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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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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
1973 22 KCR AL 51 151 139 20 31 6 1 0 5 3 1 8 23 .223 .262 .281 .542 50 39 1 0 2 2 0 64
1974 23 KCR AL 99 214 204 19 45 6 3 1 18 3 4 5 33 .221 .239 .294 .533 50 60 4 0 5 0 0 465/D
1975 24 KCR AL 111 329 304 43 76 10 2 7 36 11 3 20 39 .250 .297 .365 .662 84 111 4 1 2 2 0 46/5D
1976 25 KCR AL 152 489 446 39 102 17 6 2 46 20 11 19 42 .229 .263 .307 .570 66 137 4 3 18 3 0 *46
1977 26 KCR AL 152 514 474 59 116 21 5 5 50 23 5 25 67 .245 .284 .342 .626 69 162 4 2 11 2 0 *4/6 GG
1978 27 KCR AL 143 501 461 66 127 24 6 7 50 13 10 26 59 .275 .317 .399 .716 98 184 2 3 9 2 1 *4 AS,GG
1979 28 KCR AL 127 503 467 73 124 26 4 10 48 28 8 25 54 .266 .300 .403 .703 87 188 11 1 3 7 3 *4 AS,GG
1980 29 KCR AL 154 594 560 70 148 23 4 7 60 19 6 19 69 .264 .289 .357 .646 77 200 11 2 9 4 0 *4 GG
1981 30 KCR AL 94 390 364 35 91 17 1 9 38 4 2 19 50 .250 .285 .376 .661 91 137 10 0 4 3 0 *4 AS,GG
1982 31 KCR AL 145 554 524 71 156 45 6 11 56 10 7 16 65 .298 .318 .469 .788 114 246 12 2 7 5 1 *4 AS,GG
1983 32 KCR AL 146 579 549 52 143 35 6 11 77 13 5 20 51 .260 .283 .406 .690 88 223 18 0 4 6 4 *4
1984 33 KCR AL 129 515 479 58 130 22 5 17 56 5 5 27 72 .271 .311 .445 .756 107 213 11 2 4 3 3 *4
1985 34 KCR AL 149 600 563 62 140 25 1 22 69 10 4 28 86 .249 .284 .414 .698 89 233 8 1 5 3 2 *4
1986 35 KCR AL 151 620 566 76 154 37 3 22 84 4 4 43 88 .272 .322 .465 .787 110 263 10 2 2 7 5 *4/56 AS,GG,SS
1987 36 KCR AL 154 624 563 67 138 32 2 17 78 1 3 51 86 .245 .308 .400 .708 85 225 16 2 4 4 5 *4/D GG
1988 37 KCR AL 150 575 537 48 126 25 1 8 58 7 3 21 67 .235 .266 .330 .595 66 177 16 4 7 6 3 *4/D
1989 38 KCR AL 135 458 418 34 107 22 1 2 36 3 2 30 52 .256 .307 .328 .635 80 137 7 2 5 3 0 *4/
1990 39 KCR AL 82 257 241 20 52 14 1 2 21 1 0 10 32 .216 .253 .307 .560 58 74 7 3 0 3 0 4/9
18 Seasons 2324 8467 7859 912 2006 407 58 160 886 178 83 412 1035 .255 .293 .383 .675 85 3009 156 30 101 65 27
162 Game Avg. 162 590 548 64 140 28 4 11 62 12 6 29 72 .255 .293 .383 .675 85 210 11 2 7 5 2
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

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 19 18 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 .278 .263 .333 .596 6 0 0 0 1 0
1978 27 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 3 11 11 3 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 .545 .545 .909 1.455 10 0 0 0 0 0
1980 29 KCR AL WS PHI L 6 27 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .080 .115 .080 .195 2 1 0 1 0 0
1981 30 KCR AL ALDS OAK L 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 33 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 7 28 25 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .200 .222 .200 .422 5 1 0 1 1 0
1985 34 KCR AL WS STL W 7 31 28 4 7 3 0 1 6 1 1 3 4 .250 .323 .464 .787 13 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (9 Series) 42 160 150 14 32 5 0 2 16 4 2 6 21 .213 .241 .287 .527 43 4 0 2 2 0
1 ALDS 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 ALCS 26 90 86 9 21 2 0 1 10 2 1 1 11 .244 .247 .302 .550 26 1 0 1 2 0
2 WS 13 58 53 4 9 3 0 1 6 2 1 4 9 .170 .228 .283 .511 15 3 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1978 *
1979 (2B)
1981 *
1982 *
1986 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1980-AL-ALCS MVP

Gold Gloves
1977-AL-2B
1978-AL-2B
1979-AL-2B
1980-AL-2B
1981-AL-2B
1982-AL-2B
1986-AL-2B
1987-AL-2B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1986-AL-2B

Games Played s c a p y
Career--2324--92nd

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7859--148th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career--8467--180th

Doubles s c a p y
1982 AL--45--3rd
1986 AL--37--7th
Career--407--150th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1035--205th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 AL--62--10th
Career--625--245th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--18--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career--65--162nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career--156--231st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career--83--185th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career--168.5--123rd

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--6258--109th

Oldest s c a p y
1989 AL--born 1950-09-04--9th
1990 AL--born 1950-09-04--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 81 (213), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (779), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Terry Pendleton (861)
  7. Garry Templeton (861)
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  9. Edgar Renteria (856)
  10. Orlando Cabrera (854)
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  8. Greg Gagne (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Greg Gagne (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Royce Clayton (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 2, 1970: Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Kansas City Royals$485,000
1987Kansas City Royals$875,000
1988Kansas City Royals$825,000
1989Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
1990Kansas City Royals$1,150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,335,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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