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Marshall
Frobisher		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 30, 1914 in Clifton, NJ
 
Awards & Accomplishments
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1934   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1935    1937    1941    1944   
All-Star Selections 1935    1938    1939    1940    1941    1942    1944    1945    1946   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1933 18 AA   62 254 39 87 9 4 1 24 6 1 23 32 .343 .397 .421 .818 41.1  
    A   49 181 31 63 5 2 8 29 10 5 34 12 .348 .451 .530 .982 41.6  
1934 19 BRO NL 120 423 50 133 8 5 9 73 6 5 28 36 .314 .353 .421 .774 61.5 12.5
    AAA   27 121 25 51 4 1 8 26 4 0 10 16 .421 .466 .669 1.135 31.8  
1935 20 BRO NL 145 567 90 211 32 5 10 100 5 2 37 54 .372 .408 .499 .907 101.8 20.7
1936 21 BRO NL 125 478 78 148 27 3 7 71 5 4 40 43 .310 .359 .423 .782 68.7 8.6
1937 22 BRO NL 130 494 83 161 25 4 9 62 8 1 47 43 .326 .383 .447 .830 79.7 14.5
1938 23 BRO NL 143 497 76 160 24 8 16 95 5 2 64 55 .322 .398 .499 .897 93.6 19.9
1939 24 BRO NL 146 568 80 177 27 4 11 81 9 3 37 61 .312 .350 .431 .781 81.7 14.7
1940 25 BRO NL 144 557 95 179 29 8 14 90 14 4 59 57 .321 .385 .478 .863 93.8 21.3
1941 26 BRO NL 148 594 104 191 31 6 16 91 10 4 39 58 .322 .362 .475 .836 93.4 19.7
1942 27 BRO NL 143 540 67 161 21 1 13 85 3 6 51 48 .298 .354 .413 .767 77.3 17.1
1943 28 BRO NL 148 560 71 159 20 4 6 68 8 7 52 59 .284 .341 .366 .707 69.1 14.7
1944 29 BRO NL 152 582 76 190 26 4 9 78 6 4 53 43 .326 .382 .431 .813 89.7 17.8
1945 30 BRO NL 152 576 88 185 22 5 9 77 10 5 61 65 .321 .382 .424 .806 87.9 18.0
1946 31 BSN NL 150 545 75 144 20 3 11 76 4 4 70 64 .264 .344 .372 .717 71.8 10.0
1947 32 BSN NL 95 233 27 61 7 1 1 37 0 0 19 28 .262 .316 .313 .630 22.7 2.6
1948 33 BSN NL 42 138 19 35 6 1 4 31 0 1 9 18 .254 .297 .399 .696 15.4 2.0
1949 34 AAA   41 45 5 14 2 0 2 14 0 1 8 5 .311 .415 .489 .904 8.7  
15 Years Sim 1983 7352 1079 2295 325 62 145 1115 93 52 666 732 .312 .366 .432 .799 1108.2 214.0
2 Years AAA 68 166 30 65 6 1 10 40 4 1 18 21 .392 .449 .620 1.069 40.6  
1 Years AA 62 254 39 87 9 4 1 24 6 1 23 32 .343 .398 .421 .819 41.1  
1 Years A 49 181 31 63 5 2 8 29 10 5 34 12 .348 .451 .530 .982 41.6  
4 Years Minors 179 601 100 215 20 7 19 93 20 7 75 65 .358 .429 .509 .938 123.3  
162 Game Average 600 88 187 26 5 11 91 7 4 54 59 .312 .366 .432 .799 90.5  
Career Highs 152 594 104 211 32 8 16 100 14 7 70 65 .372 .408 .499 .907 101.8  
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   5107 713 1596 243 45 97 764 63 38 402 501 .313 .359 .435 .794 765.7
vs LH   2245 366 699 82 17 48 351 30 14 264 231 .311 .382 .427 .809 364.1
Home 991 3629 515 1169 152 35 69 558 51 17 309 363 .322 .373 .440 .813 574.3
Away 992 3723 564 1126 173 27 76 557 42 35 357 369 .302 .360 .425 .785 555.5
RISP   1977 0 637 101 17 40 917 0 0 222 195 .322 .377 .451 .828 334.3
Pinch Hitting   118 18 37 4 0 2 22 1 2 13 13 .314 .381 .398 .779 17.4
Close/Late   835 100 266 34 9 15 129 0 0 88 94 .319 .380 .435 .815 134.7
Mar/Apr 189 735 102 223 36 3 23 123 10 7 59 86 .303 .353 .454 .807 113.1
May 374 1386 203 400 60 13 24 207 13 7 131 149 .289 .347 .403 .750 192.8
June 369 1325 196 408 57 10 25 208 15 10 126 139 .308 .366 .423 .789 199.7
July 359 1359 200 441 73 13 22 215 17 7 118 125 .325 .374 .446 .820 217.1
August 348 1281 193 390 58 14 22 173 20 10 108 125 .304 .355 .423 .778 187.6
Sep/Oct 344 1266 185 433 41 9 29 189 18 11 124 108 .342 .399 .457 .856 219.6
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
1934 19 BRO NL LF 85 80 711.7 216 3 8 1 .965 2.77   1.8
    RF 33 31 268.3 91 0 2 0 .978 3.05    
