MLB / Players

Frank Sellman

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 145 lb
BornJanuary 21, 1851 · Baltimore, MD, USA
MLB debutMay 4, 1871
Final gameMay 3, 1875
Seasons5 (1871–1875)

Fort Wayne Kekiongas 1871; Washington Olympics 1872; Baltimore Marylands 1873; Baltimore Canaries 1874; Washington Nationals 1875

Percentile snapshot

1872 season — qualified batters

G
9
2.3
PA
42
6.8
AB
42
6.8
R
3
0
H
10
5.7
2B
2
21.6
3B
0
0
HR
0
0
RBI
1
0
BB
0
0
SO
1
55.7
SB
0
0
CS
2
15.9
BA
.238
23.9
OBP
.238
18.2
SLG
.286
22.7
OPS
.524
21.6
wRC+
79.1
20.5
OPS+
60.5
20.5
wOBA
.240
20.5
sWAR
0.0
15.9

of 89 qualified 1872 batters (min 27 PA)

1873 season — qualified pitchers

G
1
0
GS
1
0
W
0
0
L
1
86.7
SV
0
0
CG
1
0
SHO
0
0
H
21
93.3
ER
8
93.3
BB
0
80
SO
0
0
HR
0
73.3
IP
9.0
0
ERA
8.00
13.3
WHIP
2.333
20
K/9
0.00
0
FIP
3.10
80
FIP-
91.3
80
ERA+
42.5
13.3
sWAR
-0.2
20

of 16 qualified 1873 pitchers (min 6 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.3
55.3

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
18711469651415301104010.231.275.323.59886.071.0.2720.1
18729424231020010102.238.238.286.52479.160.5.2400.0
18731331100000000.333.333.333.66798.697.7.307-0.2
187412545491632070220.296.296.426.722115.6128.1.3260.3
18751330100000000.333.333.333.667117.7131.1.3050.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
187311010102180009.08.002.3330.003.1091.342.5-0.2

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

G
37
PA
171
AB
167
R
27
H
43
2B
8
3B
2
HR
1
RBI
18
BB
4
SO
3
SB
3
BA
.2575
OBP
.2749
SLG
.3473
OPS
.6222

Pitching

G (P)
1
GS
1
W
0
L
1
SV
0
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
9
SO (P)
0
BB allowed
0
ERA
8.000
WHIP
2.3333
K/9
0.00

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.