Sam Frock
[edit] Biography
Born on December 23, 1882 in Baltimore, Maryland, Sam Frock (Samuel William Frock) played for the Boston Doves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Rustlers over the course of his 4 year career. Frock broke into the bigs on September 21, 1907 with the Boston Doves, and put up a 3.22 ERA in 257.1 innings pitched in 1910, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sam Frock's best season was 1910, when he posted a 3.22 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 171 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 2.97
| 12
| 17
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 33.1
| 28
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 2.48
| 11
| 19
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 36.1
| 44
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1910
| BOS
| N
| 45
| 29
| 12
| 19
| 3.21
| 170
| 133
| 91
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 255.1
| 245
| 8
| 91
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| 46
| 29
| 12
| 19
| 3.22
| 171
| 137
| 92
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 257.1
| 247
| 8
| 93
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1911
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.62
| 8
| 18
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 29
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 63
| 37
| 15
| 23
| 3.23
| 202
| 191
| 123
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 343
| 348
| 9
| 113
| 0
| 3
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| BOS
| N
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 69
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 71
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1911
| BOS
| N
| P
| 4
| 1
| 16
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 63
| 1
| 16
| 8
| 89
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1907
| BOS
| N
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| BOS
| N
| 45
| 84
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .190
| .200
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| 46
| 84
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .190
| .200
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 63
| 117
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .171
| .178
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Worcester (New England) to Boston Doves (August 22, 1907).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Bud Sharpe to Boston Doves in exchange for Kirby White (April 28, 1910).
- Sold by Boston Rustlers to Atlanta (Southern Association) (May 8, 1911).
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