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	19-21 / in Starts: 16-9
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	65 (37-20-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (41-26-13)

Most Driven In
H Majeski	3
S Chapman	2

Most Driven In By
E Joost	3
L Brissie	1
P Suder	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	148	29 (28)	May 23 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	7						C
2	149	32 (2)	May 27	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.625	.667	.750	1.417	7	.60	0.030	2.82	0.08%	1.54	C
3	150	33	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.538	.545	1.084	7	.61	-0.022	3.50	-0.08%	-0.63	C
4	151	36 (2)	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.462	.928	7	.93	-0.052	5.19	-0.17%	-0.50	C
5	152	37	May 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.438	.882	7	.60	-0.001	2.75	0.00%	-0.28	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
6	153	39 (1)	Jun 1	PHA		BOS	L,1-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.412	.833	9	.10	-0.003	.48	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
7	154	40	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	GS-0	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.400	.478	.500	.978	7						C
8	155	42 (1)	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.458	.476	.935	9	.48	-0.013	3.14	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
9	156	43	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.480	.476	.956	9	.61	0.032	3.78	0.12%	0.13	PH
10	157	46 (2)	Jun 9	PHA		DET	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	9	1.21	-0.031	4.46	-0.07%	-0.17	PH
11	158	55 (8)	Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.481	.478	.960	9	2.30	0.069	13.00	0.23%	0.39	PH
12	159	56	Jun 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.464	.458	.923	9	.36	-0.009	2.34	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
13	160	57	Jun 20 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.360	.448	.440	.888	8	3.95	-0.113	24.54	-0.42%	-0.33	PH
14	161	58	Jun 20 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.429	.866	7	.35	-0.021	1.98	-0.07%	-0.02	C
15	162	59	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-9	0-GF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.345	.457	.414	.871	7						PH C
16	163	60	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.353	.450	.441	.891	7						C
17	164	61	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	5	5	1	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.385	.467	.615	1.082	7						C
18	165	62	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			1	0	0	.341	.420	.545	.965	7						C
19	166	63	Jun 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1	0	0	.319	.407	.511	.918	7						C
20	167	64	Jun 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.314	.397	.510	.906	7						C
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
21	168	68 (3)	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.407	.510	.917	9	1.10	0.047	5.10	0.13%	0.27	PH
22	169	71 (2)	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-19	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.308	.400	.500	.900	7						C
23	170	73 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.304	.400	.482	.882	7	.63	-0.060	2.98	-0.17%	-0.25	C
24	171	74	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG(8)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.391	.458	.849	7	.51	-0.008	2.61	-0.03%	-0.68	C
25	172	77 (2)	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.400	.458	.858	9	4.93	0.163	29.11	0.58%	1.00	PH
26	173	78	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.394	.450	.844	9	.48	-0.013	2.85	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
27	174	79	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.382	.422	.803	7	1.98	-0.223	11.63	-0.78%	-1.24	C
28	175	82 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.363	.397	.760	7	1.75	-0.167	13.49	-0.77%	-1.44	C
29	176	88 (5)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.345	.375	.720	8	1.29	-0.140	7.06	-0.46%	-1.47	C
30	177	89	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.349	.370	.719	8	.74	-0.063	4.08	-0.21%	-0.58	C
31	178	90	Jul 21	PHA		SLB	L,5-17	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.345	.365	.710	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
32	179	93 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.341	.351	.691	8	.54	-0.006	3.15	-0.02%	-0.76	C
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
33	180	101 (7)	Aug 5 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.215	.340	.342	.682	8	.92	-0.051	5.02	-0.17%	-0.45	C
34	181	103 (1)	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.215	.340	.342	.682	9	4.56	-0.055	27.44	-0.20%	-0.22	PH
35	182	104	Aug 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.364	.393	.756	8						C
36	183	105	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	.253	.375	.391	.766	8	1.37	0.231	8.48	0.86%	2.96	C
37	184	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.370	.378	.748	8	.28	-0.025	1.74	-0.09%	-0.67	C
38	185	108 (1)	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.237	.360	.366	.726	8	1.56	-0.071	10.56	-0.29%	-0.98	C
39	186	113 (4)	Aug 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.357	.362	.719	9	1.23	-0.029	9.51	-0.14%	-0.38	PH
40	187	119 (5)	Aug 25	PHA		DET	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.345	.347	.692	7	.62	-0.067	2.05	-0.13%	-1.00	C
							19-21		120	98	10	22	7	1	1	14	16	0	11	2	4		2	4	0	0	.224	.345	.347	.692		1.05	-0.671	6.14	-2.42%	-7.02

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