RF Frank Strange #43
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
RF FRANK STRANGE #43 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/06/1942
Born in:Grand Rapids, MI
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, 60 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:1 Year, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 6th Pick in Round 9
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1972 Pittsburgh - FABL 29 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -107 -0.1
Total FABL 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -107 -0.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Biloxi - R 22 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 209 221 -0.0
1965 Chattanooga - A 22 30 118 51 9 1 2 15 23 19 0 0 6 2 2 .432 .511 .576 1.087 167 183 1.4
1965 Terre Haute - A 22 17 30 15 3 0 1 8 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .543 .700 1.243 230 242 0.7
1966 Terre Haute - A 23 74 244 78 13 0 4 29 39 48 0 0 26 0 1 .320 .432 .422 .854 154 166 2.6
1966 Akron - AA 23 38 77 17 3 0 0 11 11 19 0 1 14 1 1 .221 .371 .260 .631 73 83 -0.2
1967 Akron - AA 24 13 44 14 1 0 2 5 6 8 1 0 1 0 0 .318 .434 .477 .911 182 196 0.6
1967 Atlanta - AAA 24 108 369 102 19 0 4 32 39 49 0 3 35 1 2 .276 .359 .360 .719 121 130 2.6
1968 Terre Haute - A 25 6 23 11 1 0 1 5 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .478 .556 .652 1.208 277 275 0.6
1968 Akron - AA 25 41 143 38 7 4 1 31 25 37 1 2 13 1 1 .266 .415 .392 .807 137 151 1.3
1968 Atlanta - AAA 25 60 78 23 3 1 1 18 20 29 0 1 4 0 0 .295 .481 .397 .879 130 149 0.9
1969 Raleigh - A 26 8 27 8 1 0 0 2 4 8 0 1 4 1 0 .296 .444 .333 .778 125 144 0.3
1969 Terre Haute - A 26 42 111 34 4 0 0 12 20 30 0 0 12 0 1 .306 .454 .342 .796 143 151 0.8
1969 Akron - AA 26 51 142 35 11 1 2 14 20 38 0 1 16 1 1 .246 .403 .380 .784 129 145 1.0
1969 Atlanta - AAA 26 15 22 8 0 0 0 7 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .533 .364 .897 131 162 0.3
1970 Nashville - AA 27 54 173 59 6 1 3 23 19 38 0 3 18 2 1 .341 .453 .439 .893 170 167 1.6
1970 Syracuse - AAA 27 42 75 23 3 0 1 14 9 8 0 1 9 1 1 .307 .369 .387 .756 101 109 0.2
1971 Evansville - A 28 7 26 6 1 1 0 1 5 7 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .394 .346 .740 110 124 0.1
1971 Nashville - AA 28 53 170 56 11 0 4 27 20 21 0 1 8 1 3 .329 .401 .465 .866 160 163 1.7
1971 Syracuse - AAA 28 22 20 10 1 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .565 .650 1.215 229 242 0.4
1972 Gary - A 29 43 132 35 9 0 0 13 19 33 0 2 13 1 2 .265 .407 .333 .741 107 116 0.2
1972 Birmingham - AA 29 37 95 29 2 1 1 7 13 18 0 0 11 1 0 .305 .416 .379 .795 133 142 0.6
1973 Spokane - A 30 6 22 8 3 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 3 0 1 .364 .500 .500 1.000 166 146 0.1
1973 Gary - A 30 43 146 48 14 0 4 25 28 38 0 2 16 0 3 .329 .462 .507 .969 162 165 1.7
1973 Birmingham - AA 30 4 13 5 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 .385 .467 .462 .928 151 167 0.2
Total DIX 148 451 149 20 2 8 59 55 79 0 4 38 5 4 .330 .427 .437 .864 158 160
Total EA 143 406 104 22 5 5 61 62 102 2 4 44 3 3 .256 .405 .372 .777 127 141
Total HL 232 712 227 45 1 10 93 121 164 0 5 70 1 7 .319 .444 .427 .871 150 159
Total UL 247 564 166 26 2 6 72 77 97 0 5 50 2 3 .294 .395 .379 .774 124 136
Total SEL 38 145 59 10 1 2 17 27 27 0 1 10 3 2 .407 .497 .531 1.028 159 175
Total COW 6 22 8 3 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 3 0 1 .364 .500 .500 1.000 166 146
Total GSL 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 209 221
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1965 Terre Haute - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Chattanooga - A 2B 3 2 2 5 1 10 3 .700 21.0 3.00 -1.8 .585
1965 Biloxi - R 2B 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 .750 8.0 3.38 -0.9 .000
1965 Terre Haute - A 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Chattanooga - A 3B 4 4 2 9 1 11 0 1.000 33.0 3.00 +0.2 1.054
