Dave Frost
Chicago White Sox 1977; California Angels 1978–1981; Kansas City Royals 1982
Percentile snapshot
1979 season — qualified pitchers
of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 23.7 | 3.04 | 1.394 | 5.70 | 1.98 | 48.4 | 134.6 | 0.5 |
| 1978 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 80.3 | 2.58 | 1.183 | 3.36 | 3.75 | 102.8 | 141.5 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 226 | 95 | 77 | 107 | 17 | 239.3 | 3.57 | 1.266 | 4.02 | 3.82 | 93.0 | 115.1 | 3.8 |
| 1980 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 46 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 78.3 | 5.29 | 1.506 | 3.22 | 4.25 | 108.0 | 74.5 | -0.4 |
| 1981 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 47.3 | 5.51 | 1.331 | 3.04 | 3.96 | 108.5 | 66.1 | -0.6 |
| 1982 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 81.7 | 5.51 | 1.629 | 2.87 | 4.38 | 107.0 | 74.3 | -0.5 |
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
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-07-07 | BAL @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977-10-02 | SEA @ CWS Gameday | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979-07-31 | SEA @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979-06-16 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 1979-07-23 | LAA @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
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.