Benny Frey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: April 6, 1906 in Dexter, MI us

Died: November 1, 1937 in Spring Arbor Township, MI

Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, MI

High School: Jackson HS (Jackson, MI)

Debut: September 18, 1929 (Age 23-165d, 6,963rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 13 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, W

Last Game: September 22, 1936 (Age 30-169d)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Benjamin Rudolph Frey

Pronunciation: \FRY\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.4

ERA

4.50

256

127

1160.0

179

WHIP

1.447

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-30 / in Starts: 10-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 6

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	4	1	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,6-7	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.86	9	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.115	2.97	0.18%	1.20	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	5	3	Apr 17	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.19	3	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
3	6	5	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	1	0.75	3.52	34	14	5	0	0	5	72			1	1	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.695	3.25	0.83%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	7	9	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.43	3.28	33	15	10	4	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.963	2.45	0.91%	5.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	8	13	May 2	CIN		NYG	W,9-8	6-9	H(1)	5	2.2	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.14	3.78	14	2	6	0	2	6		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.013	1.51	-0.01%	-0.53	6t 1-- 2 out a3	9t 1-- 1 out a1
6	9	14	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,8-9	5-7		0	2.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	3.82	10	5	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.105	1.38	0.11%	2.05	5t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
7	10	16	May 5	CIN		BSN	W,10-6	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	3.76	5	2	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.37	0.047	.56	0.04%	0.88	8t 1-3 1 out a5	9t end a 4
8	11	18	May 7	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-0)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.74	3.56	31	19	7	1	3	3	81			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.756	1.95	0.70%	5.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	12	22	May 11	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.99	3.49	37	19	10	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.226	2.54	0.24%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	13	27	May 18	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(4-1)	6	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.15	3.62	32	16	8	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.311	1.45	0.31%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	14	30	May 22	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	3	8.0	10	4	3	2	2	0	0	1.44	3.56	36	16	8	3	3	8	48			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	-0.010	1.57	-0.01%	1.39	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
12	15	36	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-6	L(4-3)	5	6.0	9	6	6	4	2	1	0	2.10	3.80	29	9	5	2	0	9	28			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	2	0	0	.75	-0.274	.50	-0.11%	-2.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	16	41	Jun 1(2)	CIN		STL	W,7-1	CG(7)	W(5-3)	3	7.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.02	3.77	27	9	8	2	2	7	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	1	.89	0.261	.75	0.13%	3.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
14	17	45	Jun 6	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-14	GS-4	L(5-4)	4	3.1	10	9	9	2	1	1	0	2.96	3.94	22	1	8	1	2	10	3			0	0	0	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.482	.49	-0.15%	-6.63	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d5
15	18	47	Jun 8(2)	CIN		PHI	L,2-9			1	6.0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.84	23												23	1	0	0		0
16	19	49	Jun 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	3	7.0	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.84	3.87	28	13	7	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.019	.64	-0.01%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
17	20	53	Jun 16	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.67	3.94	36	17	8	3	1	8	66			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.131	.11	0.02%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
18	21	60	Jun 22	CIN		NYG	L,4-6	GS-8	L(6-6)	5	8.0	10	6	6	2	0	0	0	2.97	3.92	34	12	10	1	3	10	36			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	2	1	0	1.28	-0.326	.13	-0.02%	-1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	22	64	Jun 27	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	3.25	3.84	30	13	4	2	1	10	35			0	2	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.079	.08	0.00%	-0.94	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	23	71	Jul 6(1)	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(7-6)	8	9.0	10	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.30	3.94	39	15	8	1	3	10	49			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.03	-0.021	.02	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	24	74	Jul 9	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	7-GF(10)	W(8-6)	2	4.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.27	3.95	19	6	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	16	0	2	1	1	0	0	2.47	0.252	.15	0.01%	1.41	7t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
