Frank Demaree
[edit] Biography
Frank Demaree (Joseph Franklin Demaree) was born on June 10, 1910 in Winters, California. He made his Major League debut on July 22, 1932 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 6 home runs and 51 RBI. Demaree played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Frank Demaree's best season was 1937, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .324 average and knocked in 115 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| 23
| 56
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 6
| .250
| .288
| .304
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 134
| 515
| 68
| 140
| 6
| 51
| .272
| .304
| .377
| 24
| 6
| 22
| 42
| 2
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 11
|
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| 107
| 385
| 60
| 125
| 2
| 66
| .325
| .369
| .410
| 19
| 4
| 26
| 23
| 1
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 11
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| 154
| 605
| 93
| 212
| 16
| 96
| .350
| .400
| .496
| 34
| 3
| 49
| 30
| 1
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 20
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| 154
| 615
| 104
| 199
| 17
| 115
| .324
| .382
| .485
| 36
| 6
| 57
| 31
| 1
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 23
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| 129
| 476
| 63
| 130
| 8
| 62
| .273
| .341
| .384
| 15
| 7
| 45
| 34
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 17
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 150
| 560
| 68
| 170
| 11
| 79
| .304
| .381
| .418
| 27
| 2
| 66
| 40
| 4
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 20
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 121
| 460
| 68
| 139
| 7
| 61
| .302
| .364
| .413
| 18
| 6
| 45
| 39
| 0
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 9
|
| 1941
| NY
| N
| 16
| 35
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .171
| .256
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 48
| 113
| 20
| 26
| 2
| 15
| .230
| .304
| .363
| 5
| 2
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 64
| 148
| 23
| 32
| 2
| 16
| .216
| .293
| .318
| 5
| 2
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 7
|
| 1942
| BOS
| N
| 64
| 187
| 18
| 42
| 3
| 24
| .225
| .289
| .299
| 5
| 0
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 8
|
| 1943
| STL
| N
| 39
| 86
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 9
| .291
| .351
| .314
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 16
| 51
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .255
| .333
| .294
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1139
| 4093
| 574
| 1228
| 72
| 585
| .300
| .358
| .416
| 188
| 36
| 353
| 266
| 14
| 98
| 33
| 0
| 132
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 16
| 51
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .255
| .333
| .294
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1155
| 4144
| 578
| 1241
| 72
| 591
| .299
| .357
| .415
| 190
| 36
| 359
| 269
| 14
| 99
| 33
| 0
| 132
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 321
| 12
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1935
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 204
| 13
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1936
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 285
| 16
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1937
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 283
| 17
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1938
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 199
| 12
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1939
| NY
| N
| OF
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 329
| 11
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| OF
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 233
| 6
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1941
| NY
| N
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1942
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| STL
| N
| OF
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| OF
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1076
| 0
| 0
| 2124
| 97
| 51
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Chicago Cubs (July 15, 1932).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Billy Jurges and Ken O'Dea to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso (December 6, 1938).
- Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from New York Giants (July 21, 1941).
- Sold by Boston Braves to St. Louis Cardinals (January, 1943).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (@February 15, 1944).
- Signed by St. Louis Browns (@March 15, 1944).
- Released by St. Louis Browns (June 14, 1944).
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Portland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1945).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (April 2, 1946).
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