MLB / Players

Frank Catalanotto

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 170 lb
BornApril 27, 1974 · Smithtown, NY, USA
MLB debutSeptember 3, 1997
Final gameMay 10, 2010
Seasons14 (1997–2010)

Detroit Tigers 1997–1999; Texas Rangers 2000–2002; Toronto Blue Jays 2003–2006; Texas Rangers 2007–2008; Milwaukee Brewers 2009; New York Mets 2010

Percentile snapshot

2003 season — qualified batters

G
133
13.3
PA
535
17.6
AB
489
26.7
R
83
55.2
H
146
44.2
2B
34
64.2
3B
6
80
HR
13
26.1
RBI
59
23
BB
35
15.8
SO
62
82.4
SB
2
18.2
CS
2
57.6
BA
.299
75.2
OBP
.351
53.9
SLG
.472
63.6
OPS
.823
60
wRC+
113.4
58.8
OPS+
112.0
57
wOBA
.359
59.4
sWAR
1.9
33.3

of 166 qualified 2003 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
107.9
57.3
OPS+
106.3
55.1
sWAR
12.8
89.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19971329262820033700.308.379.385.764106.5101.0.3510.1
1998892342132360132625123932.282.325.446.77194.997.9.3330.3
199910031528641791901135154934.276.327.458.78596.198.6.3410.6
200010332628255821321042333662.291.375.457.832109.8106.9.3701.2
20011335124637715331511543955155.330.391.490.882129.1125.8.3863.1
2002682502124257166323252795.269.364.443.808111.1107.2.3590.9
2003133535489831463461359356222.299.351.472.823113.4112.0.3591.9
2004752742492773191126173310.293.344.390.73488.588.2.3260.0
200513047541956126295859375302.301.367.451.818116.7113.8.3611.9
200612849943756131362756523713.300.376.439.816114.2110.2.3631.9
200710337733152862041144283721.260.337.444.781103.8101.9.3480.8
2008882782482868231221202911.274.342.399.74197.094.4.3350.2
20097716214418406319142320.278.346.382.72888.294.5.3190.1
20102526252410011500.160.192.200.392-0.38.0.182-0.3

Career totals

G
1,265
PA
4,292
AB
3,824
R
562
H
1,113
2B
262
3B
37
HR
84
RBI
457
BB
331
SO
492
SB
45
BA
.2911
380th-highest career batting average
OBP
.3567
SLG
.4448
OPS
.8015
489th-highest career OPS

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
1999-05-21DET @ CLE Gameday4340023010
2003-07-09BOS @ TOR Gameday535101209
2005-09-28TOR @ BOS Gameday523111309
2003-09-07DET @ TOR Gameday443002219
2007-04-10TB @ TEX Gameday513011408

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.