MLB / Players

Frank Meinke

HandednessBats Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 172 lb
BornOctober 18, 1863 · Chicago, IL, USA
MLB debutMay 1, 1884
Final gameMay 22, 1885
Seasons2 (1884–1885)

Detroit Wolverines 1884–1885

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
51.9
GS
31
50.6
W
8
34.6
L
23
17.3
SV
0
0
CG
31
50.6
SHO
1
33.3
H
341
39.5
ER
102
43.2
BB
63
32.1
SO
124
50.6
HR
10
21
IP
289.0
50.6
ERA
3.18
46.9
WHIP
1.398
16
K/9
3.86
23.5
FIP
3.10
51.9
FIP-
104.2
40.7
ERA+
93.7
42
sWAR
1.6
44.4

of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 114 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.6
67.9

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
18849234734128565762468900.164.179.273.45154.440.0.2021.6
18851330000000100.000.000.000.000-56.0-100.0.0000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1884353182303113411026312410289.03.181.3983.863.10104.293.71.6
188511010001324005.03.603.4000.005.07180.178.20.0

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

G
93
PA
350
AB
344
R
28
H
56
2B
5
3B
7
HR
6
RBI
24
BB
6
SO
90
SB
0
BA
.1628
OBP
.1771
SLG
.2703
OPS
.4474

Pitching

G (P)
36
GS
32
W
8
L
24
SV
0
CG
31
SHO
1
IP
294
SO (P)
124
BB allowed
67
ERA
3.184
WHIP
1.4320
K/9
3.80

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.