Frank House
1950–1961 · bats L / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics
653G
.248AVG
.302OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
494H
47HR
235RBI
6SB
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 · Caught stealing | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 147 | 148 |
| Batting · Runs | 202 | 201 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 653 | 2,187 | 1,994 | 202 | 494 | 64 | 11 | 47 | 235 | 151 | 147 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 721 | .248 | .302 | .362 | .664 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1954-05-01 to 1954-05-19
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1956-08-14 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1955-08-16 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1957-05-21 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 333 | 1093 | 259 | 25 | 125 | 80 | 77 | .261 | .310 | .382 |
| Away | 320 | 1094 | 235 | 22 | 110 | 71 | 71 | .234 | .280 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 222 | 50 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 18 | .253 | .315 | .404 |
| May | 123 | 428 | 104 | 9 | 59 | 32 | 29 | .267 | .318 | .387 |
| June | 123 | 428 | 100 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 24 | .260 | .306 | .352 |
| July | 124 | 389 | 79 | 8 | 37 | 18 | 25 | .218 | .249 | .323 |
| August | 134 | 448 | 102 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 38 | .246 | .295 | .357 |
| September | 86 | 268 | 57 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 14 | .237 | .287 | .361 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 96 | 341 | 73 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 21 | .239 | .305 | .325 |
| chicago-white-sox | 96 | 329 | 85 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 23 | .272 | .301 | .383 |
| baltimore-orioles | 89 | 300 | 64 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 20 | .236 | .297 | .325 |
| new-york-yankees | 88 | 278 | 70 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 16 | .279 | .320 | .375 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 86 | 310 | 76 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 20 | .273 | .326 | .439 |
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 284 | 55 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 30 | .208 | .243 | .352 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 40 | 148 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 8 | .238 | .297 | .400 |
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .239 | .258 | .318 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | .400 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 114 | 352 | 88 | 9 | 38 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 102 | 328 | 85 | 15 | 53 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 94 | 321 | 77 | 10 | 44 | 1 | .240 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 106 | 348 | 90 | 7 | 36 | 1 | .259 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Kansas City Athletics | 76 | 202 | 51 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics | 98 | 347 | 82 | 1 | 30 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Cincinnati Reds | 23 | 28 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 22 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .227 | – | – |