Frank White
Frank White Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 4, 1950 in Greenville, MS
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 KCR AL 22 SS 37 23 212.1 142 52 81 9 24 .937 -1.6 -9.0 -2.6 -0.3 -2.3 1 5.64 3.59 .964 5.10 4.43
1973 KCR AL 22 2B 11 10 95.1 62 19 40 3 12 .952 0.8 10.1 -0.2 -1.7 1.5 1 5.57 5.36 .981 5.44 4.67
1974 KCR AL 23 2B 50 25 253.1 157 67 84 6 23 .962 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.7 -1.5 0 5.36 3.02 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 KCR AL 23 SS 29 17 172.1 122 37 81 4 16 .967 1.5 10.4 1.5 0.7 0.8 0 6.16 4.07 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 KCR AL 23 3B 16 10 97.0 41 15 24 2 1 .951 -1.9 -23.5 -1.9 -0.7 -1.1 0 3.62 2.44 .954 3.12 2.77
1974 KCR AL 23 DH 3
1975 KCR AL 24 2B 67 57 503.2 307 124 179 4 35 .987 5.6 13.3 5.6 -0.3 6.0 0 5.41 4.52 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 KCR AL 24 SS 42 26 253.2 148 55 86 7 20 .953 -4.4 -20.8 -4.4 -3.2 -1.2 0 5.00 3.36 .959 4.85 4.09
1975 KCR AL 24 3B 4 2 22.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.1 5.4 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0 3.22 2.00 .950 3.14 2.80
1975 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1976 KCR AL 25 2B 130 122 1025.0 665 256 391 18 76 .973 12.8 15.0 13.8 3.2 10.6 -1 5.68 4.98 .975 5.40 4.64
1976 KCR AL 25 SS 37 20 213.0 138 41 92 5 14 .964 2.2 12.4 3.2 0.6 2.6 -1 5.62 3.59 .967 4.99 4.40
1977 KCR AL 26 2B 152 145 1265.0 752 310 434 8 86 .989 12.1 11.5 11.1 8.2 2.9 1 5.29 4.89 .978 5.42 4.76 GG
1977 KCR AL 26 SS 4 1 10.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 2.70 0.75 .967 4.86 4.08 GG
1978 KCR AL 27 2B 140 138 1194.1 726 325 385 16 96 .978 12.4 12.5 8.4 -0.7 9.1 4 5.35 5.07 .980 5.47 4.74 AS,GG
1979 KCR AL 28 2B 125 125 1076.1 661 317 332 12 78 .982 0.0 0.0 2.0 -0.2 2.3 -2 5.43 5.19 .978 5.50 4.80 AS,GG
1980 KCR AL 29 2B 153 145 1285.1 853 395 448 10 103 .988 6.1 5.7 8.1 4.1 4.0 -2 5.90 5.51 .981 5.60 4.91 GG
1981 KCR AL 30 2B 93 93 824.1 495 226 263 6 70 .988 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 1.5 -2.6 1 5.34 5.26 .982 5.54 4.93 AS,GG
1982 KCR AL 31 2B 144 143 1216.2 767 361 389 17 99 .978 4.2 4.1 4.2 -2.7 6.9 0 5.55 5.21 .981 5.35 4.70 AS,GG
1983 KCR AL 32 2B 145 142 1241.1 840 390 442 8 123 .990 7.2 7.0 5.2 1.6 3.6 2 6.03 5.74 .981 5.36 4.77
1984 KCR AL 33 2B 129 126 1108.2 735 299 425 11 97 .985 17.6 19.0 16.6 0.7 15.9 1 5.88 5.61 .980 5.24 4.45
1985 KCR AL 34 2B 149 147 1306.0 849 342 490 17 101 .980 3.7 3.4 5.7 -7.3 12.9 -2 5.73 5.58 .982 5.29 4.48
1986 KCR AL 35 2B 151 144 1265.1 765 316 439 10 91 .987 11.4 10.8 10.4 3.5 6.9 1 5.37 5.00 .981 5.10 4.34 AS,GG,SS
1986 KCR AL 35 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40 AS,GG,SS
1986 KCR AL 35 SS 1 0 2.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 13.50 3.00 .967 4.50 3.90 AS,GG,SS
1987 KCR AL 36 2B 152 150 1277.1 788 320 458 10 89 .987 14.2 13.3 14.2 3.0 11.2 0 5.48 5.12 .980 5.12 4.48 GG
1987 KCR AL 36 DH 1 GG
1988 KCR AL 37 2B 148 139 1186.1 723 293 426 4 88 .994 7.2 7.3 6.2 2.0 4.3 1 5.45 4.86 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 KCR AL 37 DH 3
