Frank
Isbell
 
Nickname: Bald Eagle
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 21, 1875 in Delevan, NY.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1906   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 25 NY1 NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 3 10 10 10
1902 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 3 10 10 10
1903 27 PIT NL $ 1,588,571   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1904 28 PIT NL $ 3,371,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1905 29 PIT NL $ 3,371,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1906 30 PIT NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1907 31 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 10 10
1908 32 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 8
1909 33 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1910 34 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 25 NY1 NL 59 126 21 38 8 4 1 19 8 1 10 4 .302 .353 .452 .805 20.1 4.9
1902 26 NY1 NL 41 99 20 31 7 2 2 12 8 3 12 1 .313 .395 .485 .880 18.7 4.5
  PIT NL 52 197 27 49 9 2 1 26 16 5 18 1 .249 .326 .330 .656 22.8 3.9
  TOT   93 296 47 80 16 4 3 38 24 8 30 2 .270 .349 .382 .731 41.5 8.4
1903 27 PIT NL 134 516 92 171 27 11 6 74 34 12 48 18 .331 .402 .461 .863 94.7 16.7
1904 28 PIT NL 148 562 83 164 40 13 5 84 36 15 47 13 .292 .349 .436 .785 84.4 12.5
1905 29 PIT NL 110 411 60 124 26 9 1 43 30 16 15 11 .302 .331 .416 .747 51.8 8.2
1906 30 PIT NL 145 568 57 184 21 11 1 62 33 14 29 27 .324 .360 .405 .765 80.9 14.2
1907 31 PIT NL 151 594 72 160 14 13 3 47 35 18 39 51 .269 .316 .352 .668 64.5 12.2
1908 32 PIT NL 140 551 56 125 17 9 1 57 35 18 45 74 .227 .290 .296 .585 46.3 5.1
1909 33 PIT NL 148 572 68 127 20 14 2 42 24 14 32 94 .222 .287 .316 .603 48.8 7.8
1910 34 PIT NL 55 124 13 32 2 2 1 15 9 5 4 27 .258 .288 .331 .619 12.0 1.8
10 Years Sim 1183 4320 569 1205 191 90 24 481 268 121 299 321 .279 .334 .381 .715 544.9 91.7
162 Game Average 591 77 165 26 12 3 65 36 16 40 43 .279 .334 .381 .715 74.6  
Career Highs 151 594 92 184 40 14 6 84 36 18 48 94 .331 .402 .461 .863 94.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3241 458 959 148 68 20 371 209 90 254 210 .296 .353 .402 .755 443.7
vs LH   1079 111 246 43 22 4 110 59 31 45 111 .228 .272 .320 .592 84.1
Home 585 2081 269 564 94 51 11 230 126 64 140 161 .271 .327 .381 .708 244.7
Away 598 2239 300 641 97 39 13 251 142 57 159 160 .286 .339 .382 .721 283.1
RISP   1062 0 306 41 20 3 411 0 0 114 79 .288 .356 .373 .729 141.8
Pinch Hitting   78 9 22 2 2 1 7 4 2 4 3 .282 .317 .397 .715 9.5
Close/Late   556 79 179 25 15 6 54 0 1 60 51 .322 .393 .453 .846 92.6
Mar/Apr 117 419 53 122 17 10 2 61 26 11 38 35 .291 .356 .394 .750 57.6
May 203 742 106 218 35 24 7 72 40 21 44 46 .294 .346 .434 .780 101.4
June 187 691 97 188 33 17 4 72 37 15 45 49 .272 .331 .386 .718 83.1
July 222 810 106 229 34 15 5 101 59 21 43 66 .283 .326 .380 .707 97.5
August 214 764 92 217 30 10 3 80 45 25 60 58 .284 .339 .361 .700 91.3
Sep/Oct 240 894 115 231 42 14 3 95 61 28 69 67 .258 .316 .347 .663 97.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 25 NY1 NL 2B 10 9 81.0 20 43 1 10 .984 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 11 5 62.0 8 11 1 1 .950 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 5 45.0 6 22 0 3 1.000 5.60 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 5 5 42.0 53 6 0 5 1.000 12.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1902 26 NY1 NL 1B 22 22 153.2 220 21 3 14 .988 14.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 9 7 52.7 4 15 1 1 .950 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 3 2 15.5 3 9 0 1 1.000 6.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 1 9.3 2 6 0 1 1.000 7.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  PIT NL 1B 28 28 298.4 428 42 6 28 .987 14.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 12 9 102.6 7 29 2 3 .947 3.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 3 3 30.2 7 17 1 3 .960 7.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 2 18.1 4 11 0 2 1.000 7.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   1B 50 50 451.6 648 63 9 42 .988 14.17   0.7
      3B 21 16 155.3 11 44 3 4 .948 3.19   0.6
      2B 6 5 45.7 10 26 1 4 .973 7.09   0.2
      SS 3 3 27.4 6 17 0 3 1.000 7.55   0.2
1903 27 PIT NL 1B 131 130 1162.0 1543 114 21 114 .987 12.83 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1904 28 PIT NL 1B 147 147 1312.7 1828 127 12 122 .994 13.40 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1905 29 PIT NL 1B 89 89 795.3 1067 94 14 63 .988 13.14 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 5 3 34.0 2 12 1 0 .933 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 6 0 18.0 5 11 0 2 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1906 30 PIT NL 1B 143 143 1289.0 1701 144 19 130 .990 12.88 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1907 31 PIT NL 1B 151 151 1348.3 1703 120 14 94 .992 12.17 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1908 32 PIT NL 1B 136 135 1215.3 1510 104 19 108 .988 11.95 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 4 4 36.0 9 10 0 1 1.000 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1909 33 PIT NL 1B 148 148 1322.0 1707 126 16 109 .991 12.48 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1910 34 PIT NL 1B 18 14 144.7 180 12 7 7 .965 11.95 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 15 11 101.0 7 42 0 5 1.000 4.37 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1018 1012 9082.9 11940 910 131 794 .990 12.73 0 0 .000 0 20.3
  3B 35 21 221.3 21 56 4 5 .951 3.13 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  SS 30 22 216.4 22 95 1 11 .992 4.87 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  2B 28 18 181.7 44 91 2 17 .985 6.69 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1113 1074 9712.3 12029 1152 138 827 .990 12.21 0 0 .000 1 23.0
Career Highs   152 151 1349.3 1830 150 21 130 .994 13.33 0 0 .000 1  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1903-10-.331
1906-4-.324
Slugging Pct
1906-5-.405
OPS
1906-6-.765
XR
1906-7-80.9
Games
1904-9-148
1907-2-151
1909-8-148
At-Bats
1906-10-568
1907-4-594
1909-9-572
Hits
1906-5-184
Total Bases
1906-4-230
Singles
1903-10-127
1906-5-151
Triples
1906-7-11
1907-3-13
1909-2-14
Caught Stealing
1908-10-18
Strikeouts
1908-9-74
1909-1-94
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 19th round, 290th overall pick, by New York in 1901
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1901, off Jack Sutthoff (CHN)
Traded from New York to Pittsburgh on 7/26/1902 (Going to PIT: 1B Frank Isbell. Going to NY1: P Chappie Mcfarland, P Tom Maher, LF Chick Hartley)
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,588,571 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Boston (N) on 5/22/1903
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1903, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 6/20/1904
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 3/2/1906 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
6/11/1906: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1906
Injured on 2/17/1908 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
9/11/1908: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years