1B Jesse Franklin #29
Portland Green Sox (SEA) GWL
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
05/12/1975
BNN Index | GWL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B JESSE FRANKLIN #29 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
21 49 14 1 0 0 5 12 6 .286 .435 .306 0 -0.1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/11/1975 SLC Win, 4-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/10/1975 SLC Win, 17-1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
05/09/1975 PHX Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/07/1975 PHX Win, 5-3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
05/06/1975 @ SJ Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/04/1975 @ SJ Loss, 5-6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
05/03/1975 SAC Loss, 1-2 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
05/02/1975 SAC Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/01/1975 SAC Loss, 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/29/1975 TUC Loss, 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:06/15/1948
Born in:Wichita, KS
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$42,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:None, 99 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:2 Years, 133 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Last option year
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 9th Pick in Round 2
GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 21 49 14 1 0 0 5 10 12 6 .286 .435 .306 .742 .324 .020 86
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 11 62 1 4 0 1 0 0 15 1 0 0 0.0 7.3 5.45 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .375 .167 .542
Versus Right   43 13 1 0 0 5 9 10 6 0 0 1 .302 .444 .326 .770
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   11 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 .091 .375 .091 .466
April   29 9 1 0 0 5 5 4 5 0 0 1 .310 .412 .345 .757
May   20 5 0 0 0 0 5 8 1 0 0 0 .250 .464 .250 .714
Last Year   401 112 19 2 13 73 67 55 59 1 2 9 .279 .378 .434 .812
2 Years Ago   351 98 16 4 11 67 57 52 53 1 0 2 .279 .374 .442 .816
Career   1811 499 76 10 55 290 276 267 291 5 4 34 .276 .378 .420 .798
Home   35 11 1 0 0 5 7 8 6 0 0 0 .314 .442 .343 .785
Road   14 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 .214 .421 .214 .635
Grass   49 14 1 0 0 5 10 12 6 0 0 1 .286 .435 .306 .742
Day   26 8 1 0 0 2 9 9 4 0 0 0 .308 .486 .346 .832
Night   23 6 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 .261 .370 .261 .631
As Starter   40 10 1 0 0 4 9 11 6 0 0 1 .250 .423 .275 .698
As Reliever / Substitution   9 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .444 .500 .444 .944
Pinch Hitting   8 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .444 .375 .819
Close/Late   18 6 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .478 .389 .867
Inning 1-3   14 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 .286 .412 .286 .697
Inning 4-6   13 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 .077 .333 .077 .410
Inning 7-9   20 7 1 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 .350 .480 .400 .880
Extra Innings   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
0 Outs   15 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1 Outs   19 7 1 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 .368 .429 .421 .850
2 Outs   15 4 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 .267 .522 .267 .788
Scoring Position   12 6 0 0 0 5 6 5 2 0 0 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Bases Empty   27 8 1 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 .296 .367 .333 .700
Runner on 1st   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Runner on 2nd   6 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417
Runner on 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Bases Loaded   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Two Strikes   23 5 0 0 0 2 4 5 6 0 0 1 .217 .379 .217 .597
First Pitch   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .444 .000 .444
Count 0-1   8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 0-2   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 1-0   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-1   6 6 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.167 2.167
Count 1-2   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   7 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .625 .000 .625
Behind in Count   21 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 .238 .273 .238 .511
Ahead in Count   7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .143 .400 .143 .543