1989 KCR AL 38 2B 132 126 1057.1 655 238 407 10 64 .985 8.0 9.1 9.0 1.6 7.4 -1 5.49 4.89 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 KCR AL 38 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1990 KCR AL 39 2B 79 75 627.2 368 142 218 8 51 .978 2.2 4.2 0.2 -0.9 1.1 2 5.16 4.56 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 KCR AL 39 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.00
1990 KCR AL 39 RF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.80
18 Seasons 2B 2150 2052 17809.1 11168 4740 6250 178 1382 .984 125.6 8.5 119.6 17.3 102.5 6 5.55 5.11 .980 5.33 4.63
6 Seasons SS 150 87 863.1 556 186 345 25 75 .955 -2.6 -3.6 -2.6 -2.3 -0.3 0 5.54 3.54 .964 4.97 4.28
3 Seasons 3B 21 12 120.1 49 16 31 2 2 .959 -1.8 -18.0 -1.8 -0.8 -0.8 0 3.52 2.24 .953 3.12 2.76
4 Seasons DH 8
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.05
1 Season RF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.80
18 Seasons TOT 2323 2151 18793.0 11773 4942 6626 205 1459 .983 121.2 7.7 115.2 14.2 101.4 6 5.54 4.98 .962 5.30 4.58
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 KCR AL 22 51 33 51 45 0 0 0 13 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1974 KCR AL 23 99 52 99 88 0 0 0 50 16 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 14
1975 KCR AL 24 111 85 111 107 0 0 0 68 4 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
1976 KCR AL 25 152 142 152 151 0 0 0 130 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 KCR AL 26 152 146 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 KCR AL 27 143 138 143 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 KCR AL 28 127 125 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 KCR AL 29 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1981 KCR AL 30 94 93 94 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 KCR AL 31 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 KCR AL 32 146 142 146 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 KCR AL 33 129 126 129 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 KCR AL 34 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 KCR AL 35 151 144 151 151 0 0 0 151 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 KCR AL 36 154 151 154 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1988 KCR AL 37 150 142 150 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1
1989 KCR AL 38 135 126 135 132 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1990 KCR AL 39 82 75 82 80 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
18 Seasons 2324 2155 2324 2285 0 0 0 2154 21 147 0 0 1 1 4 43 38
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 KCR AL 22 434 64% 80% 35% 43 88% 0 19 4 12 3 41 35 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 13 5 1 4 1 11 5 6 2 0 1
1974 KCR AL 23 1112 57% 82% 34% 116 92% 0 68 33 24 11 90 68 19 0 1 7 0 6 1 6 24 8 3 8 1 21 9 12 3 1 1
1975 KCR AL 24 2168 52% 80% 29% 222 97% 0 123 53 53 17 185 162 20 0 4 5 1 3 1 3 36 11 8 9 3 31 12 19 4 1 2
1976 KCR AL 25 4408 55% 81% 29% 450 95% 4 255 97 122 36 392 337 43 2 3 18 1 17 0 13 75 32 11 21 4 71 25 44 4 4 0
