Frank Bates
1898–1899 · bats ? / throws R · Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals
27G
.208AVG
.322OBP
.221SLG
More career statistics
16H
0HR
5RBI
0SB
3–19W–L
190.2IP
18K
6.33ERA
23GS
12Rare feats
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 · At bats | 77 | 76 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 91 | 90 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 964 | 960 |
| Pitching · p er | 134 | 157 |
| Pitching · p hr | 6 | 7 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 91 | 77 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .208 | .322 | .221 | .543 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190.7 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 276 | 198 | 134 | 6 | 121 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.33 | 2.082 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1899-07-01 to 1899-07-11
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1899-07-17 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1899-06-26 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1899-07-14 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 29 | 5 |
| 1899 | Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 67 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .224 | 161 | 13 |