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Benny Frey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: April 6, 1906 in Dexter, MI us

Died: November 1, 1937 in Spring Arbor Township, MI

Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, MI

High School: Jackson HS (Jackson, MI)

Debut: September 18, 1929 (Age 23-165d, 6,963rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 13 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, W

Last Game: September 22, 1936 (Age 30-169d)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Benjamin Rudolph Frey

Pronunciation: \FRY\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.4

ERA

4.50

256

127

1160.0

179

WHIP

1.447

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-20 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 8

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	226	17	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,5-7	11-GF(11)		99	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	13.50	12.32	6	1	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.49	-0.411	8.94	-0.63%	-1.49	11t 1-- 1 out tie	11t end d 2
2	227	22	May 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-9	5-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	6.32	4	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.015	.32	0.02%	0.99	5b 12- 2 out d6	6b 3 out d4
3	228	25	May 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	6-GF	BW(1-0)	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	4.32	14	6	7	3	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	0.299	2.92	0.32%	1.82	6b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 2
4	229	31	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,10-8	3-4		7	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.25	4.82	10	4	2	1	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.018	.53	-0.02%	-0.02	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d5
5	230	36	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-10	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.70	5.12	11	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.07	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
6	231	38	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-11	3-GF(8)		1	5.1	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.35	5.08	22	8	6	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	19	2	0	1	2	0	1	.16	-0.050	.28	-0.05%	0.31	3b -23 2 out d4	8b end d 6
7	232	42	May 31	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	6-8	H(1)	2	2.1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	4.84	13	4	5	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.04	-0.041	3.72	-0.04%	-0.65	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-3 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	233	45	Jun 5	CIN		BSN	L,4-10	3-5		4	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.67	12	5	3	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.21	-0.013	.33	-0.01%	-0.71	3t -2- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d7
9	234	48	Jun 7	CIN		BSN	L,3-8	6-GF		1	4.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.00	4.94	17	3	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.24	-0.018	.33	-0.02%	-0.05	6t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
10	235	58	Jun 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-GF	L(1-1)	12	1.2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.81	4.87	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.67	-0.335	3.83	-0.29%	-0.79	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	236	69	Jul 4(2)	CIN		STL	W,10-9	7-GF(10)	W(2-1)	13	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.43	4.60	13	7	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.148	1.60	0.23%	1.96	7t --- 0 out d5	10t end tie
12	237	72	Jul 9	CIN		BSN	L,5-6	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	4.49	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.037	.81	0.03%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
13	238	77	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.87	4.35	31	14	8	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.191	.91	-0.09%	-0.92	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
14	239	81	Jul 18	CIN		NYG	L,2-10	GS-2	L(3-2)	4	1.2	7	7	7	1	0	1	0	4.35	4.71	13	1	5	0	0	6	12			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.347	.69	-0.15%	-4.45	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d5
15	240	84	Jul 21	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.91	4.70	33	14	11	0	4	5	68			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.604	.58	0.15%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	241	90	Jul 28(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-3)	6	7.0	7	5	4	4	2	0	0	4.07	4.67	31	14	5	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	.51	-0.260	.20	-0.06%	-1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
17	242	93	Jul 30(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.65	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.018	.14	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	243	97	Aug 2(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	1-8	W(5-3)	2	7.0	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.84	4.50	33	12	9	1	0	12		0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.053	.14	0.00%	0.79	1b --- 1 out a2	8b 1-3 1 out a2
19	244	104	Aug 9(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	W(6-3)	6	9.0	14	5	4	0	3	0	0	3.86	4.27	42	13	12	0	0	14	44			0	0	0	42	3	1	0	0	0	1	.51	0.024	.04	0.00%	-0.32	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
20	245	108	Aug 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	4.26	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.034	.02	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
21	246	110	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(7-3)	1	9.0	10	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.72	4.23	39	15	12	1	0	10	51			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.220	.02	0.00%	0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	247	114	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,2-4	7-9	L(7-4)	4	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.95	4.24	9	4	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.53	-0.248	.02	0.00%	-0.02	7t 1-3 0 out tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
23	248	117	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-6	L(7-5)	2	5.0	9	7	5	2	2	0	0	4.23	4.21	28	6	9	1	0	9	25			0	0	0	26	3	1	1	0	0	1	.63	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-5.33	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d7
24	249	120	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	7-GF		2	2.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.22	11	4	3	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.26	7t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 3
25	250	123	Aug 29	CIN		BRO	W,12-2	CG	W(8-5)	2	9.0	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.17	37	16	10	0	0	10	58			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.078	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	251	126	Sep 1	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	BW(9-5)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.16	4.16	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
27	252	129	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	L(9-6)	3	9.0	10	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.98	4.08	37	14	10	0	0	10	58			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
28	253	135	Sep 9(2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-6)	3	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.90	4.18	29	8	15	1	4	3	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.68	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
29	254	141	Sep 13(2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-7)	3	6.0	11	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.00	4.12	29	9	8	0	0	11	35			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
30	255	145	Sep 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,10-14	3-5		3	2.2	7	5	4	1	0	1	0	4.20	4.23	16	5	4	1	0	6		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-4.48	3b -23 1 out tie	5b 3 out d7
31	256	149	Sep 22	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(10-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.32	4.19	22	4	9	2	0	6	40			1	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start a 1	6b -23 0 out a1
							11-20		W-L:10-8,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.1	131.1	164	73	63	30	20	5	0	4.32	4.19	589	1.17		5%	2%	155	45	15	47%	3	2	0	554	28	3	9	9	0	11	.98	-1.228	.51	-0.60%	-7.47

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