22	25	78	Jul 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-9	GS-5		3	4.2	10	5	5	0	3	0	0	3.49	3.86	23	9	3	1	0	8	27			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.274	.14	-0.02%	-2.36	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
23	26	82	Jul 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,13-6	4-GF	W(9-6)	4	5.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.36	3.83	19	8	6	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.308	.15	0.03%	3.58	4b --- 2 out tie	9b end a 7
24	27	86	Jul 20(2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-13	3-5		1	2.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	1	3.57	3.86	16	5	1	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	1	0	.27	-0.066	.10	-0.01%	-4.10	3b --- 0 out d5	5b 1-3 0 out d8
25	28	90	Jul 24(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG(5)	L(9-7)	3	5.0	12	9	9	2	2	0	0	4.00	3.84	27	7	5	1	1	11	7			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	1	.76	-0.194	.37	-0.06%	-5.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d9
26	29	94	Jul 28(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-8)	3	8.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.97	3.87	34	15	6	1	2	10	51			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.119	.11	0.01%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	30	97	Aug 1	CIN		STL	L,1-10	6-GF		3	4.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.92	3.83	16	7	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.41	6t --- 0 out d8	9t end d10
28	31	100	Aug 3(2)	CIN		STL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(9-9)	1	7.0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	3.92	3.82	28	12	6	2	1	8	43			0	2	0	25	2	1	0	2	1	2	.76	-0.162	.01	0.00%	-0.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
29	32	103	Aug 10(1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-18	3-5		6	1.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.10	3.83	10	3	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	.39	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.79	3t 12- 1 out d5	5t 1-- 0 out d8
30	33	104	Aug 10(2)	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	3.83	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
31	34	109	Aug 16(2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-10)	5	8.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.04	3.77	30	13	9	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.08	0.142	.00	0.00%	1.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	35	111	Aug 17(2)	CIN		BSN	L,8-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.76	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.60	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
33	36	113	Aug 20(1)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(10-10)	2	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.87	3.74	34	15	11	3	1	5	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	2	2	1.53	0.719	.00	0.00%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	37	118	Aug 24(1)	CIN		PIT	L,6-9	CG	L(10-11)	3	9.0	14	9	9	2	1	0	1	4.11	3.74	43	20	8	1	0	11	22			1	0	0	39	2	3	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.495	.00	0.00%	-3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
35	38	123	Aug 28(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-11	GS-5	L(10-12)	3	5.0	12	10	5	1	1	0	0	4.23	3.72	29	11	5	1	0	11	13			0	0	0	28	3	3	0	0	0	1	.36	-0.381	.00	0.00%	-6.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	39	128	Sep 1(2)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	4.05	3.69	34	13	13	3	0	4	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.425	.00	0.00%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
37	40	133	Sep 7(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(11-13)	5	6.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.10	3.68	25	19	0	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
38	41	136	Sep 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-15			3	2.2	6	8	7	1	0	2	0	4.34	3.81	16												14	2	0	0		0
39	42	138	Sep 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-7	L(11-14)	1	7.0	9	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.33	3.90	30	9	8	2	1	9	47			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.67	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
40	43	140	Sep 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-13	4-5		1	1.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.37	3.92	10	4	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.22	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-1.19	4b 12- 0 out d5	5b 12- 2 out d8
41	44	141	Sep 17(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-3	L(11-15)	1	2.0	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.53	3.97	13	4	2	0	1	7	22			0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-3.76	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
42	45	146	Sep 21(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-7	L(11-16)	3	7.0	12	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.63	4.01	35	20	0	0	0	12	28			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-1.61	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
43	46	151	Sep 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(11-17)	3	7.0	11	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.64	4.08	31	13	4	1	1	11	40			0	2	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
44	47	154	Sep 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,11-13	6-GF(8)	BL(11-18)	2	2.2	5	6	5	4	2	0	0	4.78	4.10	18	6	1	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.08	-0.650	.00	0.00%	-3.65	6b --3 1 out a2	8b end d 2
							14-30		W-L:11-18,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.9	245.0	294	146	130	62	43	15	3	4.78	4.10	1059	1.92		6%	5%	271	45	11	18%	7	10	1	966	58	20	1	30	15	12	1.04	1.555	.60	3.13%	11.40

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