Frank Hankinson
[edit] Biography
Frank Hankinson (Frank Edward Hankinson) was born on April 29, 1856 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1878 for the Chicago White Stockings. In 1878, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 1 home run and 27 RBI. Hankinson played for the Chicago White Stockings, Cleveland Spiders, Troy Trojans, New York Gothams, New York Metropolitans and Kansas City Cowboys over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Frank Hankinson's best season was 1887, when he knocked in 71 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| 58
| 240
| 38
| 64
| 1
| 27
| .267
| .282
| .338
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| 44
| 171
| 14
| 31
| 0
| 8
| .181
| .191
| .205
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| CLE
| N
| 69
| 263
| 32
| 55
| 1
| 19
| .209
| .212
| .278
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| TRO
| N
| 85
| 321
| 34
| 62
| 1
| 19
| .193
| .218
| .249
| 15
| 0
| 10
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| NY
| N
| 94
| 337
| 40
| 74
| 2
| 30
| .220
| .261
| .312
| 13
| 6
| 19
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| NY
| N
| 105
| 389
| 44
| 90
| 2
| 43
| .231
| .274
| .324
| 16
| 7
| 23
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| NY
| a
| 94
| 362
| 43
| 81
| 2
| 44
| .224
| .251
| .285
| 12
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| NY
| a
| 136
| 522
| 66
| 126
| 2
| 63
| .241
| .306
| .299
| 14
| 5
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| 127
| 512
| 79
| 137
| 1
| 71
| .268
| .318
| .373
| 29
| 11
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| 37
| 155
| 20
| 27
| 1
| 20
| .174
| .229
| .232
| 4
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 455
| 1721
| 202
| 376
| 7
| 146
| .218
| .245
| .291
| 63
| 20
| 60
| 211
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 394
| 1551
| 208
| 371
| 6
| 198
| .239
| .290
| .313
| 59
| 19
| 110
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 849
| 3272
| 410
| 747
| 13
| 344
| .228
| .267
| .301
| 122
| 39
| 170
| 211
| 1
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 138
| 33
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 67
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .786
|
| 1880
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 89
| 29
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1880
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1880
| CLE
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1881
| TRO
| N
| 3B
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 169
| 33
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
| 1881
| TRO
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1883
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1883
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 166
| 43
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1884
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 135
| 182
| 47
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .871
|
| 1884
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1885
| NY
| a
| 3B
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 212
| 33
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1885
| NY
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1886
| NY
| a
| 3B
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 316
| 72
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .873
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| 3B
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 276
| 69
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 40
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 29
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| KC
| a
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 43
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 75
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 764
| 0
| 0
| 1029
| 1579
| 373
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 30
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.00
| 4
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1879
| CHI
| N
| 26
| 25
| 15
| 10
| 2.50
| 69
| 134
| 64
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 230.2
| 248
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1880
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1.08
| 8
| 10
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| NY
| a
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 31
| 28
| 16
| 12
| 2.48
| 81
| 153
| 73
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 264.2
| 279
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 32
| 28
| 16
| 12
| 2.50
| 81
| 154
| 74
| 28
| 2
| 1
| 266.2
| 281
| 1
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by New York Gothams to New York Metropolitans with Ed Bagley (@March 27, 1885).
- Sold by New York Metropolitans to Brooklyn Bridegrooms with Jim Donahue, Bill Fagan, Bill Holbert, Al Mays, Darby O'Brien, Dave Orr and Paul Radford for $25000 (perhap less) (October 20, 1887).
- Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Kansas City Cowboys with Jim Donahue, Bill Fagan, Bill Phillips, Henry Porter and Steve Toole for $7000 (@January 15, 1888).
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