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Frank LaPorte
Frank Breyfogle LaPorte (Pot)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 29, 1905
Final Game October 3, 1915
Born February 6, 1880 in Uhrichsville, OH
Died September 25, 1939 in Newcomerstown, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 25 NYY AL  11   40    4   16   1  0   1   12   1      1      .400  .415  .500  177   20   0           0    
 1906 26 NYY AL 123  454   60  120  23  9   2   54  10     22      .264  .300  .368  100  167   6           1    
 1907 27 NYY AL 130  470   56  127  20 11   0   48  10     27      .270  .317  .360  109  169   9           5    
 1908 28 TOT AL 101  301   21   75   4  7   1   30   6     20      .249  .298  .319   99   96   8           1    
         BOS AL  62  156   14   37   1  3   0   15   3     12      .237  .296  .282   86   44   3           1    
         NYY AL  39  145    7   38   3  4   1   15   3      8      .262  .301  .359  113   52   5           0    
 1909 29 NYY AL  89  309   35   92  19  3   0   31   5     18      .298  .340  .379  126  117   8           2    
 1910 30 NYY AL 124  432   43  114  14  6   2   67  16     33      .264  .321  .338  101  146  19           3    
 1911 31 SLB AL 136  507   71  159  37 12   2   82   4     34      .314  .361  .446  128  226  18           4     MVP-20
 1912 32 TOT AL 120  402   45  125  20  5   1   55  10     32      .311  .366  .393  119  158  14           3    
         SLB AL  80  266   32   83  11  4   1   38   7     20      .312  .367  .395  121  105  10           3    
         WSH AL  40  136   13   42   9  1   0   17   3     12      .309  .365  .390  115   53   4           0    
 1913 33 WSH AL  79  242   25   61   5  4   0   18  10     17  16  .252  .309  .306   79   74   4           3    
 1914 34 IND FL 133  505   86  157  27 12   4  107  15     36  36  .311  .361  .436  116  220  21           4    
 1915 35 NEW FL 148  550   55  139  28 10   2   56  14     48  33  .253  .314  .351  100  193  17           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1194 4212  501 1185 198 79  15  560 101  0 288  85  .281  .331  .377  110 1586 124   0   0  27   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   68  161  27 11   2   76  14  0  39  12  .281  .331  .377  110  215  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High    148  550   86  159  37 12   4  107  16  0  48  36  .314  .366  .446  128  226  21   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 25 NYY AL   41   24    8   8.9    80| .400  .260| .415  .321| .500  .339| .915  .659| 177  .872   3.4   0.4     
 1906 26 NYY AL  483  340   50   3.9    82| .264  .267| .300  .324| .368  .342| .668  .665| 100  .588  -1.1  -0.1     
 1907 27 NYY AL  511  352   52   4.0    77| .270  .263| .317  .319| .360  .329| .677  .648| 109  .606   3.7   0.4     
 1908 28 TOT AL  330  234   29   3.3    70| .249  .248| .298  .305| .319  .315| .617  .621|  99  .557  -1.4  -0.1     
         BOS AL  172  122   13   2.9    71| .237  .249| .296  .307| .282  .317| .578  .623|  86  .487  -2.7  -0.3     
         NYY AL  158  112   16   3.8    69| .262  .247| .301  .304| .359  .314| .660  .618| 113  .620   1.3   0.2     
 1909 29 NYY AL  337  225   39   4.6    74| .298  .254| .340  .314| .379  .322| .719  .636| 126  .680   9.0   1.1     
 1910 30 NYY AL  487  337   46   3.7    79| .264  .256| .321  .324| .338  .331| .659  .655| 101  .564  -0.0   0.0     
 1911 31 SLB AL  563  366   81   5.9    93| .314  .276| .361  .342| .446  .363| .807  .705| 128  .658  18.1   1.9     
 1912 32 TOT AL  451  291   57   5.2    90| .311  .270| .366  .338| .393  .355| .759  .693| 119  .627  10.2   1.1     
         SLB AL  299  193   38   5.2    88| .312  .268| .367  .336| .395  .352| .762  .688| 121  .629   7.3   0.8     
         WSH AL  152   98   19   5.1    92| .309  .274| .365  .342| .390  .360| .755  .702| 115  .623   2.9   0.3     
 1913 33 WSH AL  266  185   22   3.2    89| .252  .267| .309  .339| .306  .350| .615  .689|  79  .440  -7.2  -0.8     
 1914 34 IND FL  566  369   78   5.6   101| .311  .284| .361  .351| .436  .384| .797  .735| 116  .663  13.2   1.4     
