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Name Team Age
Les Franks Retired (1966, Age 39) Died (2006, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14
(1950)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League 0 14 years (53 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 7/31/1927
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 7
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.1 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 57.00 3 / 8 3 / 10 2 / 8 6 / 9 2 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 10 19 / 57
1951 Minors 49.00 1 / 4 3 / 9 4 / 8 1 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 8 3 / 7 15 / 49
1951 Majors 14.24 36 21 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 1 4 / 14
1951 Pos (3B) 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 22
1952 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1952 Majors 45.73 156 40 0 1 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 6 5 / 45
1953 Majors 41.47 162 30 0 2 / 6 3 / 6 3 / 11 0 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 4 12 / 41
1954 Majors 57.90 162 67 0 0 / 10 2 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 6 5 / 57
1955 Majors 71.37 162 142 0 1 / 12 2 / 14 1 / 10 1 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 6 6 / 71
1956 Majors 24.90 88 28 27 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 24
1957 Majors 52.91 141 94 18 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 52
1958 Majors 64.56 162 134 0 0 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 64
1959 Majors 61.50 151 131 11 1 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 61
1960 Majors 66.26 162 142 0 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 66
1961 Majors 63.00 154 135 8 -1 / 8 0 / 6 -3 / 12 -6 / 9 -10 / 6 -1 / 11 -4 / 11 -25 / 63
1962 Majors 65.63 162 141 0 -1 / 13 -7 / 13 -1 / 13 -2 / 7 -3 / 7 -4 / 7 0 / 5 -18 / 65
1963 Majors 63.68 162 127 0 -2 / 10 -1 / 10 -2 / 6 -4 / 11 -9 / 7 -1 / 9 -1 / 10 -20 / 63
1964 Majors 47.81 162 58 0 -3 / 7 -3 / 5 -2 / 10 -2 / 5 -1 / 6 -2 / 10 0 / 4 -13 / 47
1965 Majors 52.08 162 80 0 -2 / 7 -4 / 13 -2 / 5 -7 / 6 0 / 5 -4 / 6 -3 / 10 -22 / 52
1966 Minors 16.00 1 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 16
1966 Majors 29.02 84 49 0 -2 / 5 -4 / 4 -5 / 2 -7 / 6 -1 / 1 -3 / 6 -3 / 5 -25 / 29
Total 2268 1419 64 0 / 148 -5 / 134 0 / 140 -20 / 137 -16 / 120 -8 / 135 -5 / 123 -51 / 959
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.