Frank Grube
1931–1941 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
394G
.244AVG
.326OBP
.308SLG
More career statistics
274H
1HR
107RBI
12SB
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 | 1,125 | 1,126 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 88 | 89 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,280 | 1,282 |
| Batting · RBI | 107 | 108 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Walks | 131 | 132 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 | 1,280 | 1,125 | 121 | 274 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 131 | 88 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 346 | .244 | .326 | .308 | .634 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1931-07-24 to 1931-08-09
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1932-05-28 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1932-04-16 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1931-09-12 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 204 | 663 | 154 | 0 | 62 | 69 | 53 | .266 | .336 | .330 |
| Away | 190 | 619 | 120 | 1 | 46 | 63 | 36 | .219 | .296 | .283 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 134 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 8 | .222 | .291 | .282 |
| May | 61 | 186 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 12 | .179 | .258 | .235 |
| June | 80 | 263 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 23 | .213 | .289 | .247 |
| July | 72 | 254 | 62 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 15 | .278 | .350 | .359 |
| August | 77 | 232 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 21 | .290 | .345 | .386 |
| September | 65 | 211 | 46 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 10 | .258 | .351 | .315 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 65 | 210 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 18 | .217 | .281 | .265 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 64 | 211 | 39 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 13 | .211 | .294 | .281 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 187 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 9 | .229 | .289 | .289 |
| new-york-yankees | 58 | 175 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | .283 | .337 | .371 |
| detroit-tigers | 50 | 160 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 11 | .254 | .356 | .328 |
| boston-red-sox | 49 | 164 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 14 | .248 | .323 | .303 |
| st-louis-browns | 39 | 138 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 11 | .254 | .326 | .305 |
| chicago-white-sox | 11 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .367 | .459 | .433 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Chicago White Sox | 88 | 265 | 58 | 1 | 24 | 3 | .219 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 93 | 277 | 78 | – | 31 | 6 | .282 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 85 | 256 | 59 | – | 23 | 1 | .230 | – | – |
| 1934 |  St. Louis Browns | 65 | 170 | 49 | – | 11 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 12 | 25 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .360 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 94 | 15 | – | 12 | 1 | .160 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 18 | 39 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .154 | – | – |