Frank Taveras

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 155lb (183cm, 70kg)

Born: December 24, 1949 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic do

Debut: September 25, 1971 (Age 21-275d, 13,201st in major league history)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 25, 1982 (Age 32-213d)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Franklin Crisostomo Taveras

Nicknames: Pittsburgh Stealer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

4043

1029

.255

503

RBI

214

300

OBP

.301

SLG

.313

OPS

.614

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	PIT		MON	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	PIT		MON	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 13	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
9	9	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS	11	3.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Mets
12	10	Apr 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	11	Apr 21	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
14	12	Apr 22	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
15	13	Apr 24	NYM		SFG	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
16	14	Apr 25	NYM		SFG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
17	15	Apr 28	NYM		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
18	16	Apr 29 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	17	Apr 29 (2)	NYM		LAD	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
20	18	Apr 30	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	19	May 1	NYM		SDP	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
22	20	May 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	21	May 4	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
24	22	May 5	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	2	6	0	SS
25	23	May 6	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
26	24	May 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
27	25	May 8	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	26	May 9	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
29	27	May 10	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-14	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
30	28	May 11	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
31	29	May 12	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
32	30	May 13	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
33	31	May 15	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
34	32	May 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	12.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
35	33	May 17	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	34	May 19	NYM		STL	L,4-9	CG	51	12.0	7	6	0	13	2	SS
37	35	May 20	NYM		STL	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
38	36	May 22	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	37	May 24 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	38	May 24 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
41	39	May 25	NYM		PIT	T,3-3	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
42	40	May 26	NYM		PIT	W,10-8	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
43	41	May 27	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
44	42	May 28	NYM		PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
45	43	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
46	44	May 30	NYM	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
47	45	May 31	NYM	@	STL	L,6-9	GS	22	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	52	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
49	47	Jun 2	NYM	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
50	48	Jun 3	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	49	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
52	50	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
53	51	Jun 6	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	52	Jun 8	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
55	53	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	54	Jun 10	NYM		HOU	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
57	55	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
58	56	Jun 12	NYM		CIN	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
59	57	Jun 13	NYM		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	58	Jun 15	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
61	59	Jun 16	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
62	60	Jun 17 susp	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
63	61	Jun 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	65	17.0	3	9	0	12	3	SS
64	62	Jun 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
65	63	Jun 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
66	64	Jun 22	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
67	65	Jun 24	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
68	66	Jun 25 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
69	67	Jun 25 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
70	68	Jun 26	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
71	69	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,12-9	GS	29	6.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
72	70	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
73	71	Jun 30	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	72	Jul 1 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
75	73	Jul 1 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
76	74	Jul 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
77	75	Jul 3	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
78	76	Jul 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
79	77	Jul 5	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
80	78	Jul 6	NYM		SDP	L,5-6	CG	53	12.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
81	79	Jul 7	NYM		SDP	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	1	8	1	10	1	SS
82	80	Jul 8 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
83	81	Jul 8 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
84	82	Jul 10	NYM		LAD	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
85	83	Jul 11	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
86	84	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	W,12-5	GS	27	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
87	85	Jul 13 (1)	NYM		SFG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	86	Jul 13 (2)	NYM		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
89	87	Jul 14	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
90	88	Jul 15	NYM		SFG	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
91	89	Jul 19	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
92	90	Jul 20	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	4	5	0	9	1	SS
93	91	Jul 21	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
94	92	Jul 22	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
95	93	Jul 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
96	94	Jul 24	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
97	95	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
98	96	Jul 26	NYM		CHC	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	97	Jul 27	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	98	Jul 28	NYM		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
101	99	Jul 29	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
102	100	Jul 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
103	101	Jul 31	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	102	Aug 1	NYM		PHI	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
105	103	Aug 2 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	104	Aug 2 (2)	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	105	Aug 3	NYM	@	MON	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
108	106	Aug 4	NYM	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
109	107	Aug 5 (1)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
110	108	Aug 5 (2)	NYM	@	MON	L,3-7	GS	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
111	109	Aug 7 (1)	NYM		STL	L,2-9	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
112	110	Aug 7 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
113	111	Aug 8	NYM		STL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
114	112	Aug 9	NYM		STL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
115	113	Aug 10 (1)	NYM		MON	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
116	114	Aug 10 (2)	NYM		MON	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	115	Aug 11	NYM		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
118	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,18-5	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
119	117	Aug 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
120	118	Aug 16	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
121	119	Aug 17	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
122	120	Aug 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
123	121	Aug 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
124	122	Aug 20	NYM		HOU	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
125	123	Aug 21 susp	NYM		HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
126	124	Aug 22	NYM		HOU	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
127	125	Aug 24	NYM		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	126	Aug 25	NYM		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
129	127	Aug 26	NYM		CIN	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
130	128	Aug 27	NYM		ATL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
131	129	Aug 28	NYM		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
132	130	Aug 29	NYM		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
133	131	Aug 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	132	Sep 1	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
135	133	Sep 2	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
136	134	Sep 3 (1)	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
137	135	Sep 3 (2)	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
138	136	Sep 4	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
139	137	Sep 6 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
140	138	Sep 6 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
141	139	Sep 7	NYM		PIT	L,4-6	CG	58	14.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
142	140	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	58	15.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
143	141	Sep 9	NYM		PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	3	SS
144	142	Sep 11	NYM		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
145	143	Sep 12	NYM		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
146	144	Sep 13	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
147	145	Sep 15	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
148	146	Sep 16	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
149	147	Sep 18 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
150	148	Sep 18 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
151	149	Sep 19 (1)	NYM		MON	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
152	151 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	NYM		MON	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
153	153 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	NYM		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
154	154	Sep 22 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
155	155	Sep 23	NYM		STL	L,4-7	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
156	156	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
157	157	Sep 25 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS	12	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
158	158	Sep 25 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
159	159	Sep 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
160	160	Sep 28 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
161	161	Sep 28 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	7	2	1	10	1	SS
162	162	Sep 29	NYM	@	STL	W,8-7	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
163	163	Sep 30	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
							164gm		1412.1	287	464	28	779	92