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Les Franks First Base
Retired (1966, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .773 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 1620 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 07-31-1927
HR 139 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(53 games)
RBI 802
SB 239
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt D+ Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 7
3B (0.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1951 2B ATL 6 6 52.0 14 7 7 0 0 +1 2.42 1.000
1B ATL 5 4 37.0 36 36 0 0 1 0 8.76 1.000
LF ATL 4 4 34.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.91 1.000
RF ATL 3 3 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.000
SS ATL 2 2 17.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 2.65 1.000
3B ATL 2 2 16.0 7 3 4 0 0 -2 3.94 1.000
1952 1B ATL 56 39 368.0 376 362 13 1 35 +1 9.17 .997
SS ATL 1 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1953 1B ATL 39 13 146.2 155 148 7 0 15 +1 9.51 1.000
2B ATL 8 8 69.0 36 16 20 0 2 -2 4.70 1.000
C ATL 5 5 45.1 47 46 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 9.13 .979
3B ATL 3 3 28.0 10 3 7 0 0 0 3.21 1.000
SS ATL 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 1 -2 4.00 1.000
1954 1B ATL 99 66 665.2 664 639 25 0 52 +7 8.98 1.000
C ATL 5 1 20.2 17 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 7.41 1.000
1955 1B ATL 142 142 1243.1 1250 1214 33 3 110 +20 9.03 .998
1956 1B ATL 45 26 272.2 278 263 14 1 19 +7 9.14 .996
3B ATL 2 2 17.0 6 2 4 0 0 0 3.18 1.000
C ATL 2 0 5.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 10.80 1.000
1957 1B ATL 101 94 856.0 850 831 16 3 67 +9 8.91 .996
2B ATL 2 0 5.0 5 1 4 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
C ATL 2 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.50 1.000
3B ATL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1958 1B ATL 134 132 1192.0 1203 1163 38 2 94 +6 9.07 .998
3B ATL 2 2 18.0 4 0 4 0 0 -3 2.00 1.000
C ATL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1959 1B ATL 131 131 1171.0 1188 1164 23 1 85 +10 9.12 .999
1960 1B ATL 142 142 1278.1 1329 1290 37 2 91 +11 9.34 .998
1961 1B ATL 135 135 1222.1 1307 1271 35 1 86 +14 9.62 .999
1962 1B ATL 141 141 1265.0 1363 1324 34 5 111 +17 9.66 .996
1963 1B ATL 128 126 1150.0 1262 1205 55 2 90 +14 9.86 .998
3B ATL 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
C ATL 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 2.25 1.000
1964 1B ATL 50 30 307.2 332 324 7 1 21 +6 9.68 .997
3B ATL 18 18 163.2 40 16 22 2 0 -5 2.09 .950
2B ATL 9 9 75.0 54 24 28 2 6 -6 6.24 .963
C ATL 3 1 12.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.75 1.000
1965 1B ATL 71 60 528.1 583 565 17 1 44 +7 9.91 .998
2B ATL 13 13 114.0 51 22 27 2 3 -5 3.87 .961
3B ATL 7 7 63.0 19 4 14 1 1 +1 2.57 .947
C ATL 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
1966 1B ATL 44 44 364.2 395 377 16 2 32 -3 9.70 .995
3B ATL 5 5 43.0 18 2 16 0 1 -1 3.77 1.000
Pos Total 1B 1463 1325 12068.2 12571 12176 370 25 953 +127 9.36 .998
3B 41 40 359.2 106 31 72 3 2 -10 2.58 .972
2B 38 36 315.0 160 70 86 4 12 -12 4.46 .975
C 22 7 94.0 92 91 0 1 0 0 9 0 0.0% 0 8.71 .989
SS 4 4 34.0 11 5 6 0 2 -2 2.91 1.000
LF 4 4 34.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.91 1.000
RF 3 3 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.000
Total 1575 1419 12934.1 12957 12390 534 33 969 0 9 0 0.0% +103 8.99 .997
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Les Franks has retired from the Atlanta BraveSox
1966-07-05The Atlanta BraveSox have promoted Art Bigler to the major league team. The Atlanta BraveSox have designated Les Franks for assignment.
1961-09-22Les Franks of the Atlanta BraveSox is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1959-06-27Les Franks of the Atlanta BraveSox is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1957-06-10Les Franks of the Atlanta BlackSox is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1956-05-29Les Franks of the Atlanta BlackSox is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1952-08-10The Atlanta Soxx have promoted Les Franks to the major league team. The Atlanta Soxx have designated Mark Hesterfer for assignment.
1952-08-03The Atlanta Soxx have promoted Mark Hesterfer to the major league team. The Atlanta Soxx have sent Les Franks to the minors.
1951-08-23The Atlanta GreySox have promoted Les Franks to the major league team. The Atlanta GreySox have designated Mark Hesterfer for assignment.
1950-04-01The Atlanta GreySox have promoted Rick Bowerman to the major league team. The Atlanta GreySox have promoted Mike Andersen to the major league team. The Atlanta GreySox have sent Duane Hammond to the minors. The Atlanta GreySox have sent Les Franks to the minors.
1950-04-01The Atlanta GreySox have renamed Les Fernandez to Les Franks.