Frank Kitson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 165 lb

BornSeptember 11, 1869 · Watson, MI, USA

MLB debutMay 19, 1898

Final gameJuly 22, 1907

Seasons10 (1898–1907)

Baltimore Orioles 1898–1899; Brooklyn Superbas 1900–1902; Detroit Tigers 1903–1905; Washington Senators 1906; New York Highlanders 1907; Washington Senators 1907

Percentile snapshot

1906 season — qualified pitchers

36.4

23.9

15.9

26.1

SHO

19.3

196

60.2

21.6

56.8

22.7

45.5

197.0

ERA

3.65

6.8

WHIP

1.284

22.7

K/9

2.70

15.9

FIP

2.97

21.6

FIP-

111.1

19.3

ERA+

73.1

5.7

sWAR

0.3

14.8

of 89 qualified 1906 pitchers (min 151 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

98.4

31.3

sWAR

22.7

94.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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
1898	31	92	86	13	27	1	3	0	16	5	7	2	.314	.359	.395	.754	112.2	115.6	.364	2.2
1899	45	141	134	12	27	7	1	0	8	5	13	7	.201	.236	.269	.504	41.2	38.0	.243	6.6
1900	43	116	109	20	32	5	1	0	16	6	13	2	.294	.330	.358	.688	89.4	89.8	.329	1.8
1901	47	139	133	22	35	5	2	1	16	4	16	0	.263	.290	.353	.643	83.8	86.3	.303	4.5
1902	40	122	117	10	32	3	4	1	11	3	12	0	.274	.298	.393	.691	106.6	112.6	.332	3.4
1903	36	124	116	12	21	0	2	0	4	2	31	2	.181	.202	.216	.417	25.8	26.4	.196	3.4
1904	27	76	72	9	15	0	0	1	4	1	21	0	.208	.240	.250	.490	53.4	56.6	.235	0.6
1905	33	90	87	8	16	2	0	0	4	3	21	0	.184	.211	.207	.418	28.5	31.9	.204	-0.2
1906	33	98	90	9	22	4	4	1	12	8	16	1	.244	.306	.411	.717	121.4	124.4	.342	0.3
1907	17	37	35	4	8	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	.229	.250	.257	.507	53.0	55.6	.248	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1898	17	13	8	5	0	13	1	123	43	35	32	0	119.3	3.24	1.324	2.41	3.31	91.9	111.1	2.2
1899	40	37	22	16	0	34	2	327	101	65	75	6	326.7	2.78	1.200	2.07	3.42	89.0	138.3	6.6
1900	40	30	15	13	4	21	2	283	118	56	55	12	253.3	4.19	1.338	1.95	3.78	102.3	88.1	1.8
1901	38	32	19	11	2	26	5	312	93	67	127	9	280.7	2.98	1.350	4.07	3.27	98.9	110.9	4.5
1902	32	31	19	13	0	29	3	258	83	49	114	4	268.7	2.78	1.143	3.82	2.50	90.1	99.9	3.4
1903	31	28	15	16	0	28	2	277	74	38	102	8	257.7	2.58	1.223	3.56	2.89	99.5	112.3	3.4
1904	26	24	9	13	0	19	0	211	68	38	69	7	199.7	3.07	1.247	3.11	2.95	116.1	82.8	0.6
1905	33	27	12	14	1	21	3	230	87	57	78	3	225.7	3.47	1.272	3.11	2.84	106.2	77.2	-0.2
1906	30	21	6	14	0	15	1	196	80	57	59	2	197.0	3.65	1.284	2.70	2.97	111.1	73.1	0.3
1907	17	7	4	3	0	5	0	116	35	26	25	1	93.0	3.39	1.527	2.42	2.98	113.1	78.1	0.0

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

352

1,035

979

119

235

RBI

155

.2400

OBP

.2734

SLG

.3156

OPS

.5890

Pitching

G (P)

304

250

129

383rd-most career W

118

351st-most career L

211

121st-most career CG

SHO

274th-most career SHO

2,222

341st-most career IP

SO (P)

736

BB allowed

488

ERA

3.168

243rd-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2698

430th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

2.98

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	TB
1901-09-24	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	1	5	7
1906-05-08	MIN @ NYY Gameday	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	5
1902-07-25	LAD @ SF Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
1902-08-12	CHC @ LAD Gameday	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	5
1904-09-14	DET @ BAL Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1901-08-13	PHI @ LAD Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	6	10
1902-07-25	LAD @ SF Gameday	9.0	9	0	0	1	9
1903-09-12	DET @ CLE Gameday	7.0	6	4	1	1	9
1901-05-03	PHI @ LAD Gameday	9.0	8	1	0	4	8
1902-06-07	CHC @ LAD Gameday	9.0	11	3	3	2	8

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.