Herman Franks

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: January 4, 1914 in Price, UT us

Died: March 30, 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT

Buried: Cremated

School: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Debut: April 27, 1939 (Age 25-113d, 8,653rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1949 (Age 35-236d)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Herman Louis Franks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

403

.199

RBI

OBP

.302

SLG

.275

OPS

.578

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-38 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	55 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 154 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	104 (54-32-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 154 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	100 (51-32-16)

Most Driven In
D Camilli	5
P Reiser	2
J Wasdell	1
R Cullenbine	1
C Gilbert	1
E Koy	1
C Lavagetto	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
P Reese	2
P Coscarart	2
Self	1
C Gilbert	1
D Walker	1
L Durocher	1
E Head	1
W Wyatt	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	18	3 (2)	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	7	.74	0.248	2.23	0.45%	3.15	C
2	19	5 (1)	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.250	2.000	7	.80	0.079	2.70	0.16%	0.53	C
3	20	7 (1)	Apr 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.583	.583	.917	1.500	7	1.38	-0.010	5.75	-0.03%	-0.33	C
4	21	8	Apr 28	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.438	.438	.688	1.125	7	.80	-0.083	3.36	-0.21%	-0.72	C
5	22	9	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.400	.579	.979	7	.56	0.022	2.55	0.06%	-0.43	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	23	10	May 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.571	.981	7	1.49	0.024	7.28	0.07%	0.32	C
7	24	11	May 5	BRO	@	STL	W,9-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.409	.571	.981	7						C
8	25	15 (3)	May 10	BRO		NYG	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.400	.542	.942	7	1.38	-0.039	6.57	-0.11%	-0.16	C
9	26	16	May 11	BRO		PHI	L,4-5	3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.423	.542	.965	9	3.41	0.107	15.50	0.29%	1.00	PH
10	27	19 (2)	May 14	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	7-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.481	.861	4	3.22	-0.116	17.51	-0.38%	-1.06	PH C
11	28	20	May 15	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.364	.484	.848	7	.74	-0.026	4.27	-0.09%	-0.02	C
12	29	22 (1)	May 18	BRO		STL	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.469	.822	9	3.06	-0.050	12.86	-0.13%	-0.21	PH
13	30	23	May 19	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.455	.797	9	7.15	-0.166	32.41	-0.45%	-0.49	PH
14	31	25 (1)	May 21	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.417	.732	6	.70	-0.054	2.94	-0.14%	-0.39	C
15	32	26	May 22	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.317	.410	.727	6	.77	-0.038	2.90	-0.09%	-0.22	C
16	33	27	May 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.372	.661	5	1.32	-0.136	5.65	-0.35%	-0.75	C
17	34	31 (3)	May 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,5-12	8-GF(12)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.370	.661	9	3.40	0.349	16.97	1.05%	0.38	PH C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	35	33 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.286	.362	.647	1	3.06	-0.084	12.21	-0.20%	-0.35	PH
19	36	41 (7)	Jun 9 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.283	.353	.636	6	1.33	-0.100	9.04	-0.41%	-0.61	C
20	37	49 (7)	Jun 18	BRO		STL	L,5-7	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.278	.346	.624	8	3.51	-0.079	15.01	-0.20%	-0.37	PH
21	38	53 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.273	.340	.612	9	.15	-0.004	.68	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
22	39	60 (6)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.352	.638	8	.21	0.010	.98	0.03%	0.39	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	40	63 (2)	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.352	.638	8						C
24	41	66 (2)	Jul 5	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	20-GF(20)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.352	.638	5						C
25	42	70 (3)	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.281	.345	.626	9	2.10	-0.052	19.04	-0.28%	-0.16	PH
26	43	71	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.288	.351	.639	4	1.51	-0.066	13.11	-0.35%	0.15	C
27	44	73 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.283	.345	.628	9	1.82	-0.045	9.25	-0.14%	-0.58	PH
28	45	76 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.279	.339	.618	7	2.89	-0.082	14.96	-0.25%	-0.32	PH C
29	46	83 (6)	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.274	.333	.608	8	1.55	-0.041	7.69	-0.12%	-0.44	PH
30	47	84	Jul 23 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.270	.328	.598	9	7.19	-0.465	62.42	-2.42%	-1.21	PH