 1915 35 NEW FL  616  428   60   3.8    81| .253  .255| .314  .321| .351  .342| .665  .663| 100  .516   3.6   0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4651 3151  522   4.4    84| .281  .265| .331  .329| .377  .345| .708  .674| 110  .604  51.5   5.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 25 NYY AL 2B 11 19 26 4 4 .918 .951 4.09 4.91 1906 26 NYY AL 3B 114 118 210 35 11 .904 .920 2.88 3.15 2B 5 10 18 0 5 1.000 .952 5.60 5.20 OF 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 1.90 1 0 0 1907 27 NYY AL 3B 64 65 115 21 4 .896 .913 2.81 3.10 OF 63 84 10 9 0 .913 .959 1.49 1.83 14 13 36 1B 1 8 0 0 2 1.000 .988 8.00 11.00 1908 28 TOT AL 2B 53 90 171 16 16 .942 .951 4.92 5.11 TOT AL OF 16 17 1 2 0 .900 .952 1.12 1.80 3 2 11 BOS AL 2B 27 39 94 7 6 .950 .951 4.93 5.11 3B 12 22 20 1 1 .977 .931 3.50 3.20 OF 5 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 1.20 1.80 0 2 3 NYY AL 2B 26 51 77 9 10 .934 .951 4.92 5.11 OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .952 1.09 1.80 3 0 8 1909 29 NYY AL 2B 83 142 208 23 30 .938 .953 4.22 4.83 1910 30 NYY AL 2B 79 127 220 15 21 .959 .945 4.39 4.91 OF 23 33 4 5 0 .881 .954 1.61 1.77 17 1 5 3B 15 15 22 1 0 .974 .932 2.47 3.38 1911 31 SLB AL 2B 133 287 398 36 59 .950 .949 5.15 4.94 3B 3 2 11 0 0 1.000 .929 4.33 3.27 1912 32 TOT AL 2B 76 143 210 22 30 .941 .945 4.64 4.75 SLB AL 2B 39 83 102 11 20 .944 .945 4.74 4.75 OF 32 40 5 5 4 .900 .951 1.41 1.98 0 0 32 WSH AL 2B 37 60 108 11 10 .939 .945 4.54 4.75 1913 33 WSH AL 3B 46 47 91 7 8 .952 .934 3.00 3.08 2B 13 20 20 1 4 .976 .955 3.08 4.82 OF 12 16 3 1 1 .950 .955 1.58 1.95 4 0 8 1914 34 IND FL 2B 132 300 373 31 61 .956 .951 5.10 4.89 1915 35 NEW FL 2B 146 330 431 32 69 .960 .951 5.21 4.76
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 27 NYY AL 1B 1 8 0 0 2 1.000 .988 8.00 11.00 1905 25 NYY AL 2B 11 19 26 4 4 .918 .951 4.09 4.91 1906 26 NYY AL 2B 5 10 18 0 5 1.000 .952 5.60 5.20 1908 28 TOT AL 2B 53 90 171 16 16 .942 .951 4.92 5.11 BOS AL 2B 27 39 94 7 6 .950 .951 4.93 5.11 NYY AL 2B 26 51 77 9 10 .934 .951 4.92 5.11 1909 29 NYY AL 2B 83 142 208 23 30 .938 .953 4.22 4.83 1910 30 NYY AL 2B 79 127 220 15 21 .959 .945 4.39 4.91 1911 31 SLB AL 2B 133 287 398 36 59 .950 .949 5.15 4.94 1912 32 TOT AL 2B 76 143 210 22 30 .941 .945 4.64 4.75 SLB AL 2B 39 83 102 11 20 .944 .945 4.74 4.75 WSH AL 2B 37 60 108 11 10 .939 .945 4.54 4.75 1913 33 WSH AL 2B 13 20 20 1 4 .976 .955 3.08 4.82 1914 34 IND FL 2B 132 300 373 31 61 .956 .951 5.10 4.89 1915 35 NEW FL 2B 146 330 431 32 69 .960 .951 5.21 4.76 1906 26 NYY AL 3B 114 118 210 35 11 .904 .920 2.88 3.15 1907 27 NYY AL 3B 64 65 115 21 4 .896 .913 2.81 3.10 1908 28 BOS AL 3B 12 22 20 1 1 .977 .931 3.50 3.20 1910 30 NYY AL 3B 15 15 22 1 0 .974 .932 2.47 3.38 1911 31 SLB AL 3B 3 2 11 0 0 1.000 .929 4.33 3.27 1913 33 WSH AL 3B 46 47 91 7 8 .952 .934 3.00 3.08 1906 26 NYY AL OF 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 1.90 1 0 0 1907 27 NYY AL OF 63 84 10 9 0 .913 .959 1.49 1.83 14 13 36 1908 28 TOT AL OF 16 17 1 2 0 .900 .952 1.12 1.80 3 2 11 BOS AL OF 5 5 1 1 0 .857 .952 1.20 1.80 0 2 3 NYY AL OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .952 1.09 1.80 3 0 8 1910 30 NYY AL OF 23 33 4 5 0 .881 .954 1.61 1.77 17 1 5 1912 32 SLB AL OF 32 40 5 5 4 .900 .951 1.41 1.98 0 0 32 1913 33 WSH AL OF 12 16 3 1 1 .950 .955 1.58 1.95 4 0 8
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 731 1468 2075 180 299 .952 .950 4.85 4.87 3B 254 269 469 65 24 .919 .922 2.91 3.14 OF 147 195 24 22 5 .909 .956 1.49 1.86 39 16 92 1B 1 8 0 0 2 1.000 .988 8.00 11.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1133 1940 2568 267 330 .944 .945 3.98 4.10
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-20-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Slugging %
1911 AL-.446-10

At Bats
1915 FL-550-10

Runs
1914 FL-86-10

Total Bases
1914 FL-220-8

Doubles
1911 AL-37-4
1914 FL-27-10
1915 FL-28-7

Triples
1907 AL-11-5
1914 FL-12-7

RBI
1910 AL-67-10
1911 AL-82-10
1914 FL-107-1

Adjusted OPS+
1911 AL-128-10

Extra-Base Hits
1907 AL-31-9
1911 AL-51-7
1914 FL-43-10
1915 FL-40-8

Outs
1915 FL-428-6

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 27 (837) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.2 (884) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (910) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 25, 1905: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Buffalo (Eastern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 13, 1907: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Highlanders to the Boston Americans. The Chicago White Sox sent Jake Stahl to the New York Highlanders. The Boston Americans sent Freddy Parent to the Chicago White Sox.

August 17, 1908: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Highlanders for Harry Niles.

February 11, 1911: Traded by the New York Highlanders with Jimmy Austin to the St. Louis Browns for Roy Hartzell and cash.

August 6, 1912: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Washington Senators to the Indianapolis Hoosiers.


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