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Kevin Brown League
3-25-2195
Frank Ardner Left Field
Retired (1969, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .760 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 1980 Age at Death 87 Date of Birth 11-17-1930
HR 275 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(131 games)
RBI 1135
SB 350 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1969
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 3
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF (90.3%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF A+ (98.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 RF COL 50 50 438.2 92 86 0 6 0 -4 1.76 .935
LF COL 37 37 307.1 81 80 0 1 0 -4 2.34 .988
3B COL 2 2 22.1 6 0 5 1 0 0 2.02 .833
1B COL 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
2B COL 1 1 8.0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
SS COL 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 5.62 1.000
1953 RF COL 149 149 1313.1 268 261 0 7 0 -2 1.79 .974
CF COL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1954 LF COL 50 45 394.0 97 94 0 3 0 -1 2.15 .969
C COL 4 0 8.2 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 4.16 1.000
CF COL 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
RF COL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1955 RF COL 28 27 239.0 48 46 0 2 0 0 1.73 .958
CF COL 10 10 81.1 19 19 0 0 0 0 2.10 1.000
LF COL 14 0 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1956 RF COL 106 100 903.0 186 183 0 3 0 +2 1.82 .984
LF COL 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.00 .500
CF COL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1957 LF COL 48 45 399.0 98 98 0 0 0 -2 2.21 1.000
RF COL 6 2 27.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1B COL 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 2 0 6.00 1.000
C COL 1 0 3.1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 10.81 1.000
CF COL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1958 LF COL 61 37 362.1 79 79 0 0 0 0 1.96 1.000
RF COL 2 2 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1959 LF PIT 150 150 1326.1 302 300 0 2 0 -7 2.04 .993
1960 LF PIT 150 150 1344.0 332 331 0 1 0 +2 2.22 .997
1961 LF PIT 127 127 1141.0 261 256 2 3 2 -2 2.04 .989
1962 LF PIT 138 138 1221.1 301 293 2 6 2 +1 2.17 .980
1963 LF PIT 150 147 1329.1 275 264 7 4 1 -3 1.83 .985
1964 LF PIT 146 145 1308.1 287 284 3 0 0 -2 1.97 1.000
1965 LF PIT 147 147 1325.2 281 275 5 1 2 +2 1.90 .996
1966 CF PIT 148 147 1296.0 366 354 10 2 3 -1 2.53 .995
1967 LF WAS 98 98 877.2 231 224 6 1 1 +2 2.36 .996
CF WAS 3 3 29.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1.24 .800
3B WAS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 LF COL 37 35 319.1 67 67 0 0 0 +1 1.89 1.000
RF COL 10 10 93.0 21 18 1 2 0 0 1.84 .905
CF COL 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
C COL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1969 LF COL 19 18 158.0 44 41 2 1 0 0 2.45 .977
RF COL 7 7 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1B COL 2 1 9.2 7 7 0 0 1 0 6.52 1.000
CF COL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total LF 1373 1320 11842.2 2742 2691 27 24 8 -13 2.07 .991
RF 360 347 3094.0 627 606 1 20 0 -4 1.77 .968
CF 169 163 1442.1 399 386 10 3 3 -1 2.47 .992
1B 4 3 27.2 19 19 0 0 3 0 6.18 1.000
3B 3 2 24.1 6 0 5 1 0 0 1.85 .833
C 6 0 13.0 9 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 6.24 1.000
2B 1 1 8.0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
SS 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 5.62 1.000
Total 1917 1837 16460.0 3811 3715 48 48 14 1 1 0 0.0% -19 2.06 .987
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Frank Ardner has retired from the Colorado Boulders
1969-03-28The Colorado Boulders have promoted Ray Roettger to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Terry Killian to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted John Healy to the major league team.
1969-03-28Frank Ardner has signed with the Colorado Boulders for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1968-06-16Frank Ardner of the Colorado Boulders is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1968-03-30The Colorado Boulders have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Mike McBee to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Orlando Wills to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Jeff Moseley to the major league team.
1968-03-30Frank Ardner has signed with the Colorado Boulders for $0.6M per year for 1 year.
1967-05-02Frank Ardner of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1967-04-04Frank Ardner of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1967-03-29The Washington Senators have promoted Con Crete to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team.
1967-03-29Frank Ardner has signed with the Washington Senators for $1.5M per year for 1 year.
1965-05-07Frank Ardner of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1962-04-25Frank Ardner of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1961-04-30Frank Ardner of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1959-03-30The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dutch Hurdle to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Tom Gibson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Owen Ortiz to the minors.
1959-03-30Frank Ardner has signed with the Pittsburgh Pounders for $2.9M per year for 8 years.
1958-09-23Frank Ardner of the Colorado Boulders is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1957-10-01Frank Ardner of the Colorado Boulders is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1952-09-19Frank Ardner of the Colorado Boulders is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1952-05-25The Colorado Boulders have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have sent Muddy Herrnstein to the minors.
1952-03-29The Colorado Boulders have sent Frank Ardner to the minors.
1952-03-28The Colorado Boulders have promoted Clete Cole to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Frank Ardner to the major league team.