Batting Leadoff   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Batting 4th   10 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 .300 .364 .400 .764
Batting 5th   27 6 0 0 0 2 5 10 2 0 0 1 .222 .447 .222 .670
Batting 6th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 9th   2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Low Leverage   14 6 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 .429 .556 .500 1.056
Medium Leverage   23 4 0 0 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 .174 .296 .174 .470
High Leverage   12 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 .333 .529 .333 .863
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 Seattle - FABL 23 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1348 1470 0.2
1973 Seattle - FABL 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 479 465 0.1
1974 Seattle - FABL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -119 -0.0
Total FABL 4 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 2.417 552 570 0.2
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
1966 Spokane - A 17 74 289 72 5 0 8 25 29 5 3 1 67 0 0 .249 .268 .349 .618 69 66 -0.9
1966 Gary - A 17 4 13 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 8 -2 -0.2
1967 Marshalltown - R 18 22 99 39 1 1 2 14 16 13 0 0 24 0 1 .394 .464 .485 .949 149 163 0.6
1967 Spokane - A 18 31 110 22 4 1 1 10 9 14 3 0 42 0 0 .200 .307 .282 .589 62 61 -0.7
1967 Tampa - A 18 44 158 31 3 0 5 20 17 21 0 1 45 0 1 .196 .289 .310 .599 80 86 0.2
1967 Total - A 18 75 268 53 7 1 6 30 26 35 3 1 87 0 1 .198 .296 .299 .595 73 76 -0.5
1967 Springfield - A 18 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 35 43 -0.0
1968 Marshalltown - R 19 25 86 26 3 0 1 11 15 22 2 1 17 0 1 .302 .450 .372 .823 117 135 0.5
1968 Tampa - A 19 39 147 41 5 1 1 16 24 32 2 1 35 0 1 .279 .412 .347 .759 126 142 0.3
1968 Springfield - A 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 51 -0.0
1968 Galveston - AA 19 10 38 8 0 0 1 3 6 8 0 0 10 0 0 .211 .348 .289 .637 78 91 -0.1
1969 Tampa - A 20 14 45 10 2 0 2 8 10 15 1 0 13 0 0 .222 .426 .400 .826 145 147 0.5
1969 Springfield - A 20 11 35 10 0 0 0 6 2 10 1 1 8 0 0 .286 .447 .286 .733 123 113 -0.0
1969 Galveston - AA 20 84 301 69 10 2 2 20 41 40 6 1 71 0 2 .229 .330 .296 .626 79 84 -0.8
1969 Portland - AAA 20 29 90 18 2 0 2 8 7 12 4 0 18 0 1 .200 .321 .289 .610 74 82 -0.2
1970 Galveston - AA 21 46 159 54 4 1 8 39 30 36 2 1 26 0 0 .340 .465 .528 .993 166 158 1.6
1970 Portland - AAA 21 59 175 45 7 2 4 27 29 28 4 0 34 0 0 .257 .372 .389 .761 106 104 0.2
1971 Portland - AAA 22 123 406 108 16 2 9 50 51 52 7 3 67 2 3 .266 .357 .382 .739 101 96 -0.6
1972 Portland - AAA 23 107 339 104 15 0 16 60 55 56 7 0 54 1 1 .307 .415 .493 .908 146 140 1.6
1973 Galveston - AA 24 23 82 21 1 0 3 15 10 12 0 3 18 0 0 .256 .340 .378 .718 87 70 -0.2
1973 Portland - AAA 24 94 351 98 16 4 11 67 57 52 2 1 53 0 2 .279 .374 .442 .816 113 116 1.3
1974 Portland - AAA 25 116 401 112 19 2 13 73 67 55 9 1 59 0 2 .279 .378 .434 .812 109 110 1.0
1975 Portland - AAA 26 21 49 14 1 0 0 5 10 12 1 0 6 0 0 .286 .435 .306 .742 89 86 -0.1
Total GWL 549 1811 499 76 10 55 290 276 267 34 5 291 3 9 .276 .378 .420 .798 112 111
Total HL 18 56 13 0 0 0 8 4 12 2 1 15 1 0 .232 .380 .232 .612 87 81
Total SEL 97 350 82 10 1 8 44 51 68 3 2 93 0 2 .234 .362 .337 .699 109 119
Total COW 105 399 94 9 1 9 35 38 19 6 1 109 0 0 .236 .280 .331 .611 67 65
Total LSA 163 580 152 15 3 14 77 87 96 8 5 125 0 2 .262 .372 .371 .742 105 104
Total UMVA 47 185 65 4 1 3 25 31 35 2 1 41 0 2 .351 .457 .432 .890 133 149
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Gary - A RF 4 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 31.0 1.16 -0.4 1.050
1966 Spokane - A RF 73 73 129 2 1 135 4 .970 607.1 1.94 -4.6 .939
1967 Tampa - A 1B 1 1 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 0.0 .000
1967 Marshalltown - R 1B 2 2 18 0 0 19 1 .947 16.0 10.12 -0.4 .781
1967 Springfield - A LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Tampa - A LF 6 6 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 52.0 1.90 +0.9 1.081
1967 Springfield - A RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
1967 Tampa - A RF 35 35 50 2 0 53 1 .981 309.1 1.51 -0.4 .983
1967 Spokane - A RF 31 31 32 2 0 35 1 .971 259.0 1.18 -4.6 .869
1967 Marshalltown - R RF 20 20 28 1 0 31 2 .935 180.0 1.45 -3.6 .897
1968 Galveston - AA 1B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 -0.3 1.052
1968 Springfield - A 1B 1 1 7 2 1 9 0 1.000 7.0 11.57 +0.1 1.041
1968 Tampa - A 1B 2 2 12 2 0 15 1 .933 18.0 7.00 -1.9 .603
1968 Marshalltown - R 1B 21 21 140 11 15 155 4 .974 173.0 7.86 -1.5 .925
1968 Galveston - AA LF 9 9 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 70.1 1.92 -0.9 .939