1965 Chattanooga - A SS 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.0 1.077
1965 Terre Haute - A RF 6 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 42.0 0.64 +0.1 1.045
1965 Chattanooga - A RF 21 21 34 0 0 34 0 1.000 178.0 1.72 -0.4 .946
1966 Akron - AA 2B 5 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 11.1 3.18 -1.2 .327
1966 Terre Haute - A 2B 19 17 32 37 9 71 2 .972 144.2 4.29 -2.2 .937
1966 Akron - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Terre Haute - A 3B 11 8 5 13 0 19 1 .947 79.1 2.04 +0.6 .999
1966 Akron - AA SS 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 12.0 3.00 +0.1 1.064
1966 Akron - AA RF 15 14 36 0 0 36 0 1.000 118.2 2.73 -2.0 .871
1966 Terre Haute - A RF 39 38 66 1 1 69 2 .971 311.2 1.93 -2.9 .945
1967 Atlanta - AAA 1B 103 102 838 52 77 896 6 .993 838.2 9.55 +2.6 1.007
1967 Akron - AA 1B 7 7 57 7 6 65 1 .985 59.0 9.76 +0.6 .988
1967 Atlanta - AAA 2B 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 -0.2 1.021
1967 Akron - AA 2B 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1.000 3.1 8.10 +0.1 1.022
1967 Atlanta - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Atlanta - AAA RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 5.0 3.60 +0.4 .995
1967 Akron - AA RF 5 5 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 44.2 2.01 -1.1 .906
1968 Atlanta - AAA 1B 10 7 68 8 16 76 0 1.000 67.0 10.21 +0.6 1.068
1968 Akron - AA 1B 10 7 68 6 4 74 0 1.000 67.2 9.84 +0.8 1.054
1968 Terre Haute - A 1B 6 6 40 2 7 42 0 1.000 53.0 7.13 +0.2 1.041
1968 Atlanta - AAA 2B 5 1 8 10 4 18 0 1.000 26.1 6.15 +0.4 1.023
1968 Akron - AA 2B 5 3 5 8 5 13 0 1.000 24.1 4.81 -0.0 1.032
1968 Atlanta - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Akron - AA SS 7 3 5 6 3 12 1 .917 31.1 3.16 -1.3 .724
1968 Atlanta - AAA RF 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 27.2 0.33 -0.8 .509
1968 Akron - AA RF 26 26 41 3 1 45 1 .978 219.2 1.80 -2.2 .958
1969 Atlanta - AAA 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1969 Akron - AA 1B 18 17 139 7 10 147 1 .993 147.0 8.94 -0.7 .946
1969 Terre Haute - A 1B 26 21 194 11 31 206 1 .995 189.2 9.73 +0.8 1.032
1969 Raleigh - A 1B 1 1 8 1 1 9 0 1.000 8.0 10.12 +0.1 1.056
1969 Atlanta - AAA 2B 3 0 3 2 2 5 0 1.000 4.0 11.25 +0.1 1.030
1969 Akron - AA 2B 3 0 3 2 1 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 -0.5 .516
1969 Terre Haute - A 2B 8 5 13 9 6 23 1 .957 44.0 4.50 -1.5 .803
1969 Raleigh - A 2B 6 6 11 13 3 24 0 1.000 54.0 4.00 -0.5 .918
1969 Akron - AA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Terre Haute - A 3B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.1 7.71 -0.2 1.058
1969 Raleigh - A 3B 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.1 1.084
1969 Akron - AA SS 3 2 4 7 1 11 0 1.000 21.0 4.71 +0.7 1.086
1969 Terre Haute - A SS 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 -0.6 .804
1969 Atlanta - AAA RF 4 4 5 1 0 7 1 .857 36.0 1.50 +0.1 1.024
1969 Akron - AA RF 19 18 27 0 0 29 2 .931 158.0 1.54 -2.9 .918
1969 Terre Haute - A RF 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 18.0 0.50 -1.2 .518
1970 Syracuse - AAA 1B 12 11 85 7 10 94 2 .979 94.2 8.75 -0.5 .930
1970 Nashville - AA 1B 24 23 176 14 10 193 3 .984 173.0 9.88 -0.4 1.009
1970 Syracuse - AAA 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.1 2.70 +0.0 1.032
1970 Nashville - AA 2B 9 5 21 20 6 42 1 .976 61.1 6.02 -2.8 .843
1970 Nashville - AA 3B 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 5.2 4.76 -0.4 .808
1970 Nashville - AA SS 2 2 4 1 0 7 2 .714 15.0 3.00 -0.9 .646
1970 Syracuse - AAA RF 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 .500 20.0 0.45 -0.0 1.000
1970 Nashville - AA RF 19 19 13 3 0 17 1 .941 133.2 1.08 -1.0 .953
1971 Syracuse - AAA 1B 3 0 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 5.0 9.00 +0.1 1.061
1971 Nashville - AA 1B 35 32 278 23 28 303 2 .993 270.1 10.02 +1.7 1.027
1971 Syracuse - AAA 2B 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 .500 4.0 2.25 -0.5 .513
