	27	12	5	44%	6	1	1	160	10	6	63%	8	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
1993	26	SDP	NL	212	53	8	1	5	0	6	2	3	4	1	12	8	2	67%	5	1	1	87	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1994	27	NYM	NL	75	20	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	80%	3	1	0	32	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3 Yrs				722	171	53	2	12	0	17	4	8	5	7	44	24	7	55%	14	3	2	279	16	10	62%	14	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1992	25	9	4	.692	3.68	19	18	0	100.1	98	46	41	5	46	3	61	3	1	1	435	98	1.435	8.8	0.4	4.1	5.5	1.33	98
1993	26	12	7	.632	3.93	37	25	0	146.2	151	76	64	10	67	6	83	6	1	2	647	96	1.486	9.3	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.24	96
1994	27	12	9	.571	4.12	47	26	5	163.2	171	88	75	12	75	6	90	6	2	3	722	93	1.503	9.4	0.7	4.1	4.9	1.20	93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1992	25	4	6	.400	4.45	93.0	104	51	46	5	49	57	3	1.645	10.1	4.7	5.5	1.16	0.5	19
1993	26	2	3	.400	4.40	45.0	52	24	22	5	21	22	3	1.622	10.4	4.2	4.4	1.05	1.0	18
1994	27	1	1	.500	6.14	22.0	28	17	15	3	11	9	0	1.773	11.5	4.5	3.7	0.82	1.2	10
3 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.67	160.0	184	92	83	13	81	88	6	1.656	10.4		5.0	1.09	0.7	47

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