1968 Tampa - A LF 34 34 36 1 0 38 1 .974 286.0 1.16 -6.8 .856
1968 Galveston - AA RF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 14.2 1.84 -0.3 .780
1968 Tampa - A RF 5 2 8 0 0 9 1 .889 27.2 2.60 +0.4 1.053
1968 Marshalltown - R RF 4 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 27.0 2.67 +0.4 1.049
1969 Portland - AAA 1B 29 29 231 15 19 246 0 1.000 221.0 10.02 -0.7 .992
1969 Galveston - AA 1B 21 16 117 14 18 132 1 .992 144.0 8.19 -1.9 .918
1969 Springfield - A 1B 11 11 63 4 5 67 0 1.000 88.0 6.85 -1.5 .845
1969 Tampa - A 1B 13 13 101 9 12 112 2 .982 118.2 8.34 +0.9 1.056
1969 Galveston - AA LF 53 52 67 0 0 67 0 1.000 425.1 1.42 -3.8 .933
1969 Portland - AAA RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Galveston - AA RF 13 9 18 2 0 21 1 .952 87.2 2.05 -2.4 .848
1969 Springfield - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Portland - AAA 1B 40 40 385 25 28 415 5 .988 345.0 10.70 -0.9 .979
1970 Galveston - AA 1B 39 39 307 23 29 333 3 .991 336.1 8.83 -0.6 .992
1970 Portland - AAA LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Galveston - AA LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 13.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1970 Portland - AAA RF 3 2 4 0 0 5 1 .800 20.0 1.80 -2.4 .582
1970 Galveston - AA RF 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 27.0 0.67 +0.0 1.024
1971 Portland - AAA 1B 50 47 400 27 47 430 3 .993 395.1 9.72 -1.4 .963
1971 Portland - AAA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Portland - AAA RF 66 66 110 11 0 127 6 .953 560.1 1.94 -11.0 .881
1972 Portland - AAA 1B 40 37 376 22 37 404 6 .985 331.0 10.82 -3.8 .909
1972 Portland - AAA LF 9 7 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 66.0 1.36 -0.6 1.002
1972 Portland - AAA RF 47 44 74 8 0 85 3 .965 387.2 1.90 -6.9 .869
1973 Seattle - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Portland - AAA 1B 24 24 214 16 24 232 2 .991 202.1 10.23 -0.2 .993
1973 Galveston - AA 1B 8 8 53 8 6 62 1 .984 63.2 8.62 +0.4 .999
1973 Seattle - MLB LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 .998
1973 Portland - AAA LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Galveston - AA LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 12.0 0.75 +0.0 1.003
1973 Portland - AAA RF 67 67 108 9 0 120 3 .975 583.0 1.81 -2.7 .984
1973 Galveston - AA RF 16 11 17 1 0 18 0 1.000 107.2 1.50 -0.5 .966
1974 Portland - AAA 1B 29 28 252 10 22 263 1 .996 238.2 9.88 -0.3 .994
1974 Portland - AAA LF 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 15.0 1.80 +0.0 1.006
1974 Portland - AAA RF 78 77 118 8 0 134 8 .940 657.2 1.72 -4.2 .962
1975 Portland - AAA 1B 11 10 98 7 13 105 0 1.000 93.1 10.12 -0.1 .985
1975 Portland - AAA LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
TOTAL 1B 343 329 2783 196 277 3009 30 .990 2801.1 9.57 -14.1 .963
TOTAL LF 127 114 144 1 0 146 1 .993 970.2 1.34 -11.2 .928
TOTAL RF 470 449 713 46 1 791 32 .960 3901.0 1.75 -43.6 .927
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 1; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of high school (Ellsworth; Ellsworth, KS) by the Pittsburgh Miners. (Round 2, Pick 9, 29th overall pick).
06/04/1967 Injured (bruised jaw),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/28/1967 Was traded by the Pittsburgh Miners to the Kansas City Kings in exchange for RP Gene Bailey.
07/10/1967 Wins the UMVA Player of the Week Award.
07/17/1967 Wins the UMVA Player of the Week Award.
08/10/1967 Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 2 days.
04/10/1968 Named the #96 prospect in the FABL
09/01/1968 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/23/1968 Wins the 1968 Championship with the Galveston Gunners!
09/22/1969 Wins the 1969 Championship with the Galveston Gunners!
09/15/1970 Goes 6-8 against the Lubbock Longhorns, with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 6 R.
09/21/1970 Wins the 1970 Championship with the Galveston Gunners!
10/01/1970 Wins the LSA Batter of the Month Award.
12/10/1971 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the Seattle Kings.
07/12/1972 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for one week.
07/20/1972 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
08/10/1972 Injured (bruised ankle),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/18/1973 Injured (hand contusion),out for 5 days.
07/02/1973 Wins the GWL Player of the Week Award.
06/10/1974 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 5 days.
06/23/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Phoenix Scorchers, with 1 2B, 3 RBI and 0 R.
10/19/1974 Wins the 1974 World Championship Series with the Seattle Kings.
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