1935 20 BRO NL LF 142 136 1203.7 344 6 6 3 .983 2.62   3.8
    RF 5 0 13.0 3 1 1 0 .800 2.77    
1936 21 BRO NL LF 118 109 969.7 285 8 10 5 .967 2.72   2.3
    RF 8 6 56.0 15 1 1 0 .941 2.57    
1937 22 BRO NL LF 128 121 1071.3 329 6 10 3 .971 2.81   2.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1938 23 BRO NL LF 102 97 868.3 206 4 6 0 .972 2.18   3.2
    RF 27 26 235.7 56 3 1 0 .983 2.25    
    CF 2 1 16.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1939 24 BRO NL LF 145 138 1237.7 281 8 12 3 .960 2.10   3.7
1940 25 BRO NL LF 144 136 1225.0 279 9 12 0 .960 2.12   3.8
1941 26 BRO NL LF 143 139 1250.7 280 7 6 2 .980 2.07   4.1
    RF 3 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1942 27 BRO NL LF 124 121 1080.7 277 4 11 2 .962 2.34   3.0
    RF 19 17 151.0 51 0 2 0 .962 3.04    
1943 28 BRO NL LF 121 114 1045.0 258 4 6 1 .978 2.26   2.7
    RF 26 23 212.3 53 2 1 1 .982 2.33    
1944 29 BRO NL LF 146 141 1267.7 367 4 13 1 .966 2.63   2.8
    RF 4 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1945 30 BRO NL LF 146 142 1277.0 367 7 10 2 .974 2.64   4.3
    RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1946 31 BSN NL LF 146 145 1284.7 319 11 11 4 .968 2.31   3.3
    RF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1947 32 BSN NL LF 41 34 310.0 88 0 3 0 .967 2.55   1.5
    RF 26 20 181.3 42 2 0 1 1.000 2.18    
1948 33 BSN NL RF 38 37 310.7 78 0 3 0 .963 2.26   0.5
    LF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
  LF 1732 1654 14809.9 3898 81 124 27 .970 2.42   42.7
  RF 197 161 1471.3 395 10 11 2 .974 2.48   0.5
  CF 2 1 16.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
Career Totals   1931 1816 16297.6 4297 91 135 29 .970 2.42   43.2
Career Highs   150 145 1291.7 368 11 13 5 .981 2.85    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 23 BRO NL 6 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297
1940 25 BRO NL 7 29 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 7 .276 .300 .414 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 13 52 4 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 14 .212 .241 .288 .529
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
1935-1-.372
1937-7-.326
1938-9-.322
1940-5-.321
 On-Base Pct
1935-6-.408
1940-8-.385
 Slugging Pct
1934-10-.421
1935-3-.499
1938-3-.499
1940-3-.478
 OPS
1935-3-.907
1938-4-.897
1940-4-.863
 OPS+
1935-3-144
1938-4-147
1940-4-145
 XR
1935-5-101.8
1938-7-93.6
1940-5-93.8
At-Bats
1935-9-567
1939-5-568
1940-8-557
 Runs
1940-4-95
 Hits
1935-1-211
1939-9-177
1940-6-179
 Times on Base
1935-10-248
1940-8-238
 Total Bases
1935-3-283
1938-6-248
1939-8-245
1940-3-266
 Singles
1935-1-164
1939-8-135
1940-10-128
CAR-47-1763
Homeruns
1938-7-16
1940-8-14
 Extra Base Hits
1938-8-48
1940-10-51
 Offensive Win Shares
1935-6-20.2
1938-6-20.2
1940-3-21.5
 RBIs
1935-10-100
1938-7-95
1940-6-90
 Stolen Base Percentage
1938-10-0
1939-9-0
1940-8-0
 Strikeouts
1939-9-61
Home Run Value
1934-7-0.7
1938-7-0.8
 Power Speed Number
1940-5-14
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Alec Spitzer (902)
  2. Wiley Gannon (900)
  3. Dirk Pitt (895)
  4. Joey Cola (890)
  5. Clint Dorsey (885)
  6. Grover Orangethorpe (884)
  7. Thomas Griffin (882)
  8. Aloysius O'Reilly (881)
  9. Eddie Gelfen (876)
  10. Rocky Elefante (875)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1933
Injured on 8/5/1933 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/17/1934, off Enoch Bowers (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1934, off Justin Thibedeaux (SLN)
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1934, hitting .314 with 9 HR, 73 RBI
 
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