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Frank McCormick

Frank McCormick

1934–1948  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'4", 205 lb  ·  b. 1911 New York, NY

Career 1,534 G · 1,711 H · 128 HR · 951 RBI · .299 AVG

Seasons leading his league
23
11 best in baseball 12 league only
64 Top-5 finishes
8 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1939 Best season

Spanning 1938–1946, peaking at 5 titles in 1939.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×2
Team records #7 Reds 1938 H #8 Reds 1939 RBI
Led in First Base Putouts for 4 straight seasons (1939–1942) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 121st League titles 23
  • 139th Best in baseball 11
  • 203rd Top-5 finishes 64

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
First Base Putouts 6 1st 4 yrs (1939–1942) 1939 1,518 1940 1,587 1941 1,464 1944 1,508 1945 1,469 1942 NL 1,403 1938 #2 1946 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage 4 1st 3 yrs (1939–1941) 1939 .996 1940 .995 1946 .999 1941 NL .995 1938 #2 1942 #2 1943 #2 1944 #3 1945 #2
First Base Double Plays 4 1st 4 yrs (1939–1942) 1939 153 1941 130 1940 NL 146 1942 NL 132 1938 #3 1943 #3 1944 #2 1945 #3
Hits 3 1st 3 yrs (1938–1940) 1938 209 1939 NL 209 1940 NL 191
First Base Range Factor 2 1st 2 yrs (1944–1945) 1944 NL 10.74 1945 NL 10.51 1940 #2 1942 #2 1943 #2
First Base Assists 2 1st 2 yrs (1944–1945) 1944 NL 135 1945 NL 118 1938 #3 1939 #3 1940 #3 1941 #3 1942 #2 1943 #2 1946 #2
Doubles 1 1st — 1940 NL 44 1938 #2
Runs Batted In 1 1st — 1939 NL 128 1940 #2
Total Bases — #2 — 1939 #2 1940 #2
Batting Average — #2 — 1938 #3 1939 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1946 1 1B FPCT .999
1945 3 1B PO 1,469 1B A 118 1B RF 10.51
1944 3 1B PO 1,508 1B A 135 1B RF 10.74
1942 2 1B PO 1,403 1B DP 132
1941 3 1B PO 1,464 1B DP 130 1B FPCT .995
1940 5 H 191 2B 44 1B PO 1,587 1B DP 146 1B FPCT .995
1939 5 RBI 128 H 209 1B PO 1,518 1B DP 153 1B FPCT .996
1938 1 H 209

Batting

  led the league   13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 CIN NL 12 16 1 5 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 .313 .313 .563 .875
1937 CIN NL 24 83 5 27 5 0 0 9 2 4 1 .325 .341 .386 .727
1938 CIN NL 151 640 89 209 40 4 5 106 18 17 1 .327 .348 .425 .773
1939 CIN NL 156 630 99 209 41 4 18 128 40 16 1 .332 .374 .495 .869
1940 CIN NL 155 618 93 191 44 3 19 127 52 26 2 .309 .367 .482 .850
1941 CIN NL 154 603 77 162 31 5 17 97 40 13 2 .269 .318 .421 .740
1942 CIN NL 145 564 58 156 24 0 13 89 45 18 1 .277 .332 .388 .721
1943 CIN NL 126 472 56 143 28 0 8 56 29 15 2 .303 .345 .413 .758
1944 CIN NL 153 581 85 177 37 3 20 102 57 17 7 .305 .371 .482 .853
1945 CIN NL 152 580 68 160 33 0 10 81 56 22 6 .276 .345 .384 .729
1946 PHI NL 135 504 46 143 20 2 11 66 36 21 2 .284 .333 .397 .730
1947 BSN +1 NL 96 252 31 84 20 2 3 51 14 10 2 .333 .368 .464 .833
1948 BSN NL 75 180 14 45 9 2 4 34 10 9 0 .250 .289 .389 .678
Career — — 1,534 5,723 722 1,711 334 26 128 951 399 189 27 .299 .348 .434 .781

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1934 CIN NL 1B 2 — — 16 0 1 1 17 .941 8.00
1937 CIN NL 1B 20 — — 194 16 0 20 210 1.000 10.50
2B 4 — — 4 2 1 0 7 .857 1.50
OF 1 — — 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1938 CIN NL 1B 151 — — 1,441 95 7 127 1,543 .995 10.17
1939 CIN NL 1B 156 — — 1,518 100 7 153 1,625 .996 10.37
1940 CIN NL 1B 155 — — 1,587 98 8 146 1,693 .995 10.87
1941 CIN NL 1B 154 — — 1,464 92 8 130 1,564 .995 10.10
1942 CIN NL 1B 144 — — 1,403 101 10 132 1,514 .993 10.44
1943 CIN NL 1B 120 — — 1,156 85 6 116 1,247 .995 10.34
1944 CIN NL 1B 153 — — 1,508 135 13 130 1,656 .992 10.74
1945 CIN NL 1B 151 — — 1,469 118 9 104 1,596 .994 10.51
1946 PHI NL 1B 134 — — 1,185 98 1 92 1,284 .999 9.57
1947 BSN NL 1B 58 — — 514 30 3 40 547 .995 9.38
1948 BSN NL 1B 50 — — 343 33 5 30 381 .987 7.52
Career — — 1B 1,448 — — 13,798 1,001 78 1,221 14,877 .995 10.22
— — 2B 4 — — 4 2 1 0 7 .857 1.50
— — OF 1 — — 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00