Frank Austin
1944–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASP, NNS, Philadelphia Stars, PHB
256G
.343AVG
.405OBP
.440SLG
More career statistics
347H
3HR
140RBI
23SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 256 | 226 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,013 | 893 |
| Batting · Doubles | 62 | 42 |
| Batting · Hits | 347 | 293 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,149 | 976 |
| Batting · Runs | 197 | 164 |
| Batting · RBI | 140 | 76 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 13 |
| Batting · Triples | 14 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 101 | 65 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | 1,149 | 1,013 | 197 | 347 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 140 | 101 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 446 | .343 | .405 | .440 | .845 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1944-07-22 to 1944-09-03
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1944-08-19 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-06-24 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1948-09-12 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 103 | 446 | 140 | 1 | 38 | 28 | 2 | .340 | .377 | .408 |
| Away | 123 | 530 | 153 | 3 | 38 | 37 | 1 | .318 | .358 | .405 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 52 | 217 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | .333 | .373 | .465 |
| June | 52 | 232 | 70 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 0 | .321 | .353 | .381 |
| July | 60 | 258 | 74 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | .318 | .368 | .365 |
| August | 49 | 217 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .322 | .346 | .407 |
| September | 13 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .422 | .481 | .489 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 64 | 273 | 72 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 0 | .285 | .322 | .372 |
| newark-eagles | 56 | 221 | 69 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 0 | .347 | .398 | .392 |
| homestead-grays | 41 | 187 | 54 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .321 | .364 | .405 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 32 | 140 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | .339 | .379 | .402 |
| new-york-cubans | 31 | 145 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .382 | .400 | .507 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  Philadelphia Stars | 38 | 153 | 56 | – | 20 | 2 | .366 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 38 | 158 | 56 | 2 | 17 | 5 | .354 | – | – |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Stars | 60 | 221 | 71 | – | 16 | – | .321 | – | – |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Stars | 45 | 168 | 45 | – | 11 | 3 | .268 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Stars | 45 | 193 | 65 | 2 | 12 | 3 | .337 | – | – |