Frank Killen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: November 30, 1870 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: December 3, 1939 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, PA

Debut: August 27, 1891 (Age 20-270d, 1,642nd in major league history)

Last Game: June 27, 1900 (Age 29-209d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1891 season

Full Name: Frank Bissell Killen

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.4

164

131

ERA

3.78

321

300

2511.1

725

WHIP

1.414

Summary of 55 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 55 lacking some details

5 Tms
PIT	31
WHS	19
BSN	3
Unk	1
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	18
vs ?HB	1

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	25

Outs
Unk	53
0	2

13 Opps
NYG	11
PHI	9
BSN	7
CLV	7
STL	4
LOU	3
PIT	3
BRO	3
WHS	2
BLN	2
CHC	2
PHA	1
CIN	1

39 Batters
Ed Delahanty	5
Bill Joyce	4
Jake Virtue	2
Eddie Burke	2
Nap Lajoie	2
Herman Long	2
Jimmy Collins	2
Roger Connor	2
Patsy Tebeau	2
Duke Farrell	2
James Stafford	2
Cub Stricker	1
Frank Shugart	1
Charlie Abbey	1
Elmer Flick	1
Duff Cooley	1
Billy Shindle	1
Denny Lyons	1
Dusty Miller	1
George Davis	1
Jack Glasscock	1
John Clarkson	1
Bill Lange	1
Jimmy Ryan	1
Ed McKean	1
Cupid Childs	1
Ice Box Chamberlain	1
Amos Rusie	1
Charles Zimmer	1
Jesse Burkett	1
Hardy Richardson	1
Tom Daly	1
Charley Bassett	1
Billy Nash	1
Tom O'Brien	1
Jay Hughes	1
Tom Brown	1
Jimmy Williams	1
Tommy Tucker	1

14 Parks
Boundary Fld (WAS)	15
Expo Pk (PIT)	10
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	8
Baker Bowl (PHI)	5
South End (BOS)	4
Robison Fld (STL)	3
Eastern Pk (NYC)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
League Pk I (CLE)	1
CongressSt G (BOS)	1
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
Borchert Fld (MIL)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	1

Where Hit

27 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

99 Runs

Inning
1	13
2	4
3	7
4	4
5	7
6	7
7	5
8	4
9	4

1-3	24
4-6	18
7-end	13

RelScore
Unk	55

Unk	55

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	13
CF	9
LF	9
1B	7
2B	7
SS	4
P	3
RF	2
C	1

