Frank Hankinson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 168 lb

BornApril 29, 1856 · New York, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1878

Final gameOctober 14, 1888

Seasons10 (1878–1888)

Chicago White Stockings 1878–1879; Cleveland Blues 1880; Troy Trojans 1881; New York Gothams 1883–1884; New York Metropolitans 1885–1887; Kansas City Cowboys 1888

Percentile snapshot

1887 season — qualified batters

127

61.5

550

55.2

512

65.6

22.9

137

44.8

78.1

5.2

RBI

44.8

45.8

20.8

7.3

.268

30.2

OBP

.318

17.7

SLG

.373

33.3

OPS

.691

wRC+

92.2

22.9

OPS+

91.2

wOBA

.327

sWAR

1.4

31.3

of 97 qualified 1887 batters (min 427 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1879 season — qualified pitchers

35.7

71.4

42.9

SHO

35.7

248

64.3

71.4

28.6

85.7

230.7

42.9

ERA

2.50

42.9

WHIP

1.192

42.9

K/9

2.69

42.9

FIP

2.49

57.1

FIP-

99.8

57.1

ERA+

100.0

42.9

sWAR

1.7

28.6

of 15 qualified 1879 pitchers (min 83 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

82.0

12.7

OPS+

75.3

5.6

sWAR

7.0

82.9

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1878	58	245	240	38	64	8	3	1	27	5	36	0	.267	.282	.338	.619	101.5	102.5	.287	0.7
1879	44	173	171	14	31	4	0	0	8	2	14	0	.181	.191	.205	.395	48.5	30.0	.180	1.7
1880	69	264	263	32	55	7	4	1	19	1	23	0	.209	.212	.278	.490	70.7	63.5	.220	0.6
1881	85	331	321	34	62	15	0	1	19	10	41	0	.193	.218	.249	.467	56.9	45.4	.216	-0.6
1883	94	356	337	40	74	13	6	2	30	19	38	0	.220	.261	.312	.573	80.4	72.0	.258	0.4
1884	105	412	389	44	90	16	7	2	43	23	59	0	.231	.274	.324	.598	91.3	87.7	.274	1.1
1885	94	375	362	43	81	12	2	2	44	12	0	0	.224	.251	.285	.535	76.2	68.7	.250	0.2
1886	136	571	522	66	126	14	5	2	63	49	0	10	.241	.306	.299	.605	94.2	90.6	.297	1.7
1887	127	550	512	79	137	29	11	1	71	38	43	19	.268	.318	.373	.691	92.2	91.2	.327	1.4
1888	37	166	155	20	27	4	1	1	20	11	12	2	.174	.229	.232	.461	61.5	47.7	.227	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1878	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	11	6	0	4	0	9.0	6.00	1.222	4.00	1.65	71.5	38.4	0.7
1879	26	25	15	10	0	25	2	248	64	27	69	0	230.7	2.50	1.192	2.69	2.49	99.8	100.0	1.7
1880	4	2	1	1	1	2	0	20	3	3	8	0	25.0	1.08	.920	2.88	2.25	94.9	219.8	0.6
1885	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2.0	4.50	1.500	0.00	11.09	341.7	72.1	0.2

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

849

3,443

3,272

410

747

122

RBI

344

170

266

.2283

OBP

.2666

SLG

.3013

OPS

.5679

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

267

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

2.498

WHIP

1.1700

K/9

2.73

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.