Frank Malzone

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: February 28, 1930 in Bronx, NY us

Died: December 29, 2015 in Needham, MA

Buried: St. Mary's Cemetery, Needham, MA

High School: Samuel Gompers HS (Bronx, NY)

Debut: September 17, 1955 (Age 25-201d, 11,305th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1966 (Age 36-215d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Frank James Malzone

Pronunciation: \mal-ZONE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.4

5428

1486

133

.274

647

RBI

728

OBP

.315

SLG

.399

OPS

.714

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 28)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	BOS	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
3	3	Apr 11	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	BOS		BAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	BOS		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 20	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	65	15.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
12	12	Apr 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 27	BOS		CHW	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 28 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 28 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	BOS	@	MIN	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 3	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
18	18	May 4	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-14	CG	32	4.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 5	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
20	20	May 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
21	21	May 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
22	22	May 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 10	BOS		WSA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 12 (1)	BOS		WSA	L,2-3	CG	62	14.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 12 (2)	BOS		WSA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
26	26	May 13	BOS		WSA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
27	27	May 15 (1)	BOS		LAA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
28	28	May 15 (2)	BOS		LAA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
29	29	May 16	BOS		LAA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 17	BOS		KCA	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
31	31	May 19 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 19 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 20	BOS		MIN	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	3B
34	34	May 21	BOS		MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
35	35	May 22	BOS		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	37	May 25	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	38	May 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
40	40	May 28	BOS		NYY	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	41	May 30	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
42	42	May 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	44	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	45	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
46	46	Jun 4	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	47	Jun 6	BOS	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
48	48	Jun 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	49	Jun 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	52	14.0	5	3	0	8	1	3B
50	50	Jun 10	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	51	Jun 11	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	56	15.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
52	52	Jun 12	BOS		WSA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	53	Jun 13	BOS		WSA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	54	Jun 14	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
55	55	Jun 16 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	56	Jun 16 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	57	Jun 17	BOS		BAL	L,2-7	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	58	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
59	59	Jun 19	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
60	60	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
61	61	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	62	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	63	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	64	Jun 23	BOS		NYY	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
65	65	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	66	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	67	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
68	68	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	70 (1)	Jun 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	71	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	72	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	73	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	74	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	76	Jul 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
76	77	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	78	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	79	Jul 5	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	80	Jul 6	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	81	Jul 7	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
81	82	Jul 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
82	83	Jul 11	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	84	Jul 12	BOS	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
84	85	Jul 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	86	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	LAA	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	88 (1)	Jul 15	BOS	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	89	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	L,0-11	GS	32	5.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
88	90	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
89	93 (2)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	94	Jul 23	BOS		KCA	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
91	95	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		KCA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	96	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	97	Jul 25	BOS		KCA	L,0-2	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
94	98	Jul 26	BOS		LAA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
95	99	Jul 27	BOS		LAA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
96	100	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		LAA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	101	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		LAA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	102	Jul 29	BOS		MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
99	103	Jul 30	BOS		MIN	L,3-6	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
100	104	Jul 31	BOS		MIN	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	105	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	106	Aug 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	107	Aug 3	BOS	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	109 (1)	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	110	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	111	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
107	115 (3)	Aug 12	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
108	116	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,14-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
109	117	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
110	118	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
111	119	Aug 16	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	120	Aug 17	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	121	Aug 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
114	122	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
115	123	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
116	124	Aug 21	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
117	125	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
118	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
119	127	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
120	128	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	129	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	55	14.1	2	5	0	7	0	3B
122	130	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	131	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
124	132	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
125	133	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
126	134	Aug 30	BOS		WSA	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
127	135	Aug 31	BOS		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	136	Sep 1	BOS		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
129	137	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
130	138	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
131	139	Sep 3	BOS		BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
132	140	Sep 4	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B
133	141	Sep 5	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	142	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
135	143	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	144	Sep 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
137	145	Sep 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
138	146	Sep 9	BOS	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
139	147	Sep 10	BOS	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
140	148	Sep 11	BOS	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
141	149	Sep 12	BOS	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	150	Sep 13	BOS	@	KCA	W,7-3	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	155 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
144	156	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		MIN	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
145	157	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
146	158	Sep 22	BOS		MIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
147	159	Sep 24	BOS		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
148	161 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
							148gm		1324.2	151	283	16	450	18