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Herman FranksTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1939-1949 MLB Years: 1939-1949
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PositionsC-142, OF-1Player Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameHerman Louis Franks
Height5-10Weight187BatsLeftThrowsRight
Born DateJanuary 4,1914PlacePrice,Utah
Death DateMarch 30,2009 [95.085]
MLB DebutApril 27,1939 [25.113]
OrganizationsBRO [2] PHA [2] NY1 [1] SLN [1] Awards0
TBC Player ID11560Retrosheet IDfranh101MLBAM ID114387
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Career Talent Ratings

Batting

Speed

41

Power

53

Contact

43

XBH

67

RBIs

31

Runs

20

Hitting

31

Durability

20

Team

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	4	c	25	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	.059	.200	.059	.259	1	0	21	.071	.000	.176	.158	14.29	14.29	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	19	c	26	65	131	11	24	4	0	1	14	2	0	20	6	1	2	0	0	4	.183	.296	.237	.533	31	5	154	.185	.054	.221	.265	12.99	3.90	0.30	0.65	131.00	20.83
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	19	c	27	57	139	10	28	7	0	1	11	0	0	14	13	0	3	0	0	1	.201	.275	.273	.548	38	8	156	.216	.072	.173	.265	8.97	8.33	0.93	0.64	139.00	28.57
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	14	c	33	8	15	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.368	.333	.701	5	1	19	.273	.133	.400	.341	21.05	21.05	1.00	0.00	0.00	33.33
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	14	c	34	40	98	10	22	7	1	1	14	0	0	16	11	2	4	0	0	4	.224	.345	.347	.692	34	9	120	.244	.123	.286	.334	13.33	9.17	0.69	0.83	98.00	40.91
1949	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	3	c	35	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.334	2	0	3	.667	.000	.000	.627	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								188	403	35	80	18	2	3	43	2	0	57	37	3	10	0	0	11	.199	.302	.275	.577	111	23	473	.212	.076	.223	.000	12.05	7.82	0.65	0.63	134.33	28.75
Brooklyn Dodgers Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								122	270	21	52	11	0	2	25	2	0	34	19	1	5	0	0	5	.193	.285	.256	.541	69	13	310	.201	.063	.196	.000	10.97	6.13	0.56	0.65	135.00	25.00
Philadelphia Athletics Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								48	113	12	25	7	2	1	15	0	0	20	15	2	4	0	0	5	.221	.348	.345	.693	39	10	139	.247	.124	.301	.000	14.39	10.79	0.75	0.72	113.00	40.00
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								17	17	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	.059	.200	.059	.259	1	0	21	.071	.000	.176	.000	14.29	14.29	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
New York Giants Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.334	2	0	3	.667	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	347	30	69	16	2	3	37	2	0	49	32	3	9	0	0	9	.199	.302	.275	.577	96	20	408	.212	.076	.223	.000	12.05	7.82	0.65	0.63	134.33	28.75

Fielding Statistics

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Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	C	13	-	-	34	2	1	-	37	36	.973	2.77	-	-	-	--	1	17	76.5	8.5
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	26	C	43	-	-	183	22	2	3	207	205	.990	4.77	-	-	-	--	-	65	66.2	28.1
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	27	C	54	-	-	191	21	3	6	215	212	.986	3.93	-	-	-	--	3	57	94.7	35.1
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	27	OF	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	57	1.8	0.6
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	33	C	4	-	-	12	1	-	-	13	13	1.000	3.25	-	-	-	--	1	8	50.0	2.6
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	34	C	27	-	-	113	17	3	2	133	130	.977	4.81	-	-	-	--	-	40	67.5	17.5
1949	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	35	C	1	-	-	4	1	-	-	5	5	1.000	5.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.6
MLB Totals for C - 6 season(s)				-	�	C	142	-	-	537	64	9	11	610	601	.985	4.23	-	-	-	--	5	142	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for OF - 1 season(s)				-	�	OF	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Positions by Day

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Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	26	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	bro	27	-	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
1947	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	33	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	MLB	pha	34	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1949	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	35	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1941	Brooklyn Dodgers	World Series	MLB	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Jobs in Baseball

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1949	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	35	Assistant Coach	154	73	81	.474	24.0	5	Leo Durocher
1950	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	36	Assistant Coach	154	86	68	.558	5.0	3	Leo Durocher
1951	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	37	Assistant Coach	157	98	59	.624	--	1	Leo Durocher	Lost World Series (Yankees)
1952	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	38	Assistant Coach	154	92	62	.597	4.5	2	Leo Durocher
1953	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	39	Assistant Coach	154	70	84	.455	35.0	5	Leo Durocher
1954	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	40	Third Base Coach	154	97	57	.630	--	1	Leo Durocher	Won World Series (Indians)
1955	New York Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	ny1	41	Assistant Coach	154	80	74	.519	18.5	3	Leo Durocher
1958	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	44	Third Base Coach	154	80	74	.519	12.0	3	Bill Rigney
1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	50	Third Base Coach	162	90	72	.556	3.0	4	Alvin Dark
1965	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	51	Manager	162	95	67	.586	2.0	2	�
1966	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	52	Manager	161	93	68	.578	1.5	2	�
1967	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	53	Manager	162	91	71	.562	10.5	2	�
1968	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	MLB	sfn	54	Manager	162	88	74	.543	9.0	2	�
1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	MLB	chn	56	Pitching Coach	162	84	78	.519	5.0	2	Leo Durocher
1977	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	MLB	chn	63	Manager	162	81	81	.500	20.0	4	�
1978	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	MLB	chn	64	Manager	162	79	83	.488	11.0	3	�
1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	MLB	chn	65	Manager	162	80	82	.494	18.0	5	�

* The team record above is related to the full season for that team. It is possible that the job was only held for part of the season.
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Roster Transactions

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About Tranx Data

Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1948-10-04							Released by Athletics.		�
1940-02-06							Purchased by Dodgers from Cardinals.		�

* Transactions data can be divided into 2 eras. 2012-2018 includes all MLB/Minor roster movement whereas 1903-2012 contains only MLB change of organization with some DL-related data since 2000s.