#7 Frank Houseman, Starting Pitcher, 38 yrs, Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, 10/25/1897 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Houseman
10/1/1859 38 US 5"10 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,000,000 1897 10 Year(s), 131 Days (1851 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 131 Days (1851 total Days) 11 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 10 | 9 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 10 | 9 | |
Talent | 4 | 10 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 52 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 4.16 | 343.2 | 395 | 196 | 159 | 55 | 154 | 34 | 85.0 | 0 | 16 | 40.0 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 4.16 | 343.0 | 395 | 196 | 159 | 55 | 154 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.31 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 362 | 117 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 60 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .323 | .362 | .439 | .802 |
vs. RHB | 1021 | 278 | 77 | 22 | 3 | 127 | 136 | 33 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .272 | .290 | .400 | .689 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4.13 | 176.2 | 194 | 97 | 81 | 31 | 75 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4.20 | 167.0 | 201 | 99 | 78 | 24 | 79 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.95 | 60.0 | 72 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 31 |
May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 52.0 | 65 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 21 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 | 61.0 | 63 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 23 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.42 | 52.0 | 50 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.03 | 59.0 | 79 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 25 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.92 | 59.2 | 66 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 30 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1887 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 4.31 | 382.1 | 444 | 237 | 183 | 3 | 64 | 203 | 37 | 1 | 1.33 | .326 | PIT |
1888 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 3.14 | 378.0 | 385 | 188 | 132 | 1 | 50 | 187 | 31 | 0 | 1.15 | .292 | PIT |
1889 | 44 | 44 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 3.21 | 384.2 | 389 | 165 | 137 | 1 | 33 | 197 | 39 | 2 | 1.10 | .296 | PIT |
1890 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 3.56 | 373.2 | 401 | 200 | 148 | 3 | 38 | 209 | 38 | 3 | 1.17 | .310 | PIT |
1891 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 3.34 | 385.2 | 394 | 186 | 143 | 4 | 57 | 209 | 39 | 2 | 1.17 | .300 | PIT |
1892 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2.98 | 293.1 | 293 | 123 | 97 | 1 | 34 | 173 | 27 | 2 | 1.11 | .304 | PIT |
1893 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2.96 | 225.0 | 208 | 88 | 74 | 3 | 13 | 121 | 11 | 2 | 0.98 | .282 | NYG |
1894 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.24 | 70.0 | 78 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1.26 | .312 | CIN |
1895 | 39 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 3.30 | 333.0 | 324 | 139 | 122 | 1 | 34 | 160 | 28 | 2 | 1.08 | .289 | CIN |
1896 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 3.63 | 349.1 | 358 | 159 | 141 | 7 | 50 | 147 | 31 | 1 | 1.17 | .292 | CIN |
1897 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 4.16 | 343.2 | 395 | 196 | 159 | 3 | 55 | 154 | 34 | 0 | 1.31 | .320 | CIN |
Total | 415 | 414 | 153 | 221 | 0 | 3.50 | 3518.2 | 3669 | 1718 | 1369 | 28 | 438 | 1783 | 323 | 16 | 1.17 | .303 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1886, AAA | 30 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.83 | 246.1 | 193 | 64 | 50 | 6 | 67 | 190 | 14 | 6 | 1.06 | .262 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1894 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1895 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 18.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.21 | 20.1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1887 | 46 | 138 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | .101 | .107 | .123 | .230 | PIT |
1888 | 44 | 133 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 1 | .150 | .150 | .180 | .331 | PIT |
1889 | 44 | 129 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | .155 | .174 | .178 | .353 | PIT |
1890 | 44 | 127 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .194 | .197 | .391 | PIT |
1891 | 45 | 134 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .194 | .373 | PIT |
1892 | 35 | 105 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .160 | .181 | .341 | PIT |
1893 | 28 | 84 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .141 | .155 | .296 | NYG |
1894 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | CIN |
1895 | 39 | 119 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .198 | .227 | .425 | CIN |
1896 | 41 | 128 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .168 | .203 | .371 | CIN |
1897 | 40 | 126 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | .119 | .119 | .127 | .246 | CIN |
Total | 415 | 1247 | 189 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 62 | 11 | 676 | 3 | 2 | .152 | .159 | .176 | .335 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 24 | 59 | 2 | 85 | 2 | .976 | 343.2 | 2.23 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1886... Injured on 5/25/1886 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Had first career hit on 4/21/1887, off A Mccaffery (CHN)... Earned first career win on 5/7/1887... 1/31/1890: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1891: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1892: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 5/27/1893 to a 1-year deal worth $2,168,000 per year... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1893, going 4-1, 0.70... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/24/1894 to a 4-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year... Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1894... Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1895, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1895, going 5-1, 1.97... Injured on 10/1/1897 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1888 - 3.14 - 10th 1893 - 2.96 - 6th
| WHIP 1888 - 1.15 - 9th 1889 - 1.10 - 7th 1892 - 1.11 - 8th 1893 - 0.98 - 3rd 1895 - 1.08 - 5th
| Wins 1895 - 21 - 8th
| Losses 1887 - 28 - 1st 1888 - 24 - 2nd 1889 - 23 - 3rd 1890 - 28 - 1st 1891 - 29 - 1st 1892 - 21 - 5th 1896 - 20 - 5th
| IP 1887 - 382.1 - 7th 1888 - 378.0 - 4th 1889 - 384.2 - 4th 1890 - 373.2 - 4th 1891 - 385.2 - 4th 1895 - 333.0 - 10th 1896 - 349.1 - 7th
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K's 1887 - 203 - 5th 1888 - 187 - 8th 1889 - 197 - 7th 1890 - 209 - 4th 1891 - 209 - 9th
| CG 1887 - 37 - 1st 1889 - 39 - 2nd 1890 - 38 - 2nd 1891 - 39 - 2nd 1895 - 28 - 9th 1896 - 31 - 7th
| SHO 1890 - 3 - 10th 1893 - 2 - 10th
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