31	48	85	Jul 23 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-9	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.281	.328	.609	8	.14	0.005	1.08	0.02%	0.61	PH
32	49	88 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO		STL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.277	.323	.600	7	1.89	-0.049	4.79	-0.07%	-0.25	PH
33	50	93 (4)	Jul 30	BRO		PIT	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.317	.590	8	.08	-0.002	.25	0.00%	-0.37	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	51	96 (2)	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.284	.328	.612	9	3.60	0.112	11.71	0.22%	1.06	PH
35	52	99 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,7-6	6-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.279	.323	.602	9	2.36	-0.063	6.71	-0.11%	-0.59	PH
36	53	104 (4)	Aug 10	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.275	.318	.594	9	1.30	-0.032	5.64	-0.08%	-0.22	PH
37	54	105	Aug 11 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.275	.318	.594	4						C
38	55	106	Aug 11 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-0	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.318	.604	7	.09	0.003	.29	0.01%	0.25	C
39	56	108 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.300	.570	7	1.37	-0.123	6.56	-0.35%	-0.93	C
40	57	109	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.280	.300	.580	9	1.38	0.036	6.08	0.10%	0.21	PH
41	58	114 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.289	.310	.599	9	.47	0.016	2.12	0.04%	0.13	PH
42	59	115	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.291	.301	.593	6	1.01	-0.077	3.90	-0.18%	-0.73	C
43	60	117 (1)	Aug 23	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.296	.307	.603	8	1.91	0.002	5.78	0.00%	0.15	PH C
44	61	122 (4)	Aug 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.294	.304	.598	6	.85	-0.069	2.83	-0.14%	-0.29	C
45	62	123	Aug 31	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	GS-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.241	.310	.304	.614	6	1.36	0.045	3.24	0.06%	0.33	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	63	124	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.319	.305	.624	6	.69	0.068	1.55	0.09%	0.57	C
47	64	126 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.323	.294	.617	6	1.51	-0.107	3.31	-0.14%	-0.60	C
48	65	128 (1)	Sep 4	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.227	.320	.284	.604	6	.58	-0.080	1.12	-0.09%	-1.34	C
49	66	130 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.228	.317	.293	.611	6	.55	-0.029	1.01	-0.03%	-0.32	C
50	67	132 (1)	Sep 7	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.308	.284	.593	6	.56	-0.042	1.75	-0.08%	-0.44	C
51	68	133	Sep 8 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.306	.281	.587	7	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.16	C
52	69	135 (1)	Sep 9	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.303	.278	.581	9	.58	-0.015	2.12	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
53	70	136	Sep 11 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-8	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.300	.276	.576	9	2.74	-0.032	7.52	-0.05%	-0.15	PH
54	71	137	Sep 11 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.298	.267	.566	6	2.11	-0.112	4.49	-0.14%	-0.46	C
55	72	140 (2)	Sep 13	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.297	.260	.556	6	.85	0.007	.69	0.00%	-0.35	C
56	73	143 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-13	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.257	.551	9	.11	-0.003	.09	0.00%	-0.11	PH
57	74	144	Sep 15 (2)	BRO		CIN	T,1-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.204	.301	.259	.560	6	2.07	-0.242	.58	-0.04%	-1.20	C
58	75	145	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.299	.252	.551	6	1.76	-0.051	.23	0.00%	-0.25	C
59	76	148 (2)	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.302	.250	.552	5	.59	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
60	77	150 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	CG(8)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.193	.303	.246	.549	6						C
61	78	151	Sep 23	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.301	.239	.541	6	1.33	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
62	79	152	Sep 24	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.185	.307	.235	.542	6	.91	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
63	80	153	Sep 26 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.306	.244	.549	7	.67	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
64	81	155 (1)	Sep 28	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.297	.236	.534	7	.66	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
65	82	156	Sep 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.183	.296	.237	.533	7	.61	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
							26-38		154	131	11	24	4	0	1	14	20	1	6	1	2		0	4	2	2	.183	.296	.237	.533		1.31	-1.987	4.63	-5.26%	-11.40

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