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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-22 / in Starts: 22-13
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 156 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	111 (59-35-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 156 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	103 (53-33-16)

Most Driven In
D Walker	3
J Wasdell	3
P Reese	1
J Medwick	1
L Riggs	1
D Camilli	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
L Riggs	3
W Wyatt	2
B Herman	2
P Reese	1
P Coscarart	1
Self	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	83	53 (52)	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	W,12-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.16	-0.063	7.98	-0.26%	-0.56	C
2	84	54	Jun 15 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.10	0.083	8.12	0.37%	1.12	C
3	85	56 (1)	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8	.14	-0.004	.62	-0.01%	-0.27	C
4	86	58 (1)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	.81	-0.012	3.44	-0.03%	-0.23	C
5	87	59	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.231	.564	8	1.28	-0.057	5.78	-0.16%	0.03	C
6	88	60	Jun 21	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	8	.75	-0.077	3.52	-0.22%	-0.87	C
7	89	61	Jun 22 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-14	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.238	.530	8	1.87	-0.152	8.78	-0.43%	-0.71	C
8	90	63 (1)	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.409	.729	9	3.81	0.359	18.31	1.04%	2.37	PH C
9	91	64	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.345	.462	.806	8	.25	0.016	1.26	0.05%	-0.39	C
10	92	66 (1)	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.448	.812	8	.60	0.114	2.92	0.33%	1.26	C
11	93	67	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.351	.424	.776	8	1.78	-0.050	8.56	-0.14%	-0.63	C
12	94	69 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.417	.767	8	1.27	0.009	6.26	0.03%	-0.02	C
13	95	70	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,9-2	3-GF	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.289	.357	.447	.805	7	.20	0.001	.97	0.00%	0.19	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	96	71	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	L,4-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.340	.405	.745	8	1.96	-0.196	9.85	-0.59%	-1.06	C
15	97	72	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.353	.435	.788	8	.37	0.008	1.80	0.02%	0.76	C
16	98	73	Jul 5	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.352	.429	.780	7	.50	-0.038	2.57	-0.12%	-0.37	C
17	99	74	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.333	.404	.737	7	.49	-0.038	2.43	-0.11%	-0.88	C
18	100	75	Jul 6 (2)	BRO		BSN	T,4-4	7-GF(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.333	.404	.737	8						C
19	101	78 (2)	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.328	.396	.724	8	1.80	-0.039	9.15	-0.12%	-0.18	PH C
20	102	79	Jul 13 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.323	.386	.709	7	.53	-0.006	2.56	-0.02%	-0.31	C
21	103	83 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.318	.377	.695	7	.29	-0.027	1.42	-0.08%	-0.61	C
22	104	84	Jul 16	BRO		STL	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.371	.684	8	.90	-0.023	8.04	-0.12%	-0.24	PH
23	105	86 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.359	.664	7	.77	-0.038	4.23	-0.13%	-0.32	C
24	106	89 (2)	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.301	.353	.654	8	.45	-0.027	2.69	-0.10%	-0.41	C
25	107	90	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.286	.333	.619	8	1.09	-0.115	6.54	-0.41%	-1.08	C
26	108	91	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.288	.333	.621	8	1.39	0.052	7.79	0.17%	0.08	C
27	109	94 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.288	.333	.621	8						C
28	110	96 (1)	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.289	.333	.622	7	.58	0.004	5.80	0.03%	0.36	C
29	111	98 (1)	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.241	.286	.329	.615	7	1.08	-0.021	10.55	-0.12%	-0.24	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	112	99	Aug 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.286	.329	.615	8						C
31	113	101 (1)	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.281	.321	.602	8	.27	0.026	1.62	0.10%	-0.81	C
32	114	105 (3)	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	L,7-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.318	.595	9	3.66	-0.094	22.95	-0.35%	-0.44	PH C
33	115	107 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.287	.318	.605	7	.42	0.035	2.78	0.14%	0.38	C
34	116	109 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	4-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	8	.65	-0.019	4.34	-0.08%	-0.55	C
35	117	111 (1)	Aug 13	BRO		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.294	.309	.603	7	.41	-0.010	2.55	-0.04%	0.03	C
36	118	112	Aug 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.292	.316	.609	8	1.23	-0.104	8.08	-0.41%	-1.10	C
37	119	115 (2)	Aug 18	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.284	.307	.591	8	.52	-0.041	3.61	-0.17%	-0.66	C
38	120	116	Aug 19 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,9-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.282	.304	.586	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
39	121	118 (1)	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.279	.301	.580	8	1.39	-0.034	8.97	-0.13%	-0.16	C
40	122	119	Aug 21	BRO		CHC	L,2-6	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.277	.298	.575	8	.69	-0.018	4.74	-0.07%	-0.24	C
41	123	120	Aug 22	BRO		CHC	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.267	.287	.554	8	.28	-0.009	1.91	-0.04%	-0.54	C
42	124	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.258	.277	.535	8	.27	-0.029	1.90	-0.12%	-0.92	C
43	125	125 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-3	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.264	.277	.541	8	2.07	0.014	30.51	0.12%	0.17	C
44	126	128 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.264	.277	.541	8						C
45	127	129	Aug 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.262	.274	.537	8	.39	-0.010	3.19	-0.05%	-0.29	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	128	131 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	4-GF(15)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.258	.263	.521	9	2.31	-0.410	19.06	-2.03%	-1.74	PH C
47	129	137 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.254	.258	.512	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH C
48	130	140 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.271	.270	.541	8	.79	0.075	7.14	0.41%	0.56	C
49	131	143 (2)	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.272	.266	.538	8	.69	-0.007	16.01	-0.10%	0.05	C
50	132	144	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.266	.260	.526	8	1.12	-0.079	11.78	-0.50%	-0.97	C
51	133	146 (1)	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.264	.258	.522	8	1.28	-0.032	13.62	-0.21%	-0.10	C
52	134	147	Sep 17	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.264	.258	.522	8						C
53	135	150 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.262	.250	.512	8	.77	-0.079	11.35	-0.69%	-1.11	C
54	136	152 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.199	.268	.265	.533	7	.43	0.018	2.80	0.07%	0.11	C
55	137	154 (1)	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.267	.263	.529	8	.76	-0.020	8.37	-0.13%	-0.34	C
56	138	156 (1)	Sep 27	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.265	.261	.526	7	.74	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.20	RF
57	139	157	Sep 28	BRO		PHI	W,5-1	5-GF	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.201	.275	.273	.548	8	1.00	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.70	C
							33-22		156	139	10	28	7	0	1	11	14	5	13	0	3		1	1	0	1	.201	.275	.273	.548		.90	-1.174	5.97	-5.41%	-12.03

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