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Frank
Laporte		  
Nickname: Pot
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 6, 1880 in Usa, OH, UHRICHSVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1909    1913   
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
1905 25 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1906 26 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1907 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1908 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1909 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1911 31 BOS AL $ 1,097,143   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1912 32 BOS AL $ 2,198,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1913 33 BOS AL $ 3,421,429   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1914 34 PHA AL $ 6,450,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1915 35 SLA AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1916 36 SLA AL $ 4,250,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1917 37 BSN NL $ 3,001,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1918 38 NYA AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,450,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 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
1905 25 AAA   117 453 38 113 15 3 8 29 9 17 35 97 .249 .303 .349 .652 44.4  
1906 26 AAA   118 422 40 109 14 1 5 55 10 12 50 59 .258 .337 .332 .669 47.7  
1907 27 BOS AL 57 223 27 52 3 2 0 18 1 1 10 14 .233 .265 .265 .530 14.2 1.0
    AAA   27 102 7 36 12 1 0 14 2 3 11 5 .353 .416 .490 .906 18.0  
1908 28 BOS AL 137 559 80 164 24 11 2 51 2 0 28 39 .293 .326 .386 .712 65.9 15.2
1909 29 BOS AL 146 556 55 170 21 11 3 79 0 7 44 20 .306 .354 .399 .754 73.1 15.2
1910 30 BOS AL 98 284 29 61 5 4 1 25 2 4 31 13 .215 .298 .271 .569 20.2 1.6
1911 31 BOS AL 108 355 57 106 16 4 5 60 4 4 38 16 .299 .365 .408 .773 49.6 8.9
1912 32 BOS AL 147 537 86 159 30 10 3 95 5 7 72 20 .296 .375 .406 .781 81.6 15.8
1913 33 BOS AL 138 512 68 134 20 7 0 62 2 11 57 16 .262 .334 .328 .662 51.7 7.0
1914 34 PHA AL 92 304 29 72 4 6 1 41 4 5 31 30 .237 .302 .299 .601 28.1 4.1
    AAA   14 57 7 21 7 0 1 7 1 2 4 4 .368 .410 .544 .954 10.4  
1915 35 SLA AL 136 503 71 148 24 7 4 64 1 6 50 19 .294 .354 .394 .748 67.9 17.1
1916 36 SLA AL 126 495 68 134 15 8 3 53 2 8 38 33 .271 .321 .352 .673 50.1 9.8
1917 37 BSN NL 145 527 48 137 17 11 0 70 8 4 41 31 .260 .312 .334 .646 49.3 8.8
1918 38 NYA AL 79 258 27 72 9 5 0 29 1 4 31 17 .279 .356 .353 .709 32.6 8.7
12 Years Sim 1409 5113 645 1409 188 86 22 647 32 61 471 268 .276 .335 .359 .694 584.2 113.2
4 Years AAA 276 1034 92 279 48 5 14 105 22 34 100 165 .270 .335 .367 .701 120.5  
162 Game Average 587 74 162 21 9 2 74 3 7 54 30 .276 .335 .359 .694 67.2  
Career Highs 147 559 86 170 30 11 5 95 8 11 72 39 .306 .375 .408 .781 81.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3716 449 1009 130 64 15 469 21 48 320 204 .272 .327 .353 .680 419.1
vs LH   1397 196 400 58 22 7 178 11 13 151 64 .286 .355 .374 .729 184.7
Home 707 2506 332 691 90 47 10 304 14 31 247 122 .276 .339 .361 .700 302.4
Away 702 2607 313 718 98 39 12 343 18 30 224 146 .275 .331 .357 .688 301.4
RISP   1457 0 420 52 16 5 581 0 0 174 71 .288 .356 .356 .712 194.4
Pinch Hitting   69 7 12 2 2 0 5 0 0 6 7 .174 .250 .261 .511 4.1
Close/Late   634 64 191 23 12 2 81 0 2 68 41 .301 .368 .385 .753 88.9
Mar/Apr 155 557 66 159 27 6 2 86 6 4 54 26 .285 .347 .366 .714 70.5
May 258 926 105 250 28 16 2 100 2 13 84 51 .270 .330 .341 .671 101.5
June 247 933 132 242 30 18 5 111 4 14 88 46 .259 .322 .346 .668 101.8
July 259 944 126 280 45 16 4 129 11 13 86 59 .297 .353 .391 .743 125.6
August 236 853 114 228 31 17 6 112 6 6 82 46 .267 .329 .365 .693 102.7
Sep/Oct 254 900 102 250 27 13 3 109 3 11 77 40 .278 .333 .347 .680 101.6
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   DWS
1907 27 BOS AL 2B 55 54 494.7 145 212 17 29 .955 6.50   2.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1908 28 BOS AL 2B 136 135 1200.0 307 535 45 105 .949 6.32   3.3