OrderPos
Unk	32
3rd	5
4th	5
5th	4
1st	3
7th	2
6th	2
2nd	1
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1891-09-13 (1)	Ice Box Chamberlain	PHA	@			t 6		2		1
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
2	2	1	1	1892-04-12	John Clarkson	BSN	@	WHS		t 5		1		1	IPHR
3	3	2	2	1892-04-12	Herman Long	BSN	@	WHS		t 7		4		6	IPHR
4	4	3	1	1892-06-01	Jake Virtue	CLV	@	WHS		t 7		1		3	IPHR
5	5	4	2	1892-06-01	Jesse Burkett	CLV	@	WHS		t 9		2		7	IPHR
6	6	5	1	1892-06-22	Hardy Richardson	NYG	@	WHS		t 5		2		4	IPHR
7	7	6	1	1892-06-23	Bill Joyce	BRO	@	WHS		t 6		2		5	IPHR
8	8	7	1	1892-06-25	Ed Delahanty	PHI	@	WHS		t 3		2		8	IPHR
9	9	8	1	1892-07-06	Duke Farrell	PIT		WHS		b 6		2	7	5	IPHR
10	10	9	2	1892-07-06	Duke Farrell	PIT		WHS		b 8		3	7	5	IPHR
11	11	10	1	1892-07-18	Tom Brown	LOU	@	WHS		t 5		3		8	IPHR
12	12	11	2	1892-07-18	Charley Bassett	LOU	@	WHS		t 6		2		5	IPHR
13	13	12	1	1892-07-29	Cub Stricker	BLN	@	WHS		t 7		3		4	IPHR
14	14	13	1	1892-08-08	Tommy Tucker	BSN	@	WHS		t 5		1		3	IPHR
15	15	14	1	1892-10-04 (2)	Amos Rusie	NYG		WHS		b 2		1		1
16	16	15	1	1892-10-15 (2)	Billy Nash	BSN	@	WHS		t 1		1		5	IPHR
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
17	17	1	1	1893-04-27	Cupid Childs	CLV	@	PIT		t 4		1		4	IPHR
18	18	2	1	1893-05-19	Jack Glasscock	STL		PIT		b 8		2		6	IPHR
19	19	3	1	1893-06-07	Roger Connor	NYG		PIT		b 1		1	4	3
20	20	4	1	1893-06-09	George Davis	NYG		PIT		b 1		3	5	5
21	21	5	2	1893-06-09	Eddie Burke	NYG		PIT		b 2		2	1	7
22	22	6	1	1893-06-17	Jake Virtue	CLV	@	PIT		t 4		1	5	3	IPHR
23	23	7	1	1893-07-10	James Stafford	NYG	@	PIT		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off,IPHR
24	24	8	1	1893-07-19	Patsy Tebeau	CLV		PIT		b 2		1	5	3
25	25	9	1	1893-07-22	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		PIT		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
26	26	10	1	1893-08-28	James Stafford	NYG		PIT		b 3		1		8
27	27	11	1	1893-08-30	Ed Delahanty	PHI		PIT		b 9		1		7
28	28	12	1	1893-09-30	Eddie Burke	NYG	@	PIT		t 1		2		7	IPHR
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
29	29	1	1	1894-05-12	Ed McKean	CLV	@	PIT		t 1		1		6	IPHR
30	30	2	1	1894-05-31	Charlie Abbey	WHS		PIT		b 3		2		7
31	31	3	1	1894-06-04	Herman Long	BSN		PIT		t 1		1		6
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
32	32	1	1	1895-04-18	Frank Shugart	LOU		PIT		b 5		2	3	8	IPHR
33	33	2	1	1895-04-27	Denny Lyons	STL		PIT		b 3		1		5
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
34	34	1	1	1896-05-30 (1)	Bill Joyce	WHS	@	PIT		t 9		3	2	4	IPHR,Cycle
35	35	2	1	1896-06-05	Ed Delahanty	PHI		PIT		b 3		2	3	7
36	36	3	2	1896-06-05	Ed Delahanty	PHI		PIT		b 7		2	3	7
37	37	4	1	1896-06-30	Roger Connor	STL		PIT		b 2		1		3	IPHR
38	38	5	1	1896-08-20	Tom Daly	BRO		PIT		b 8		3	3	4
39	39	6	1	1896-09-07 (1)	Bill Joyce	NYG		PIT		b 1		2	4	5
40	40	7	2	1896-09-07 (1)	Bill Joyce	NYG		PIT		b 5		2	4	5
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
41	41	1	1	1897-05-07	Dusty Miller	CIN	@	PIT		t 8		1		9	IPHR
42	42	2	1	1897-07-31	Bill Lange	CHC		PIT		b 6		2		8
43	43	3	1	1897-08-20	Jimmy Collins	BSN		PIT		b 3		3		5
44	44	4	1	1897-08-24	Billy Shindle	BRO		PIT		b 4		2		5	IPHR
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
45	45	1	1	1898-06-06	Elmer Flick	PHI		PIT		b 1		1	5	9
46	46	2	2	1898-06-06	Nap Lajoie	PHI		PIT		b 1		2	4	4
47	47	3	1	1898-07-30	Nap Lajoie	PHI	@	PIT		t 1		2	4	4	IPHR
48	48	4	1	1898-09-05 (1)	Jimmy Collins	BSN		WHS		b 6		1		5
49	49	5	1	1898-09-08	Ed Delahanty	PHI	@	WHS		b 5		2		7
50	50	6	1	1898-09-26	Jay Hughes	BLN	@	WHS		t 6		2		8	IPHR
51	51	7	1	1898-10-07 (2)	Duff Cooley	PHI		WHS		b 3		2		8
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1899-05-30 (1)	Charles Zimmer	CLV	@	BSN		t 9		1	8	2
53	53	2	1	1899-06-14	Tom O'Brien	NYG		BSN		b 7		2	6	7
54	54	3	1	1899-07-18	Patsy Tebeau	STL	@	BSN		t 4		3	6	3
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
55	55	1	1	1900-06-20	Jimmy Williams	PIT	@	CHC		t 1		2	3	5