Benny Frey
Cincinnati Reds 1929–1932; St. Louis Cardinals 1932; Cincinnati Reds 1933–1936
Percentile snapshot
1934 season — qualified pitchers
of 103 qualified 1934 pitchers (min 152 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 117.2 | 120.1 | .389 | 0.4 |
| 1930 | 44 | 95 | 88 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .315 | .352 | .667 | 64.5 | 64.7 | .301 | 3.0 |
| 1931 | 34 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .711 | 95.5 | 96.3 | .330 | -0.2 |
| 1932 | 30 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .234 | .200 | .434 | 14.8 | 19.5 | .205 | 0.3 |
| 1933 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .354 | .310 | .664 | 97.1 | 91.2 | .322 | 0.9 |
| 1934 | 41 | 92 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .244 | .195 | .440 | 20.3 | 20.1 | .217 | 3.7 |
| 1935 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .344 | .400 | .375 | .775 | 115.4 | 111.5 | .362 | -2.2 |
| 1936 | 32 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .298 | .273 | .571 | 58.3 | 58.3 | .273 | 0.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24.0 | 4.13 | 1.542 | 0.38 | 5.31 | 118.2 | 108.8 | 0.4 |
| 1930 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 295 | 128 | 62 | 43 | 15 | 245.0 | 4.70 | 1.457 | 1.58 | 4.79 | 100.8 | 101.1 | 3.0 |
| 1931 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 166 | 73 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 133.7 | 4.92 | 1.511 | 1.28 | 3.74 | 101.6 | 74.8 | -0.2 |
| 1932 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 67 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 134.3 | 4.49 | 1.467 | 1.81 | 4.21 | 111.1 | 84.5 | 0.3 |
| 1933 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 56 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 132.0 | 3.82 | 1.250 | 0.82 | 3.26 | 98.0 | 87.0 | 0.9 |
| 1934 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 288 | 96 | 42 | 33 | 10 | 245.3 | 3.52 | 1.345 | 1.21 | 3.88 | 96.9 | 113.8 | 3.7 |
| 1935 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 164 | 87 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 114.3 | 6.85 | 1.714 | 1.89 | 4.23 | 107.2 | 57.6 | -2.2 |
| 1936 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 62 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 131.3 | 4.25 | 1.477 | 1.37 | 3.92 | 102.3 | 90.1 | 0.9 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-09-05 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1931-09-19 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1930-05-11 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1930-06-16 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1935-04-25 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-04-19 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1931-07-04 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1932-09-20 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1935-09-22 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1932-05-28 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.