Frank House

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 18, 1930 in Bessemer, AL us

Died: March 13, 2005 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, AL

High School: Hueytown HS (Hueytown, AL)

Debut: July 21, 1950 (Age 20-153d, 10,728th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1961 (Age 31-219d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Henry Franklin House

Nicknames: Pig

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1994

494

.248

201

RBI

235

OBP

.302

SLG

.362

OPS

.663

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 15 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	42
KCA	5

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	22

Outs
0	18
1	16
2	13

8 Opps
WSH	8
CLE	8
CHW	7
BOS	6
NYY	6
BAL	6
KCA	5
DET	1

38 Pitchers
Bob Porterfield	3
Dick Donovan	3
Tom Sturdivant	2
Tom Brewer	2
Mike Fornieles	2
Pedro Ramos	2
Ray Moore	2
Arnie Portocarrero	1
Moe Burtschy	1
Joe Black	1
Ted Abernathy	1
Bob Keegan	1
Bob Chakales	1
Art Ditmar	1
Walt Craddock	1
Hal Brown	1
Tom Gorman	1
Mike Garcia	1
Bud Byerly	1
Bob Grim	1
Early Wynn	1
Jim Wilson	1
Gary Bell	1
Frank Sullivan	1
Lee Wheat	1
Steve Gromek	1
Lou Kretlow	1
Jim Bunning	1
Steve Ridzik	1
Willard Nixon	1
Bob Lemon	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Don Larsen	1
Connie Marrero	1
Sal Maglie	1
George Zuverink	1
Don Mossi	1
Bob Feller	1

7 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	25
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Munic. Stad (KAN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	2

Where Hit
9	42
8	2
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	11
1-3	6
123	2
12-	2
-2-	2

82 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	24
1 on	13
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	23

Inning
2	9
3	4
4	7
5	5
6	4
7	5
8	6
9	7

1-3	13
4-6	16
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	12
-1	5
-3	3
-4..	8

Ahead	19
Tied	12
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	43
PH	3
RP	1

OrderPos
7th	20
8th	13
6th	11
9th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-09-21	DET		CLE	Steve Gromek	ahead 6-5	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.105	85%		Home Run
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1954-05-11	DET		WSH	Bob Porterfield	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.145	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1954-05-15	DET		NYY	Tom Gorman	behind 3-7	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.064	17%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	3	1	1954-05-17	DET		BOS	Tom Brewer	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.209	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Tuttle Scores
5	5	4	1	1954-06-10	DET	@	NYY	Bob Grim	behind 3-7	t 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.093	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Kuenn Scores
6	6	5	1	1954-06-16	DET		BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.224	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Tuttle Scores
7	7	6	1	1954-06-26	DET		WSH	Connie Marrero	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.190	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Belardi Scores
8	8	7	1	1954-08-17	DET	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.254	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	1954-09-05	DET		BAL	Lou Kretlow	behind 0-1	b 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.265	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Belardi Scores; B. Tuttle Scores
10	10	9	1	1954-09-26	DET	@	CLE	Mike Garcia	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.089	86%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1955-04-17	DET		KCA	Lee Wheat	ahead 10-0	b 6	0	1-3	3	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Delsing Scores; B. Tuttle Scores
12	12	2	1	1955-04-27	DET		BAL	Jim Wilson	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	123	4	8	2	0.172	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Boone Scores; J. Delsing Scores; B. Tuttle Scores
13	13	3	1	1955-05-27	DET		CHW	Dick Donovan	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.147	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	1955-06-15	DET	@	NYY	Tom Sturdivant	ahead 7-2	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.031	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	5	1	1955-06-24	DET	@	WSH	Bob Porterfield	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	7	2	0.133	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Boone Scores; J. Delsing Scores
16	16	6	1	1955-07-08	DET		KCA	Arnie Portocarrero	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.108	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	7	1	1955-07-20	DET		BAL	Ray Moore	behind 1-2	b 7	2	1--	2	7	2	0.462	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores
18	18	8	1	1955-07-21	DET		BAL	Hal Brown	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	2	0.226	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	9	1	1955-08-13	DET		CHW	Mike Fornieles	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	7	2	0.165	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores
20	20	10	1	1955-08-16	DET		CLE	Don Mossi	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.038	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	11	1	1955-08-17	DET		CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 5-3	b 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.075	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	12	1	1955-08-21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	Dick Donovan	behind 1-7	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.021	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	13	1	1955-08-30	DET		WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--	2	7	2	0.118	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Delsing Scores
24	24	14	1	1955-09-04	DET	@	KCA	Walt Craddock	ahead 13-0	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	15	1	1955-09-07	DET	@	BOS	Frank Sullivan	behind 2-7	t 9	0	1--	2	6	2	0.022	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Delsing Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1956-04-21	DET	@	CLE	Sal Maglie	ahead 6-1	t 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.035	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	2	1	1956-05-02	DET	@	NYY	Johnny Kucks	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	6	2	0.071	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Kuenn Scores; R. Boone Scores
28	28	3	1	1956-05-30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	Moe Burtschy	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	1-3	3	8	PH	0.098	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Boone Scores; C. Maxwell Scores
29	29	4	1	1956-06-05	DET	@	BOS	Bob Porterfield	tied 2-2	t 3	2	12-	3	7	2	0.260	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Boone Scores; B. Kennedy Scores
30	30	5	1	1956-07-22	DET	@	BOS	Tom Brewer	behind 5-8	t 9	2	---	1	6	2	0.009	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	6	1	1956-07-24 (1)	DET		BAL	Mike Fornieles	ahead 6-5	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.103	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	7	1	1956-07-25	DET		BAL	George Zuverink	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	6	2	0.080	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores; R. Boone Scores
33	33	8	1	1956-08-08	DET		KCA	Art Ditmar	behind 2-5	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.088	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	9	1	1956-08-18	DET	@	CHW	Bob Keegan	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.103	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	10	1	1956-09-04	DET	@	CHW	Dick Donovan	behind 3-11	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1957-05-03	DET		BOS	Bob Chakales	ahead 3-0	b 8	2	1-3	3	7	2	0.023	100%		Home Run; C. Maxwell Scores; B. Tuttle Scores
37	37	2	1	1957-05-07	DET		WSH	Ted Abernathy	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.208	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Tuttle Scores
38	38	3	1	1957-05-18	DET	@	NYY	Don Larsen	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.205	50%		Home Run (RF Line)
39	39	4	1	1957-06-06	DET		WSH	Bud Byerly	tied 6-6	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.299	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	1957-06-19	DET	@	NYY	Tom Sturdivant	behind 1-10	t 9	1	---	1	5	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	6	1	1957-07-19	DET		WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.054	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	7	1	1957-09-11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	Joe Black	ahead 9-1	t 7	2	1--	2	7	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Maxwell Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1958-04-21	KCA		CLE	Steve Ridzik	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	123	4	9	0	0.113	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Power Scores/unER; B. Cerv Scores/unER; B. Hunter Scores/unER; F. House Scores/unER
44	44	2	1	1958-07-06	KCA	@	CLE	Gary Bell	behind 3-8	t 9	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. López Scores
45	45	3	1	1958-08-11	KCA	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 0-3	t 9	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.024	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. López Scores
46	46	4	1	1958-08-14	KCA	@	CHW	Ray Moore	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---	1	8	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1959-04-16	KCA	@	CHW	Early Wynn	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	2	0.167	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Smith Scores

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