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Frank Kitson

Birthdate:

9/11/1869

Died:

4/14/1930

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 165 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Hopkins, MI, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

[Baseball player, Frank Kitson, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, standing in ballpark]. CREATED/PUBLISHED

1905.SUMMARY
Half-length portrait of Frank Kitson, pitcher for the American League Detroit Tigers, standing at South Side Park which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois.NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-003103, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1898	BLN (NL)	17	13	8	5	0	13	1	119.1	123	71	43	0	35	0	32	2	8	1	3.24
1899	BLN (NL)	40	37	22	16	0	34	2	327.2	329	144	101	6	65	0	75	6	12	0	2.77
1900	BRO (NL)	40	30	15	13	4	21	2	253.1	283	152	118	12	56	0	55	7	9	1	4.19
1901	BRO (NL)	38	32	19	11	2	26	5	280.2	312	135	93	9	67	0	127	3	10	0	2.98
1902	BRO (NL)	31	30	19	12	0	28	3	259.2	251	105	82	4	48	0	107	4	7	0	2.84
1903	DET (AL)	31	28	15	16	0	28	2	257.2	277	112	74	8	38	0	102	3	6	0	2.58
1904	DET (AL)	26	24	8	13	1	19	0	199.2	211	100	68	7	38	0	69	5	7	0	3.07
1905	DET (AL)	33	27	12	14	1	21	3	225.2	230	120	87	3	57	0	78	3	11	0	3.47
1906	WSH (AL)	30	21	6	14	0	15	1	197.0	196	97	80	2	57	0	59	4	6	0	3.65
1907	WSH (AL)	5	3	0	3	0	2	0	32.0	41	20	14	1	9	0	11	1	2	0	3.94
1907	NYY (AL)	12	4	4	0	0	3	0	61.0	75	31	21	0	17	0	14	0	4	0	3.10
11 years		303	249	128	117	8	210	19	2213.2	2328	1087	781	52	487	0	729	38	82	2	3.18

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1898	BLN (NL)	31	86	13	27	1	3	0	16	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.314	.359	SLG
1899	BLN (NL)	45	134	12	27	7	1	0	8	6	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	.201	.241	SLG
1900	BRO (NL)	43	109	20	32	5	1	0	16	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.330	SLG
1901	BRO (NL)	47	133	22	35	5	2	1	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.263	.290	SLG
1902	BRO (NL)	40	116	9	32	3	4	1	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.276	.300	SLG
1903	DET (AL)	36	116	12	21	0	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	.181	.202	SLG
1904	DET (AL)	27	72	9	15	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.208	.240	SLG
1905	DET (AL)	33	87	8	16	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.211	SLG
1906	WSH (AL)	33	90	9	22	4	4	1	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	SLG
1907	NYY (AL)	12	25	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.280	SLG
1907	WSH (AL)	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	SLG
11 years		352	978	118	235	28	17	4	95	39	0	14	0	0	7	11	0	.240	.274	.SLG

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