1909 29 BOS AL 1B 138 137 1230.7 1696 130 38 117 .980 13.35   2.6
1910 30 BOS AL 1B 77 67 611.3 859 67 14 52 .985 13.63   1.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1911 31 BOS AL 1B 95 91 810.3 1155 87 27 72 .979 13.79   1.2
1912 32 BOS AL 1B 146 145 1301.3 1800 105 51 122 .974 13.17   0.6
1913 33 BOS AL 1B 136 135 1233.0 1795 127 39 134 .980 14.03   0.9
    2B 1 1 8.0 5 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1914 34 PHA AL 2B 89 88 770.7 187 352 21 54 .963 6.29   3.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 0 1 1 .929 13.00   0.0
1915 35 SLA AL 2B 136 136 1214.0 315 512 41 108 .953 6.13   3.0
1916 36 SLA AL 2B 89 88 774.7 207 359 28 51 .953 6.58   2.2
    1B 35 34 310.3 419 29 4 30 .991 12.99   0.6
1917 37 BSN NL 2B 144 144 1286.3 343 526 49 96 .947 6.08   2.9
1918 38 NYA AL 1B 55 55 495.0 628 42 13 47 .981 12.18   0.7
    2B 12 11 105.0 37 39 4 8 .950 6.51   0.2
  1B 683 665 6001.0 8365 587 187 575 .980 13.43   8.1
  2B 663 657 5854.3 1546 2538 205 451 .952 6.28   17.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1347 1322 11857.3 9911 3126 392 1026 .971 9.90   25.1
Career Highs   146 145 1301.3 1800 535 51 134 .985 14.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1912 32 BOS AL 4 16 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .313 .353 .313 .665
1913 33 BOS AL 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .222 .364 .222 .586
1915 35 SLA AL 5 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 12 43 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .256 .304 .279 .583
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
1909-2-.306
1915-3-.294
 Slugging Pct
1908-10-.386
1909-3-.399
1915-5-.394
 OPS
1909-3-.754
1915-7-.748
 XR
1909-8-73.1
 Games
1912-8-147
 Runs
1908-10-80
Hits
1909-3-170
1915-8-148
 Total Bases
1908-8-216
1909-5-222
1915-10-198
 Singles
1909-7-135
1915-8-113
 Doubles
1912-8-30
1915-10-24
 Triples
1908-6-11
1909-4-11
1917-6-11
 RBIs
1909-4-79
1912-2-95
Walks
1912-9-72
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. George Scales (911)
  7. Otto Krueger (911)
  8. Mickey Doolan (907)
  9. Joe Gedeon (903)
  10. Gene Demontreville (901)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1905
Had first career hit on 5/7/1907, off Pete Dowling (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1908, off Fred Burchell (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1908, hitting .519 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/1909, hitting .421 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1909, hitting .398 with 1 HR, 23 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1909
2/13/1911: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,097,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1911, hitting .474 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 8/9/1911
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,198,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 10/4/1912
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1913, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1913
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/22/1914 to a 1-year deal worth $6,450,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/28/1915 to a 1-year deal worth $6,450,000 per year
Released by Philadelphia (A) on 3/5/1915
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (A) on 3/14/1915 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/4/1915 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/1915, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1915, hitting .356 with 1 HR, 19 RBI
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (A) on 2/27/1916 to a 1-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 3/4/1917 to a 1-year deal worth $3,001,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/16/1918 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
 
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