Frankie Hayes

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: October 13, 1914 in Jamesburg, NJ us

Died: June 22, 1955 in Point Pleasant, NJ

Buried: Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, NJ

High School: Prep HS (Pennington, NJ)

Debut: September 21, 1933 (Age 18-343d, 7,635th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 17, 1947 (Age 32-216d)
vs. SLB 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Franklin Witman Hayes

Nicknames: Blimp

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6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.6

4493

1164

119

.259

545

RBI

628

OBP

.343

SLG

.400

OPS

.744

OPS+

101

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1933	18	PHA	AL	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0	/2
1934	19	PHA	AL	92	271	248	24	56	10	0	6	30	2	1	20	44	.226	.286	.339	.625	63	84		1	2		2	2H

1935	20	WSH-min	AA																										ALB · IL
1936	21	PHA	AL	144	557	505	59	137	25	2	10	67	3	5	46	58	.271	.335	.388	.723	80	196		2	2		5	*2/H
1937	22	PHA	AL	60	217	188	24	49	11	1	10	38	0	0	29	34	.261	.359	.489	.849	114	92		0	0		0	2/H
1938	23	PHA	AL	99	373	316	56	92	19	3	11	55	2	3	54	51	.291	.396	.475	.871	121	150		1	2		1	2/H
1939	24	PHA	AL	124	487	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	4	1	40	55	.283	.348	.510	.859	120	220	10	3	12		0	*2H	AS,MVP-22
1940	25	PHA	AL	136	532	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	.308	.389	.477	.866	126	222	13	1	2		4	*2/H3	AS,MVP-20
1941	26	PHA	AL	126	503	439	66	123	27	4	12	63	2	0	62	56	.280	.369	.442	.811	116	194	23	0	1		6	*2/H	AS,MVP-23
1942	27	TOT	AL	77	262	222	22	55	10	0	2	22	1	1	37	47	.248	.355	.320	.675	90	71	3	0	3		3	2H
1942	27	PHA	AL	21	72	63	8	15	4	0	0	5	1	1	9	8	.238	.333	.302	.635	80	19	3	0	0		0	2/H
1942	27	SLB	AL	56	190	159	14	40	6	0	2	17	0	0	28	39	.252	.364	.327	.691	93	52	0	0	3		3	2/H
1943	28	SLB	AL	88	290	250	16	47	7	0	5	30	1	0	37	36	.188	.295	.276	.571	65	69	8	1	2		2	2H/3
1944	29	PHA	AL	155	648	581	62	144	18	6	13	78	2	1	57	59	.248	.315	.367	.682	97	213	15	0	9		4	*2/3	AS,MVP-14
1945	30	TOT	AL	151	579	495	51	116	17	7	9	57	2	1	71	66	.234	.335	.352	.687	103	174	10	4	9		9	*2	MVP-26
1945	30	PHA	AL	32	129	110	12	25	2	1	3	14	1	0	18	14	.227	.336	.345	.681	100	38	2	0	1		1	2
1945	30	CLE	AL	119	450	385	39	91	15	6	6	43	1	1	53	52	.236	.335	.353	.688	104	136	8	4	8		8	*2
1946	31	TOT	AL	104	392	335	26	78	18	0	5	34	2	4	50	59	.233	.332	.331	.664	90	111	14	0	7		1	2/H	AS
1946	31	CLE	AL	51	181	156	11	40	12	0	3	18	1	3	21	26	.256	.345	.391	.736	111	61	7	0	4		0	2/H
1946	31	CHW	AL	53	211	179	15	38	6	0	2	16	1	1	29	33	.212	.322	.279	.601	72	50	7	0	3		1	2/H
1947	32	BOS	AL	5	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	2	0	0	0		0	/2H
14 Yrs				1364	5129	4493	545	1164	213	32	119	628	30	20	564	627	.259	.343	.400	.744	101	1798	96	13	51		37
162 Game Avg.				162	609	534	65	138	25	4	14	75	4	2	67	74	.259	.343	.400	.744	101	214		2	6		4
				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
PHA (11 yrs)				992	3794	3351	450	906	167	26	101	503	26	15	396	440	.270	.349	.426	.775	104	1428		8	31		23
CLE (2 yrs)				170	631	541	50	131	27	6	9	61	2	4	74	78	.242	.338	.364	.702	106	197	15	4	12		8
SLB (2 yrs)				144	480	409	30	87	13	0	7	47	1	0	65	75	.213	.322	.296	.618	77	121	8	1	5		5
BOS (1 yr)				5	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	2	0	0	0		0
CHW (1 yr)				53	211	179	15	38	6	0	2	16	1	1	29	33	.212	.322	.279	.601	72	50	7	0	3		1