Frank Sigafoos

Francis Leonard Sigafoos

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 21, 1904 in Easton, PA
School: Purdue University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1926
Teams (by GP): Reds/Tigers/Athletics/WhiteSox 1926-1931

Final Game: May 30, 1931
Died: April 12, 1968 in Indianapolis, IN
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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	HBP	SH	Pos
1925	21	-min	AA	119	380	380		108	13	8	3						.284	.284	.384	.668		146			NWK · IL
1926	22	-min	AA	134	507	507		163	35	9	8						.321	.321	.473	.795		240			REA · IL
1926	22	PHA	AL	13	44	43	4	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.256	.256	.256	.512	31	11	0	1	6

1929	25	-min	AA	56	204	204		55	12	3	2						.270	.270	.387	.657		79			POR · PCL
1929	25	TOT	AL	21	35	26	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	2	7	5	.192	.364	.231	.594	56	6	0	2	/456
1929	25	DET	AL	14	29	23	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	4	.174	.321	.217	.539	41	5	0	1	/56
1929	25	CHW	AL	7	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	148	1	0	1	/4

1931	27	-min	AA	107	420	420		137	30	4	6						.326	.326	.460	.786		193			INA · AA
1931	27	CIN	NL	21	69	65	6	11	2	0	0	8	0		0	6	.169	.182	.200	.382	6	13	1	3	5/6
1932	28	-min	AA	163	635	635		199	29	11	10						.313	.313	.441	.754		280			INA · AA
1933	29	-min	AA	152	635	635		235	53	11	6						.370	.370	.517	.887		328			INA · AA
1934	30	-min	AA	109	394	394		111	19	1	1						.282	.282	.343	.624		135			INA · AA
1935	31	-min	AA,A	142	573	573		172	27	5	4						.300	.300	.386	.686		221			LOU,MEM · AA,SOUA
1936	32	-min	AA	114	434	434		148	24	7	5						.341	.341	.463	.804		201			LOU · AA
1937	33	LAD-min	AA	76	182	182		46	9	4	0						.253	.253	.346	.599		63			LOU · AA
1938	34	STL-min	B,D,A1	29	82	82		22	3	2	2						.268	.268	.427	.695		35			DEC,MNT,OKC · IIIL,ARMO,TL
3 Seasons				55	148	134	14	27	3	0	0	13	0	2	7	14	.201	.246	.224	.470	26	30	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	436	395	41	80	9	0	0	38	0		21	41	.201	.246	.224	.470	26	88	3	18

PHA (1 yr)				13	44	43	4	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.256	.256	.256	.512	31	11	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				21	69	65	6	11	2	0	0	8	0		0	6	.169	.182	.200	.382	6	13	1	3
DET (1 yr)				14	29	23	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	5	4	.174	.321	.217	.539	41	5	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				7	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	148	1	0	1

AL (2 yrs)				34	79	69	8	16	1	0	0	5	0	2	7	8	.232	.303	.246	.549	42	17	0	3
NL (1 yr)				21	69	65	6	11	2	0	0	8	0		0	6	.169	.182	.200	.382	6	13	1	3

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
1926	22	PHA	AL	44	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	6

1929	25	DET	AL	29	-2	-1	0	0	-2	1	1	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	/56
1929	25	CHW	AL	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/4

1931	27	CIN	NL	69	-9	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	5/6
3 Seasons				148	-15	-1	0	0	-2	2	4	-12	-1.2	-10	-1.0	-0.2	$

PHA (1 yr)				44	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
CIN (1 yr)				69	-9	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$
DET (1 yr)				29	-2	-1	0	0	-2	1	1	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
CHW (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1926	PHA	AL	22	SS	12	12	10	47	12	31	4	5	.915	3.58	.944	5.01
1929	DET	AL	25	3B	6	5	3	11	6	4	1	0	.909	1.67	.952	3.10
1929	DET	AL	25	SS	5	2	1	18	10	6	2	2	.889	3.20	.937	5.20
1929	CHW	AL	25	2B	6	1	1	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.50	.968	5.92
1931	CIN	NL	27	3B	15	14	14	42	14	23	5	2	.881	2.47	.944	2.85
1931	CIN	NL	27	SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	.950	5.55
	2 Seasons			3B	21	19	17	53	20	27	6	2	.887	2.24	.946	2.92
	3 Seasons			SS	19	14	11	66	22	38	6	7	.909	3.16	.942	5.12
	1 Season			2B	6	1	1	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.50	.968	5.92
	3 Seasons			TOT	46	34	29	128	43	73	12	10	.906	2.52	.945	4.22

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

October 3, 1928: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from Portland (PCL) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.
June 22, 1929: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.
September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from Los Angeles (PCL) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.

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