Frank Funk
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 30, 1935 in Washington, D.C., Frank Funk (Franklin Ray Funk) played for the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 4 year career. Funk broke into the bigs on September 3, 1960 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 92.1 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Frank Funk's best season was 1961, when he posted a 3.31 ERA, won 11 games, notched 11 saves and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | CLE | A | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.99 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.2 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | CLE | A | 56 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3.31 | 64 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 92.1 | 79 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 1962 | CLE | A | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.24 | 49 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 80.2 | 62 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1963 | MIL | N | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.68 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.68 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 112 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3.08 | 131 | 78 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 204.2 | 168 | 23 | 72 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |
| Total | 137 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3.01 | 150 | 92 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 248.1 | 210 | 26 | 85 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | CLE | A | P | 9 | 0 | 31.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | CLE | A | P | 56 | 0 | 92.1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .926 |
| 1962 | CLE | A | P | 47 | 0 | 80.2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1963 | MIL | N | P | 25 | 0 | 43.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .857 |
| Total | P | 137 | 0 | 248.1 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .947 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | CLE | A | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CLE | A | 56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .059 | .111 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CLE | A | 47 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | MIL | N | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 112 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .073 | .116 | .073 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 138 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .125 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1954).
- Sold by Toronto (International) to Cleveland Indians (August, 1960).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Don Dillard and a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Joe Adcock and Jack Curtis (November 27, 1962); Milwaukee Braves received Ty Cline (March 18, 1963).
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