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Frankie Zak

Frank Thomas Zak

Positions: Shortstop and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: February 22, 1922 in Passaic, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1944
Team: Pirates 1944-1946

Final Game: June 10, 1946
Died: February 6, 1972 in Passaic, NJ
Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, South Hackensack, NJ
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1944 22 PIT NL 87 186 160 33 48 3 1 0 11 6 22 18 .300 .385 .331 .716 99 53 2 0 4 6 AS
1945 23 PIT NL 15 32 28 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 3 5 .143 .226 .214 .440 21 6 0 0 1 6/4
1946 24 PIT NL 21 22 20 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .238 .200 .438 23 4 0 0 1 6
3 Seasons 123 240 208 43 56 5 1 0 14 6 26 23 .269 .350 .303 .653 81 63 2 0 6
162 Game Avg. 162 316 274 57 74 7 1 0 18 8 34 30 .269 .350 .303 .653 81 83 3 0 8

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
1944 22 PIT NL 186 1 2 0 0 -3 4 6 10 1.0 13 1.4 -0.4 $ 6 AS
1945 23 PIT NL 32 -3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 6/4
1946 24 PIT NL 22 -2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 6
3 Seasons 240 -4 3 0 0 -2 6 8 11 1.1 13 1.4 -0.3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1944 22 PIT NL 186 118 20 4.6 98 .338 .300 .274 .385 .342 .331 .385 .716 .726 99 .537 0.6 0.1 .711 .206 .031 .0
1945 23 PIT NL 32 25 1 1.1 100 .174 .143 .278 .226 .348 .214 .384 .440 .732 21 .073 -3.0 -0.3 .375 .179 .071
1946 24 PIT NL 22 17 1 1.6 95 .200 .200 .266 .238 .342 .200 .372 .438 .714 23 .151 -2.1 -0.2 .313 .050 .000
3 Seasons 240 160 22 3.7 98 .303 .269 .274 .350 .343 .303 .383 .653 .726 81 .441 -4.5 -0.5 .617 .188 .034 .0
162 Game Avg. 316 211 29 3.7 98 .303 .269 .274 .350 .343 .303 .383 .653 .726 81 .441 -4.5 -0.5 .617 .188 .034

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 PIT NL 22 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1944 22 PIT NL 186 0.0% 9.7% 11.8% 2.2% 8% 0.82 8.9 14.5 76%
1945 23 PIT NL 32 0.0% 15.6% 9.4% 6.3% 50% 1.67 5.6 9.3 72%
1946 24 PIT NL 22 0.0% 0.0% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 0.00 91%
3 Seasons 240 0.0% 9.6% 10.8% 2.5% 11% 0.88 9.0 14.9 77%
MLB Averages 1.1% 9.1% 8.8% 5.7% 25% 1.04 9.8 78.1 9.0 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 22 87 186 160 33 48 3 1 0 11 6 22 18 .300 .385 .331 .716 99 53 2 0 4
1945 23 102 218 188 35 52 5 1 0 14 6 25 23 .277 .362 .314 .675 87 59 2 0 5
1946 24 123 240 208 43 56 5 1 0 14 6 26 23 .269 .350 .303 .653 81 63 2 0 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1944 22 90 187 165 34 49 3 1 0 11 6 22 19 .297 .380 .327 .707 21 87
1945 23 16 32 29 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 5 .138 .219 .207 .426 1 15
1946 24 22 22 21 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .190 .227 .190 .418 1 21
3 Seasons 128 241 215 45 57 5 1 0 13 6 26 24 .265 .344 .298 .642 23 123
162 Game Avg. 162 305 272 57 72 6 1 0 16 8 33 30 .265 .344 .298 .642 29 123

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1944

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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