Frank Parkinson
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb
BornMarch 23, 1895 · Dickson City, PA, USA
MLB debutApril 13, 1921
Final gameSeptember 27, 1924
Seasons4 (1921–1924)
Philadelphia Phillies 1921–1924
Percentile snapshot
1922 season — qualified batters
of 160 qualified 1922 batters (min 477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 108 | 415 | 391 | 36 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 81 | 3 | 4 | .253 | .277 | .353 | .630 | 50.7 | 58.1 | .287 | -0.7 |
| 1922 | 141 | 617 | 545 | 86 | 150 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 70 | 55 | 93 | 3 | 4 | .275 | .344 | .413 | .757 | 81.9 | 83.5 | .349 | 0.8 |
| 1923 | 67 | 236 | 219 | 21 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 4 | .242 | .288 | .338 | .625 | 48.2 | 54.2 | .291 | -0.6 |
| 1924 | 62 | 176 | 156 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .212 | .281 | .276 | .556 | 35.1 | 40.2 | .266 | -0.7 |
Career totals
G
378
PA
1,444
AB
1,311
R
157
H
335
2B
57
3B
8
HR
24
RBI
149
BB
95
SO
233
SB
9
BA
.2555
OBP
.3078
SLG
.3661
OPS
.6739
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-09-04 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1922-06-21 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1921-06-27 | SF @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1923-05-11 | STL @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1922-05-09 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921-04-13 | SF @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921-04-14 | SF @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921-04-16 | SF @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921-04-19 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921-04-20 | LAD @ PHI 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.