Frank Crespi
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 175 lb
BornFebruary 16, 1918 · St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debutSeptember 14, 1938
Final gameSeptember 27, 1942
Seasons5 (1938–1942)
St. Louis Cardinals 1938–1942
Percentile snapshot
1941 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 1941 batters (min 480 PA)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .368 | .702 | 88.8 | 88.7 | .328 | 0.1 |
| 1939 | 15 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .250 | .207 | .457 | 16.1 | 21.0 | .227 | -0.2 |
| 1940 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 88.5 | 88.7 | .325 | 0.0 |
| 1941 | 146 | 635 | 560 | 85 | 156 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 57 | 58 | 3 | 0 | .279 | .355 | .350 | .705 | 97.4 | 95.1 | .338 | 2.1 |
| 1942 | 93 | 334 | 292 | 33 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .243 | .309 | .271 | .580 | 66.3 | 67.4 | .286 | 0.0 |
Career totals
G
264
PA
1,035
AB
911
R
125
H
240
2B
32
3B
4
HR
4
RBI
88
BB
90
SO
102
SB
8
BA
.2634
OBP
.3363
SLG
.3205
OPS
.6568
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-04-18 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1941-08-12 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1941-06-30 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1942-09-07 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1941-06-14 | LAD @ STL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-04-19 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-04-20 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-04-21 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-04-22 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-04-23 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.