1977 KCR AL 26 5499 57% 78% 27% 501 98% 2 306 120 143 43 435 374 46 1 12 8 0 6 2 6 84 24 26 22 5 79 28 51 4 4 0
1978 KCR AL 27 5123 61% 81% 25% 491 97% 2 323 162 117 44 383 330 45 2 4 16 2 11 3 7 96 31 21 29 3 90 32 57 3 2 1
1979 KCR AL 28 4780 61% 81% 25% 439 96% 1 322 148 128 46 332 280 38 0 8 12 0 9 3 7 77 23 19 16 3 66 19 47 8 5 3
1980 KCR AL 29 5607 57% 82% 27% 541 98% 3 395 157 166 72 454 383 51 3 7 10 0 6 4 6 103 33 24 26 3 95 31 63 5 4 0
1981 KCR AL 30 3552 61% 83% 25% 319 96% 0 231 91 101 39 264 224 34 0 8 5 1 4 0 4 71 27 9 19 1 61 20 41 9 4 4
1982 KCR AL 31 5360 66% 82% 26% 499 96% 2 362 155 165 42 393 324 57 1 5 17 0 12 5 12 98 31 22 32 1 92 33 58 4 2 2
1983 KCR AL 32 5502 67% 83% 26% 518 97% 1 382 153 187 43 442 371 59 2 8 8 0 8 0 7 124 40 31 30 4 117 35 81 3 1 2
1984 KCR AL 33 4774 63% 81% 28% 484 98% 1 296 125 145 26 424 375 41 0 4 11 1 10 0 7 95 42 18 23 3 87 26 61 8 3 3
1985 KCR AL 34 5687 61% 79% 28% 571 97% 1 344 144 170 30 490 429 49 2 2 17 1 12 4 11 99 36 27 24 2 93 27 66 4 1 3
1986 KCR AL 35 5502 57% 78% 31% 544 95% 4 314 135 120 59 445 398 40 2 3 10 1 7 2 7 92 33 22 19 5 84 24 58 5 1 4
1987 KCR AL 36 5708 60% 77% 32% 553 94% 1 314 120 144 50 458 397 49 1 5 10 0 8 2 8 89 27 18 30 1 80 31 49 8 2 6
1988 KCR AL 37 5279 58% 78% 33% 494 97% 0 288 120 136 38 427 377 42 1 7 4 0 1 3 2 88 30 25 20 2 80 22 58 5 4 1
1989 KCR AL 38 4609 54% 77% 33% 488 93% 1 235 98 105 32 408 363 37 0 4 10 0 5 5 7 64 27 12 18 4 62 22 40 2 1 1
1990 KCR AL 39 2789 51% 75% 32% 256 92% 1 141 50 70 21 219 193 23 1 0 8 0 5 3 5 51 18 13 15 2 49 17 31 1 0 1
18 Seasons 77893 59% 80% 29% 7529 96% 24 4718 1965 2108 652 6282 5420 698 18 85 179 8 132 39 121 1379 478 310 365 48 1269 418 842 82 40 35
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 94%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 KCR AL 22 933 62% 77% 27% 107 85% 0 52 29 23 0 78 59 17 0 1 9 1 5 3 7 24 9 0 9 5 0 23 9 14 1 0 1
1974 KCR AL 23 774 60% 81% 34% 93 88% 0 35 18 13 4 76 61 13 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 15 5 0 7 1 1 15 5 9 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 24 1126 59% 78% 25% 113 92% 2 56 29 18 9 86 58 22 1 1 7 0 7 0 7 20 7 4 4 1 2 19 11 7 1 1 0
1976 KCR AL 25 956 55% 82% 28% 111 94% 1 40 18 14 8 93 72 19 0 1 5 0 5 0 5 16 6 2 4 2 0 15 8 6 1 0 1
1977 KCR AL 26 50 60% 84% 30% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 35 7 43% 86% 71% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3846 59% 79% 28% 428 90% 3 184 94 69 21 338 254 72 1 4 24 1 18 5 22 76 27 6 24 10 3 73 33 37 3 1 2
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 KCR AL 23 438 61% 81% 31% 43 86% 0 15 11 3 1 26 22 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 KCR AL 24 110 49% 85% 25% 9 89% 0 1 1 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 KCR AL 35 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 551 59% 82% 30% 52 87% 0 16 12 3 1 33 27 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50% 0% 0
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.9% 57% 78% 29% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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