Frank House
[edit] Biography
Frank House (Henry Franklin House) was born on February 18, 1930 in Bessemer, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on July 21, 1950 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 9 home runs and 38 RBI. House played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Frank House's best season was 1955, when he slugged 15 home runs and knocked in 53 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| .600
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 18
| 41
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 4
| .220
| .319
| .341
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 114
| 352
| 35
| 88
| 9
| 38
| .250
| .307
| .366
| 12
| 1
| 31
| 34
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 7
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 102
| 328
| 37
| 85
| 15
| 53
| .259
| .308
| .436
| 11
| 1
| 22
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1956
| DET
| A
| 94
| 321
| 44
| 77
| 10
| 44
| .240
| .290
| .364
| 6
| 2
| 21
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 15
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 106
| 348
| 31
| 90
| 7
| 36
| .259
| .327
| .345
| 9
| 0
| 35
| 26
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 13
| 12
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 76
| 202
| 16
| 51
| 4
| 24
| .252
| .295
| .371
| 6
| 3
| 12
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 9
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 98
| 347
| 32
| 82
| 1
| 30
| .236
| .282
| .303
| 14
| 3
| 20
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 10
|
| 1960
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .179
| .179
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 17
| 22
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .227
| .333
| .364
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 23
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .179
| .179
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 630
| 1966
| 202
| 489
| 47
| 232
| .249
| .303
| .363
| 62
| 11
| 151
| 145
| 11
| 13
| 6
| 25
| 61
|
| Total
|
|
| 653
| 1994
| 202
| 494
| 47
| 235
| .248
| .302
| .362
| 64
| 11
| 151
| 147
| 11
| 13
| 6
| 25
| 63
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1950
| DET
| A
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| C
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| C
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 434
| 56
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| C
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 423
| 35
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1956
| DET
| A
| C
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 450
| 33
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| C
| 97
| 95
| 849.1
| 535
| 54
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 21
| 3
| .997
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| C
| 55
| 52
| 440
| 236
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 17
| 15
| 0
| .992
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| C
| 95
| 92
| 808.2
| 447
| 43
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 33
| 16
| 1
| .982
|
| 1960
| CIN
| N
| C
| 8
| 1
| 29.2
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| C
| 14
| 5
| 59.1
| 36
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 580
| 245
| 2187
| 2642
| 258
| 34
| 38
| 0
| 29
| 76
| 54
| 4
| .988
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1949).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tom Acker (November 21, 1959).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles (February 24, 1961).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Harry Chiti (July 21, 1961).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 23, 1961).
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