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Frank Austin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 170 lb
BornFebruary 12, 1920 · CZ, USA
Seasons5 (1944–1948)

Philadelphia Stars 1944–1948

Percentile snapshot

1948 season — qualified batters

G
46
5.4
PA
210
9.7
AB
191
8.6
R
32
11.8
H
68
17.2
2B
15
20.4
3B
3
17.2
HR
1
11.8
RBI
24
8.6
BB
11
3.2
SO
0
84.9
SB
3
34.4
CS
0
41.9
BA
.356
96.8
OBP
.397
86
SLG
.482
77.4
OPS
.879
80.6
wRC+
148.0
87.1
OPS+
153.5
91.4
wOBA
.412
82.8
sWAR
2.2
49.5

of 94 qualified 1948 batters (min 182 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
9.9
86.8

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
194447224192476411502428050.333.418.443.861129.7130.7.4091.9
1945502322164181163234122100.375.410.505.915148.0155.6.4272.5
19466327623747779103227010.325.394.371.765114.0114.1.3721.7
194748202174305611202523040.322.404.408.812122.9122.5.3901.5
194846210191326815312411030.356.397.482.879148.0153.5.4122.2

Career totals

G
254
PA
1,144
AB
1,010
R
197
H
346
2B
62
3B
14
HR
3
RBI
139
BB
101
SO
2
SB
23
BA
.3426
OBP
.4045
SLG
.4406
OPS
.8451

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1944-08-19HOM @ PHS Gameday4340300010
1948-09-12PHS @ NYC Gameday615001408
1945-06-23BEG @ PHS Gameday634110207
1945-06-24PHS @ BEG Gameday523300206
1948-05-09PHS @ NYC Gameday503110006

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1944-05-06BEG @ PHS Gameday0.0000000
1944-05-07PHS @ BEG Gameday0.0000000
1944-05-07PHS @ BEG Gameday0.0000000
1944-05-14PHS @ NE Gameday0.0000000
1944-05-14PHS @ NE Gameday0.0000000

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.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.