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

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

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1992	25	SDP	NL	100.1	18	46	48	3	.9	2	0.2	$	RoY-7
1993	26	SDP	NL	46.1	7	30	32	-5	1.0	2	0.1	$150,000
1994	27	NYM	NL	17.0	1	12	11	0	.7	-1	-0.2	$
3 Seasons				163.2	26	88	91	-2	.9	3	0.1	$150,000

SDP (2 yrs)				146.2	25	76	80	-2	.9	4	0.3	$150,000
NYM (1 yr)				17.0	1	12	11	0	.7	-1	-0.2	$

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1988	21	NYY-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ONE · NYPL
1989	22	NYY-min	A-,A	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ONE,PRW · NYPL,CARL
1990	23	NYY-min	A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	PRW · CARL
1991	24	SDP-min	AA	27	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.077	.077	.077	.154		2		0	3	0	0	WCH · TL
1992	25	SDP-min	AAA	13	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500		5		0	1	0	0	LVG · PCL
1992	25	SDP	NL	19	37	34	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.118	.143	.118	.261	-25	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	RoY-7
1993	26	SDP-min	AAA	22	25	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	.053	.143	.053	.195		1		0	4	0	0	LVG · PCL
1993	26	SDP	NL	18	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1994	27	NYM-min	AAA	20	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NFK · IL
1994	27	NYM	NL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	28	BAL-MIL-min	AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ROC,NOR · IL,AA
3 Seasons				47	51	47	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.128	.146	.128	.273	-23	6	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	176	162	14	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	38	.128	.146	.128	.273	-23	21	0	0	10	0	0

SDP (2 yrs)				37	48	44	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.136	.156	.136	.292	-18	6	0	0	3	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1992	25	SDP	NL	37	-5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1	RoY-7
1993	26	SDP	NL	11	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$150,000	1
1994	27	NYM	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				51	-7	0	0	1	0	4	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$150,000

SDP (2 yrs)				48	-6	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$150,000
NYM (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1992	SDP	NL	25	P	19	18	100.1	34	9	23	2	1	.941	2.87	1.68	.954	1.94	1.94	10	6	38%	1	RoY-7
1993	SDP	NL	26	P	18	7	46.1	16	8	6	2	0	.875	2.72	0.78	.953	1.85	1.83	3	3	50%	0
1994	NYM	NL	27	P	10	1	17.0	4	2	0	2	0	.500	1.06	0.20	.958	1.85	1.85	3	1	25%	0
	3 Seasons			P	47	26	163.2	54	19	29	6	1	.889	2.64	1.02	.954	1.90	1.88	16	10	38%	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	47	26	163.2	54	19	29	6	1	.889	2.64	1.02	.954	1.90	1.88	16	10	38%	1

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Transactions

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
December 3, 1990: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1993: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Tracy Sanders (minors) to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and Randy Curtis (minors). The New York Mets sent Marc Kroon (December 13, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. The San Diego Padres sent Pablo Martinez (December 13, 1993) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
October 7, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 23, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1993	26	San Diego Padres	$150,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$150,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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