Frank Bates
[edit] Biography
Born on September 28, 1876 in Cleveland, Tennessee, Frank Bates (Creed Napoleon Bates) played for the Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 2 year career. Bates broke into the bigs on October 7, 1898 with the Cleveland Spiders, and put up a 6.90 ERA in 161.2 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 3.10
| 5
| 15
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 30
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.04
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 20
| 19
| 1
| 18
| 7.24
| 13
| 181
| 123
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 153
| 239
| 6
| 105
| 0
| 5
| 23
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 19
| 1
| 18
| 6.90
| 13
| 183
| 124
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 161.2
| 246
| 6
| 110
| 0
| 5
| 23
|
| Total
|
|
| 26
| 23
| 3
| 19
| 6.33
| 18
| 198
| 134
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 190.2
| 276
| 6
| 121
| 0
| 5
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 38
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 40
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .825
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 46
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .333
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .600
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 21
| 65
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 3
| .215
| .301
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 68
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .221
| .321
| .235
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 27
| 77
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 5
| .208
| .322
| .221
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
- Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Ossee Schreckengost (June 5, 1899).
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