Frank Foreman

Q: Where was Frank Foreman born?

Frank Foreman was born in Baltimore, MD .

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: May 1, 1863 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: November 19, 1957 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

Debut: May 15, 1884 (Age 21-014d, 809th in major league history)

Last Game: May 10, 1902 (Age 39-009d)
vs. PHA 8.0 IP, 15 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 8 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1885 season

Full Name: Francis Isaiah Foreman

Nicknames: Monkey

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Relatives: Brother of John Foreman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.1

ERA

3.97

229

205

1721.2

586

WHIP

1.461

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1884	21	2TM	UA	-0.2	4	14	14	0	1	0	0	0			0		.071	.071	.071	.143	-51	.066	-4	1			/1O
1884	21	CPI	UA	-0.1	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0			0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-39	.084	2	1			/1O
1884	21	KCC	UA	0.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-30	0			/1
1885	22	BAL	AA	0.1	3	14	14	4	4	0	1	0	2		0		.286	.286	.429	.714	124	.322	114	6	0		/1O

1889	26	BAL	AA	-0.8	54	194	181	18	26	2	1	1	11	7	12	35	.144	.201	.182	.383	11	.184	20	33	1		1/O
1890	27	CIN	NL	0.0	25	87	75	13	10	1	3	1	7	0	10	13	.133	.253	.267	.520	50	.254	52	20	2		1/O
1891	28	2TM	2LG	1.0	51	184	157	26	35	5	5	4	19	6	23	35	.223	.337	.395	.732	114	.339	104	62	4		1/O
1891	28	CIN	NL	0.0	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	117	.348	109	2	0		/O
1891	28	WAS	AA	1.0	50	180	153	26	34	4	5	4	19	6	23	35	.222	.339	.392	.731	114	.339	104	60	4		1/O
1892	29	2TM	NL	0.7	18	57	51	7	17	3	3	1	4	1	6	6	.333	.404	.569	.972	193	.449	170	29	0		1/O
1892	29	WHS	NL	0.7	11	31	28	5	13	2	2	1	3	0	3	3	.464	.516	.786	1.302	297	.590	253	22	0		1
1892	29	BLN	NL	-0.1	7	26	23	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	3	.174	.269	.304	.574	71	.280	71	7	0		/O1
1893	30	NYG	NL	-0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.009	-90	0	0		/1

1895	32	CIN	NL	0.4	32	101	94	14	29	7	0	2	11	1	4	14	.309	.350	.447	.797	101	.358	91	42	2	1	1
1896	33	CIN	NL	-0.1	27	83	74	9	18	2	0	0	8	2	4	6	.243	.282	.270	.552	42	.265	37	20	0	5	1

1901	38	2TM	AL	0.5	25	89	84	12	26	2	2	0	10	1	3	7	.310	.333	.381	.714	94	.334	92	32	0	1	1
1901	38	BOS	AL	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.015	-102	0	0	0	/1
1901	38	BLA	AL	0.5	24	85	80	12	26	2	2	0	10	1	3	6	.325	.349	.400	.749	103	.351	101	32	0	1	1
1902	39	BLA	AL	0.1	2	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	171	.472	172	4	0	0	/1
				WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
11 Yrs				1.5	243	833	754	104	169	23	15	9	73	18	62	116	.224	.291	.330	.621	74	.291	71	249	9	7	1O
162 Game Avg				1.0	162	555	503	69	113	15	10	6			41		.224	.291	.330	.621	74	.291	71	166

CIN (4 Yrs)				0.3	85	275	247	36	58	11	3	3	26	3	18	33	.235	.297	.340	.637	69	.298	64	84	4	6	1/O
BLN (3 Yrs)				-0.8	64	234	218	24	34	3	3	1	14	8	15	38	.156	.214	.211	.425	24	.203	30	46	1		1/O
WHS (2 Yrs)				1.7	61	211	181	31	47	6	7	5	22	6	26	38	.260	.365	.453	.818	141	.376	124	82	4		1/O
BLA (2 Yrs)				0.7	26	92	87	13	29	3	2	0	11	1	3	6	.333	.356	.414	.769	108	.360	106	36	0	1	1
CPI (1 Yr)				-0.1	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0			0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-39	.084	2	1			/1O
NYG (1 Yr)				-0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.009	-90	0	0		/1
BOS (1 Yr)				-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.015	-102	0	0	0	/1
KCC (1 Yr)				0.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-30	0			/1

NL (6 Yrs)				0.9	105	335	301	43	75	14	6	4	30	4	24	39	.249	.313	.375	.688	86	.321	79	113	4	6	1/O
AA (3 Yrs)				0.2	107	388	348	48	64	6	7	5	32	13	35	70	.184	.268	.284	.553	61	.261	61	99	5		1O
AL (2 Yrs)				0.6	27	96	91	13	29	3	2	0	11	1	3	7	.319	.340	.396	.736	100	.344	97	36	0	1	1
UA (1 Yr)				-0.2	4	14	14	0	1	0	0	0			0		.071	.071	.071	.143	-51	.066	-4	1			/1O

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos	Awards
1884	21	2TM	UA	14	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.458	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	/1O
1884	21	CPI	UA	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.458	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1O
1884	21	KCC	UA	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0.0	0	-1	0.0	.456	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	/1
1885	22	BAL	AA	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.526	.500	0.1	0.0	1	/1O