1971 Nashville - AA 2B 2 1 1 5 1 6 0 1.000 10.0 5.40 +0.2 1.044
1971 Syracuse - AAA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1971 Nashville - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Nashville - AA SS 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 .667 11.0 1.64 -0.5 .727
1971 Syracuse - AAA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Nashville - AA RF 7 7 11 2 0 14 1 .929 54.0 2.17 -0.9 .958
1971 Evansville - A RF 7 7 9 2 0 11 0 1.000 62.0 1.60 -1.1 .847
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 1B 4 0 11 0 2 11 0 1.000 8.1 11.88 +0.0 1.047
1972 Birmingham - AA 1B 9 3 36 3 2 39 0 1.000 42.0 8.36 -0.1 1.051
1972 Gary - A 1B 9 7 59 4 3 64 1 .984 61.0 9.30 -0.9 .926
1972 Birmingham - AA 2B 2 2 6 5 3 12 1 .917 20.0 4.95 -1.2 .798
1972 Gary - A 2B 10 8 21 17 5 39 1 .974 70.0 4.89 -1.9 .879
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Birmingham - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Gary - A 3B 7 5 8 10 1 18 0 1.000 49.1 3.28 +0.7 1.069
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Gary - A SS 3 2 4 4 2 8 0 1.000 14.2 4.91 -0.0 1.064
1972 Birmingham - AA RF 18 17 26 5 0 34 3 .912 132.0 2.11 -1.1 .970
1972 Gary - A RF 15 14 18 3 0 21 0 1.000 116.0 1.63 -3.1 .837
1973 Birmingham - AA 1B 1 1 8 0 1 9 1 .889 8.0 9.00 -0.6 .537
1973 Gary - A 1B 11 2 32 3 7 36 1 .972 40.1 7.81 -1.0 .791
1973 Spokane - A 1B 6 6 39 4 6 44 1 .977 49.0 7.90 -0.5 .909
1973 Gary - A 2B 11 9 21 24 13 45 0 1.000 73.2 5.50 +0.7 1.045
1973 Gary - A 3B 5 5 3 12 2 15 0 1.000 36.0 3.75 +0.7 1.059
1973 Gary - A SS 2 1 3 3 2 7 1 .857 11.0 4.91 -0.1 .874
1973 Birmingham - AA RF 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 .667 18.0 1.00 +0.3 1.030
1973 Gary - A RF 23 23 22 2 0 24 0 1.000 184.2 1.17 -0.7 .948
TOTAL 1B 296 253 2141 153 221 2314 20 .991 2182.2 9.46 +2.9 .998
TOTAL 2B 101 60 156 164 60 331 11 .967 600.1 4.80 -13.8 .883
TOTAL 3B 42 23 18 50 4 69 1 .986 230.1 2.66 +1.4 1.026
TOTAL SS 24 14 26 27 8 58 5 .914 132.0 3.61 -2.5 .864
TOTAL RF 237 226 328 22 2 363 13 .964 1879.2 1.68 -20.5 .926
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft out of college (Texas Presbyterian University; Huntsville, TX) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 9, Pick 6, 168th overall pick).
11/09/1965 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Detroit Dynamos development complex.
04/12/1966 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 3 days.
04/18/1966 Wins the HL Player of the Week Award.
05/17/1966 Goes 5-5 against the Wichita Rustlers, with 1 RBI and 1 R.
06/11/1966 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for one week.
06/16/1966 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/09/1966 Wins the 1966 Heartland League Heartland League Championship Series with the Terre Haute Brewers!
09/19/1966 Wins the 1966 Championship with the Akron Wheels!
04/29/1968 Wins the HL Player of the Week Award.
09/23/1968 Wins the 1968 Championship with the Akron Wheels!
09/14/1969 Wins the 1969 Heartland League Heartland League Championship Series with the Terre Haute Brewers!
09/22/1969 Wins the 1969 Championship with the Akron Wheels!
09/25/1969 Wins the 1969 Championship with the Atlanta Aces!
04/10/1970 Released by the Detroit organization.
04/17/1970 Signed a minor league contract with the Montreal Saints organization.
07/13/1970 Wins the DIX Player of the Week Award.
08/30/1970 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),out for 5 weeks.
09/28/1970 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
04/05/1972 Released by the Montreal organization.
04/14/1972 Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Miners organization.
10/20/1972 Wins the 1972 World Championship Series with the Pittsburgh Miners.
05/28/1973 Wins the HL Player of the Week Award.
06/18/1973 Released by the Pittsburgh organization.
10/20/1974 Retired from professional baseball.
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