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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
Frank Karlon Second Base
Retired (1973, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .685 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 430 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 01-21-1938
HR 30 Drafted Round 3, Pick 44
(1959)
Majors Svc Time 5 years
(143 games)
RBI 186
SB 42
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B B+ (71.6%) LF D- (4.4%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1959 Minors 21 44.00 8 / 10 6 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 3 4 / 8 4 / 4 5 / 5 31 / 44
1960 Minors 22 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1961 Minors 23 7.00 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 4 / 7
1961 Majors 23 9.03 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 3 / 3 4 / 9
1962 Majors 24 37.04 1 / 1 6 / 9 3 / 4 3 / 10 0 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 4 19 / 37
1963 Majors 25 11.71 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 3 4 / 11
1964 Minors 26 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 3 / 3 0 / 1 6 / 9
1964 Majors 26 19.83 3 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 2 6 / 19
1965 Majors 27 15.00 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 15
1966 Majors 28 17.00 1 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 4 / 17
1967 Minors 29 14.00 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 5 1 / 2 5 / 14
1968 Minors 30 10.00 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 3 / 10
1968 Majors 30 8.41 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 8
1969 Minors 31 19.00 2 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 0 5 / 19
1969 Majors 31 1.45 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1970 Minors 32 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1970 Majors 32 15.07 141 1 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 15
1971 Minors 33 12.00 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 12
1971 Majors 33 27.47 87 48 0 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 27
1972 Majors 34 62.74 162 152 0 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 13 0 / 9 1 / 62
1973 Minors 35 8.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 8
1973 Majors 35 11.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 11
Total 390 201 0 20 / 59 20 / 48 7 / 47 9 / 59 7 / 41 17 / 62 15 / 43 95 / 359
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Frank Karlon has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1973-09-05The Milwaukee Minors have waived Frank Karlon.
1973-08-13The Milwaukee Minors have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1973-05-10The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived Frank Karlon.
1973-03-05The Cleveland Cavaliers have promoted Mark Smith to the major league team. The Cleveland Cavaliers have designated Frank Karlon for assignment.
1971-06-25The Cleveland Moonshiners have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team. The Cleveland Moonshiners have sent Mark Smith to the minors.
1971-04-08The Cleveland Moonshiners have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01The Chicago Contractors have waived Frank Karlon.
1970-09-09The Chicago Contractors have promoted Stefan Tapani to the major league team. The Chicago Contractors have promoted Brian Welch to the major league team. The Chicago Contractors have designated Ron Lucado for assignment. The Chicago Contractors have designated Frank Karlon for assignment.
1969-09-11The Chicago Contractors have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team. The Chicago Contractors have designated Bob Meola for assignment.
1968-10-23The Chicago Contractors have promoted Billy Wilcox Chc AL to the major league team. The Chicago Contractors have designated Frank Karlon for assignment.
1968-09-28The Chicago Contractors have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team. The Chicago Contractors have sent Joe Lambert to the minors.
1968-07-13The Chicago Contractors have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1968-07-09The Cleveland Moonshiners have waived Frank Karlon.
1968-07-09The Cleveland Moonshiners have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1968-06-15The Cleveland Moonshiners have waived Frank Karlon.
1968-06-08The Cleveland Moonshiners have promoted Elmer Glaze to the major league team. The Cleveland Moonshiners have designated Frank Karlon for assignment.
1968-04-21The Cleveland Moonshiners have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team. The Cleveland Moonshiners have designated Charlie Stokes for assignment.
1968-04-21The Cleveland Moonshiners have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Detroit Drillers have waived Frank Karlon.
1967-06-25The Detroit Drillers have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1965-04-06The Cleveland Havoc have waived Frank Karlon.
1965-04-01The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Roger Howard to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Skip Birrer to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Buddy Montefusco to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Frank Karlon for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Grant Jones for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Julio Bollo for assignment.
1964-06-10The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team.
1963-10-13The Cleveland Havoc have sent Frank Karlon to the minors.
1961-07-18The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Frank Karlon to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Dave Telgheder to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Debs Lake to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have promoted Rob Sisler to the major league team. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Mark Kuczynski for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Jesse Williamson for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have designated Harry Fargast for assignment. The Cleveland Havoc have sent Bill Meekin to the minors.
1960-08-23The Cleveland Havoc have acquired Frank Karlon from the waiver wire.
1960-04-04The St. Louis Gashouse Gang have waived Frank Karlon.