1889	26	BAL	AA	194	-24	0	0	0	14	-10	-0.8	0	-10	-0.8	.485	.495	-0.8	0.0	-10	1/O
1890	27	CIN	NL	87	-6	0	0	0	6	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	1/O
1891	28	2TM	2LG	184	1	-1	0	-1	11	11	0.9	1	12	1.0	.518	.505	1.0	-0.1	13	1/O
1891	28	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/O
1891	28	WAS	AA	180	1	-1	0	-1	11	11	0.9	1	11	1.0	.518	.506	1.0	-0.1	12	1/O
1892	29	2TM	NL	57	5	0	0	0	2	7	0.6	1	8	0.7	.534	.502	0.7	0.0	8	1/O
1892	29	WHS	NL	31	6	0	0	0	2	8	0.7	0	8	0.7	.567	.505	0.7	0.0	8	1
1892	29	BLN	NL	26	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/O1
1893	30	NYG	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1

1895	32	CIN	NL	101	-1	0	0	0	7	5	0.4	0	5	0.4	.513	.502	0.4	0.0	5	1
1896	33	CIN	NL	83	-7	0	0	0	6	-2	-0.1	0	-2	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-2	1

1901	38	2TM	AL	89	-1	0	0	0	6	5	0.5	0	5	0.5	.519	.503	0.5	0.0	5	1
1901	38	BOS	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.422	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
1901	38	BLA	AL	85	0	0	0	0	6	6	0.5	0	6	0.5	.523	.503	0.6	0.0	6	1
1902	39	BLA	AL	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.554	.501	0.1	0.0	1	/1
				PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos	Awards
11 Yrs				833	-35	-1	0	-1	55	17	1.4	2	19	1.5	.506	.501	1.6	-0.2	20	1O
162 Game Avg				555	-24	-1	0	-1	36	11	0.9	1	13	1.0	.506	.501	1.1	-0.1	13

CIN (4 Yrs)				275	-15	0	0	0	19	4	0.3	0	4	0.3	.504	.501	0.3	-0.1	4	1/O
BLN (3 Yrs)				234	-25	0	0	0	15	-10	-0.9	1	-9	-0.8	.486	.496	-0.8	-0.1	-9	1/O
WHS (2 Yrs)				211	7	-1	0	-1	13	19	1.7	1	20	1.7	.527	.505	1.8	-0.1	21	1/O
BLA (2 Yrs)				92	1	0	0	0	7	7	0.7	0	7	0.7	.525	.503	0.7	0.0	7	1
CPI (1 Yr)				11	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.458	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1O
NYG (1 Yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
BOS (1 Yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.422	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/1
KCC (1 Yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0.0	0	-1	0.0	.456	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	/1

NL (6 Yrs)				335	-10	0	0	0	21	11	0.8	1	12	0.9	.508	.501	0.9	-0.1	12	1/O
AA (3 Yrs)				388	-23	-1	0	-1	26	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	-0.1	4	1O
AL (2 Yrs)				96	0	0	0	0	7	7	0.6	0	7	0.6	.522	.503	0.6	0.0	7	1
UA (1 Yr)				14	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.458	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	/1O

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	rOBA	Rbat+	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	RS%	Pos	Awards
1884	21	2TM	UA	14	.066	-4	.071	.000	0.0		0.0	0.0	/1O
1884	21	CPI	UA	11	.084	2	.091	.000	0.0		0.0	0.0	/1O
1884	21	KCC	UA	3	.000	-30	.000	.000	0.0		0.0		/1
1885	22	BAL	AA	14	.322	114	.286	.143	0.0		0.0	100.0	/1O

1889	26	BAL	AA	194	.184	20	.172	.039	0.5	18.0	6.2	44.7	1/O
1890	27	CIN	NL	87	.254	52	.148	.133	1.1	14.9	11.5	57.1	1/O
1891	28	2TM	2LG	184	.339	104	.263	.172	2.2	19.0	12.5	37.9	1/O
1891	28	CIN	NL	4	.348	109	.250	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	/O
1891	28	WAS	AA	180	.339	104	.263	.170	2.2	19.4	12.8	38.6	1/O
1892	29	2TM	NL	57	.449	170	.364	.235	1.8	10.5	10.5	27.3	1/O
1892	29	WHS	NL	31	.590	253	.500	.321	3.2	9.7	9.7	26.7	1
1892	29	BLN	NL	26	.280	71	.200	.130	0.0	11.5	11.5	28.6	/O1
1893	30	NYG	NL	3	.009	-90	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		/1

1895	32	CIN	NL	101	.358	91	.346	.138	2.0	13.9	4.0	36.4	1
1896	33	CIN	NL	83	.265	37	.265	.027	0.0	7.2	4.8	40.9	1

1901	38	2TM	AL	89	.334	92	.338	.071	0.0	7.9	3.4	41.4	1
1901	38	BOS	AL	4	-0.015	-102	.000	.000	0.0	25.0	0.0		/1
1901	38	BLA	AL	85	.351	101	.351	.075	0.0	7.1	3.5	41.4	1
1902	39	BLA	AL	7	.472	172	.429	.143	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	/1
					Batting				Batting Ratios
				PA	rOBA	Rbat+	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	RS%	Pos	Awards
11 Yrs				833	.291	71	.254	.106	1.1	13.9	7.4	41.1	1O
MLB Average					.326	100	.278	.089	0.6	6.6	7.6	43.8

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Frank Foreman born?

Frank Foreman was born on May 1, 1863.

Where was Frank Foreman born?

Frank Foreman was born in Baltimore, MD.

How tall was Frank Foreman?

Frank Foreman was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Frank Foreman weigh when playing?

Frank Foreman weighed 160 lbs (72 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Frank Foreman play?

Frank Foreman played 11 seasons.

Is Frank Foreman in the Hall of Fame?

Frank Foreman has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Frank Foreman play?

Frank Foreman was a Pitcher and Outfielder.

How many strikeouts did Frank Foreman have?

Frank Foreman had 586 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Frank Foreman played for?

Frank Foreman played for 8 teams; the Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Americans, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago/Pittsburgh, Kansas City Cowboys, New York Giants and Washington Senators.