Frank Kitson Stats

Frank Kitson was born on Saturday, September 11, 1869, in Watson, Michigan. Kitson was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 19, 1898, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Frank Kitson baseball stats page.

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Frank Kitson
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Frank R. Kitson
Nickname:   None
Born On:   09-11-1869
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Watson, Michigan
Zodiac:   Virgo
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-14-1930
Place of Death Data Died In:   Allegan, Michigan
Cemetery:   Hudson Corners Cemetery, Allegan, Michigan
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11
Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   05-19-1898 (Age 28)
Last Game:   07-22-1907
Draft:   Not Applicable
Frank Kitson

Frank Kitson Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1898 Orioles 17 13 4 8 5 .615 3.24 13 1 0 119.1 0 123 43 71 0 35 - 32 2 8 1 -
1899 Orioles 40 37 3 22 16 .579 2.77 34 2 0 327.2 0 329 101 144 6 65 - 75 6 12 0 -
1900 Superbas 40 30 9 15 13 .536 4.19 21 2 4 253.1 0 283 118 152 12 56 - 55 7 9 1 -
1901 Superbas 38 32 6 19 11 .633 2.98 26 5 2 280.2 0 312 93 135 9 67 - 127 3 10 0 -
1902 Superbas 31 30 1 19 12 .613 2.84 28 3 0 259.2 0 251 82 105 4 48 - 107 4 7 0 -
1903 Tigers 31 28 3 15 16 .484 2.58 28 2 0 257.2 1,094 277 74 112 8 38 - 102 3 6 0 -
1904 Tigers 26 24 2 8 13 .381 3.07 19 0 1 199.2 842 211 68 100 7 38 - 69 5 7 0 -
1905 Tigers 33 27 6 12 14 .462 3.47 21 3 1 225.2 0 230 87 120 3 57 - 78 3 11 0 -
1906 Senators 30 21 7 6 14 .300 3.65 15 1 0 197.0 0 196 80 97 2 57 - 59 4 6 0 -
1907 Senators 5 3 2 0 3 .000 3.94 2 0 0 32.0 139 41 14 20 1 9 - 11 1 2 0 -
1907 Highlanders 12 4 7 4 0 1.000 3.10 3 0 0 61.0 270 75 21 31 0 17 - 14 0 4 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 303 249 50 128 117 .522 3.18 210 19 8 2,213.2 2,345 2,328 781 1,087 52 487 - 729 38 82 2 -
Frank Kitson

Frank Kitson Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1898 Orioles 31 86 13 27 1 3 0 0 16 5 - - 0 - 1 - .314 .359 .395
1899 Orioles 45 134 12 27 7 1 0 0 8 6 - - 1 - 1 - .201 .241 .269
1900 Superbas 43 109 20 32 5 1 0 0 16 6 - - 1 - 0 - .294 .330 .358
1901 Superbas 47 133 22 35 5 2 1 0 16 4 - - 1 - 1 - .263 .290 .353
1902 Superbas 40 116 9 32 3 4 1 0 11 3 - - 1 - 1 - .276 .300 .397
1903 Tigers 36 116 12 21 0 2 0 0 4 2 - - 5 - 0 - .181 .195 .216
1904 Tigers 27 72 9 15 0 0 1 0 4 1 - - 1 - 2 - .208 .240 .250
1905 Tigers 33 87 8 16 2 0 0 0 4 3 - - 0 - 0 - .184 .211 .207
1906 Senators 33 90 9 22 4 4 1 0 12 8 - - 0 - 0 - .244 .306 .411
1907 Senators 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 0 - 0 - .100 .182 .100
1907 Highlanders 12 25 4 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 - - 1 - 0 - .280 .280 .320
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 352 978 118 235 28 17 4 0 95 39 - - 11 - 6 - .240 .274 .316
Frank Kitson

Frank Kitson Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1898 Orioles OF 11 - - 14 1.3 13 12 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00 -
1898 Orioles P 17 13 358 41 2.4 36 4 32 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .878 2.72 -
1899 Orioles P 40 37 983 82 2.1 80 12 68 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.20 -
1900 Superbas P 40 30 760 56 1.4 51 12 39 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .911 1.81 -
1900 Superbas RF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1901 Superbas 1B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1901 Superbas P 38 32 842 73 1.9 69 13 56 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.21 -
1901 Superbas RF 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1902 Superbas P 32 30 779 85 2.7 82 8 74 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.84 -
1903 Tigers OF 5 - - 6 1.2 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1903 Tigers P 31 28 773 81 2.6 78 9 69 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.72 -
1904 Tigers P 26 24 599 78 3.0 74 6 68 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 3.34 -
1905 Tigers P 33 27 677 77 2.3 70 5 65 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.79 -
1906 Senators P 30 21 591 70 2.3 67 5 62 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.06 -
1907 Senators P 5 3 96 6 1.2 5 0 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.41 -
1907 Highlanders P 12 4 183 19 1.6 18 4 14 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.66 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 304 249 6,641 668 2.2 630 78 552 38 7 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.56 --
OF Totals 16 0 0 20 1.3 19 18 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 --
RF Totals 3 0 0 3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
1B Totals 1 0 0 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
10 Years 324 249 6,641 695 2.1 656 103 553 39 7 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.67 --
Frank Kitson

Frank Kitson Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1898 Orioles 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.91 2.41 2.64
1899 Orioles 7 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 16.8 1.15 2.06 1.79
1900 Superbas 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.98 1.95 1.99
1901 Superbas 0 - - - - n/a 133.0 0.0 8.3 1.90 4.07 2.15
1902 Superbas 0 - - - - n/a 116.0 0.0 10.5 2.23 3.71 1.66
1903 Tigers 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 29.0 2.68 3.56 1.33
1904 Tigers 0 - - - - n/a 72.0 0.0 18.0 1.82 3.11 1.71
1905 Tigers 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 21.8 1.37 3.11 2.27
1906 Senators 1 - - - - n/a 90.0 0.0 7.5 1.04 2.70 2.60
1907 Senators 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.22 3.09 2.53
1907 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.82 2.07 2.51
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 14 - - - - n/a 244.5 0.0 10.3 1.50 2.96 1.98
Frank Kitson

Frank Kitson Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1898 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 Brooklyn Superbas n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Brooklyn Superbas n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Brooklyn Superbas n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -


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