Herman Franks
1939–1949 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals
188G
.199AVG
.302OBP
.275SLG
More career statistics
80H
3HR
43RBI
2SB
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 | 0 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 473 | 403 | 35 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 57 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 111 | .199 | .302 | .275 | .577 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1941-06-22 to 1941-06-30
10longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1941-07-27 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 95 | 227 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 19 | .150 | .269 | .203 |
| Away | 93 | 246 | 52 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 18 | .241 | .309 | .338 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .350 | .435 | .550 |
| May | 25 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .245 | .278 | .286 |
| June | 37 | 99 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | .264 | .323 | .437 |
| July | 40 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | .130 | .221 | .143 |
| August | 38 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 5 | .203 | .293 | .243 |
| September | 40 | 119 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | .135 | .286 | .198 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 26 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .183 | .242 | .217 |
| boston-braves | 22 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .289 | .373 | .422 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .178 | .245 | .178 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 21 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .193 | .300 | .281 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .212 | .300 |
| new-york-giants | 17 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .118 | .238 | .118 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .158 | .304 | .158 |
| st-louis-browns | 10 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .467 | .500 | .800 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 17 | 1 | – | 3 | – | .059 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 131 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .183 | – | – |
| 1941 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 57 | 139 | 28 | 1 | 11 | – | .201 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 14 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Giants | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | .667 | – | – |