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+

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

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	53 (52)	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	W,12-5	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	54	Jun 15 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	56 (1)	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	58 (1)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	59	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	60	Jun 21	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
7	61	Jun 22 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	51	13.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	63 (1)	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	64	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	66 (1)	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
11	67	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	69 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	70	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,9-2	GF	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	71	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	L,4-6	CG	51	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	72	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	73	Jul 5	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
17	74	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	75	Jul 6 (2)	BRO		BSN	T,4-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	78 (2)	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	79	Jul 13 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	83 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	86 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-1	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	89 (2)	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
24	90	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
25	91	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	94 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	96 (1)	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	GS	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	98 (1)	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	99	Aug 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	101 (1)	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
31	105 (3)	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	107 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
33	109 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	GF	23	6.0	4	1	1	6	1
34	111 (1)	Aug 13	BRO		PHI	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	112	Aug 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	115 (2)	Aug 18	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	116	Aug 19 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,9-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	118 (1)	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	119	Aug 21	BRO		CHC	L,2-6	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	120	Aug 22	BRO		CHC	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
41	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	125 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-3	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	128 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
44	129	Aug 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	131 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	GF	39	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	137 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	140 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	143 (2)	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
49	144	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	146 (1)	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	13	2.2	2	1	0	3	0
51	147	Sep 17	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	150 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	152 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
54	154 (1)	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	156 (1)	Sep 27	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	157	Sep 28	BRO		PHI	W,5-1	GF	21	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
							55gm		352.0	191	21	3	215	6