Frank
Boerner
 
Nickname: White Devil
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 11, 1960 in Knoxville, TN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1994   
All-Star Selections 1986    1987    1988    1991   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 18 BUF FL   1 2 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
1979 19 BUF FL   1 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1980 20 BUF FL   2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 21 BUF FL     7 7 7 6 6 6 12 13 13 11 12 12 10 10 10
1982 22 BUF FL     9 9 9 9 9 9 15 16 16 12 13 12 14 14 14
1983 23 BUF FL $ 300,000   14 14 14 16 17 17 16 17 16 15 15 15 14 14 14
1984 24 BUF FL $ 300,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 16 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 14
1985 25 BUF FL $ 300,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 16 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 14
1986 26 BUF FL $ 300,000   16 16 16 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 16 16 14 14 14
1987 27 BUF FL $ 8,857,143   15 15 15 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 16 16 14 14 14
1988 28 BUF FL $ 10,907,140   15 15 15 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 16 16 14 14 14
1989 29 BUF FL $ 12,000,000   14 14 14 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 16 16 14 14 14
1990 30 BUF FL $ 12,000,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 17 17 17 16 16 16 14 14 14
1991 31 BUF FL $ 12,000,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 16 17 16 15 15 15 13 13 13
1992 32 BUF FL $ 12,000,000   15 15 15 20 20 20 17 17 17 15 15 15 13 13 13
1993 33 BUF FL $ 12,000,000   15 15 15 18 19 18 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12
1994 34 CLG FL $ 12,000,000   14 14 14 17 18 18 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 6 6 6 12 13 13 11 12 12 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 17 18 18 16 16 16 14 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 18 A   138 531 52 148 24 2 10 70 17 8 21 114 .279 .306 .388 .694 60.6  
1979 19 A   138 549 90 168 29 8 16 82 17 8 52 93 .306 .366 .475 .841 91.3  
1980 20 A   55 188 28 55 9 2 2 20 11 2 26 33 .293 .379 .394 .772 29.9  
1981 21 AA   111 408 64 118 32 7 12 68 10 2 86 70 .289 .413 .490 .903 83.7  
    A   20 72 20 29 7 3 5 12 2 2 20 7 .403 .533 .792 1.324 24.8  
1982 22 AA   127 449 85 124 28 4 17 83 17 8 92 67 .276 .399 .470 .869 86.9  
    A   10 42 11 19 4 1 4 11 1 0 5 8 .452 .511 .881 1.392 14.4  
1983 23 BUF FL 79 218 47 75 18 2 11 48 9 3 22 40 .344 .402 .596 .999 46.7 11.2
    AAA   65 264 58 87 18 5 13 69 10 2 41 38 .330 .420 .583 1.003 60.5  
1984 24 BUF FL 154 570 92 156 43 8 25 92 26 10 68 92 .274 .352 .509 .861 96.0 17.6
1985 25 BUF FL 154 583 124 168 40 8 33 103 34 10 86 96 .288 .383 .554 .937 118.1 24.7
1986 26 BUF FL 153 574 136 169 40 3 47 131 24 11 93 84 .294 .394 .620 1.014 132.1 24.3
1987 27 BUF FL 137 518 136 174 46 10 42 113 23 11 69 84 .336 .418 .707 1.125 134.0 28.1
1988 28 BUF FL 153 561 107 146 36 13 35 107 21 14 68 79 .260 .342 .558 .900 102.2 19.2
1989 29 BUF FL 155 573 105 142 40 9 29 114 20 7 65 95 .248 .332 .501 .833 91.9 14.9
1990 30 BUF FL 157 584 111 172 49 9 30 118 22 6 68 90 .295 .372 .563 .935 116.5 20.6
1991 31 BUF FL 154 585 118 169 47 8 37 115 22 8 77 120 .289 .380 .586 .966 120.7 23.3
1992 32 BUF FL 157 585 109 143 37 7 33 113 30 8 80 126 .244 .336 .501 .837 103.4 15.7
1993 33 BUF FL 155 562 100 162 46 4 27 97 24 2 59 97 .288 .358 .528 .887 105.7 18.2
1994 34 CLG FL 158 531 87 129 22 7 33 96 6 5 61 98 .243 .325 .497 .822 86.8 13.5
12 Years Sim 1766 6444 1272 1805 464 88 382 1247 261 95 816 1101 .280 .364 .557 .921 1254.0 231.3
1 Years AAA 65 264 58 87 18 5 13 69 10 2 41 38 .330 .420 .583 1.004 60.5  
2 Years AA 238 857 149 242 60 11 29 151 27 10 178 137 .282 .407 .480 .887 170.5  
5 Years A 361 1382 201 419 73 16 37 195 48 20 124 255 .303 .364 .459 .823 220.9  
8 Years Minors 664 2503 408 748 151 32 79 415 85 32 343 430 .299 .386 .479 .865 452.0  
162 Game Average 591 116 165 42 8 35 114 23 8 74 100 .280 .364 .557 .921 115.0  
Career Highs 158 585 136 174 49 13 47 131 34 14 93 126 .344 .418 .707 1.125 134.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4437 873 1241 321 58 261 853 179 69 547 743 .280 .361 .555 .916 857.1
vs LH   2007 399 564 143 30 121 394 82 26 269 358 .281 .370 .563 .933 402.8
Home 875 3124 589 860 212 40 169 572 126 49 390 534 .275 .358 .531 .889 579.4
Away 891 3320 683 945 252 48 213 675 135 46 426 567 .285 .370 .582 .952 680.5
RISP   1682 0 486 135 23 100 800 0 0 305 295 .289 .392 .575 .967 368.0
Pinch Hitting   121 28 34 10 1 7 27 4 0 18 22 .281 .369 .554 .923 24.8
Close/Late   716 159 198 45 7 52 139 0 0 144 110 .277 .398 .577 .975 160.8
Mar/Apr 266 1022 187 264 72 9 52 192 41 18 128 185 .258 .342 .499 .841 174.0
May 297 1082 215 304 80 21 61 198 44 17 117 166 .281 .353 .563 .916 205.9
June 283 1016 214 302 58 12 78 209 48 12 129 184 .297 .381 .608 .989 223.7
July 306 1088 221 306 78 13 79 220 33 13 147 202 .281 .373 .595 .967 228.1
August 311 1148 200 301 86 19 42 191 48 22 146 186 .262 .345 .480 .825 189.1
Sep/Oct 303 1088 235 328 90 14 70 237 47 13 149 178 .301 .390 .603 .993 239.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1983 23 BUF FL CF 58 39 397.7 117 4 0 2 1.000 2.74   1.4
    LF 11 7 68.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1984 24 BUF FL CF 149 146 1320.7 348 11 0 3 1.000 2.45   5.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1985 25 BUF FL CF 147 145 1313.0 341 9 1 4 .997 2.40   5.7
    LF 6 0 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1986 26 BUF FL CF 146 146 1311.3 355 7 3 2 .992 2.48   5.3
    LF 5 0 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
1987 27 BUF FL CF 133 131 1168.7 280 6 3 2 .990 2.20   2.9
    LF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1988 28 BUF FL CF 145 143 1262.0 371 5 4 1 .989 2.68   4.6
    LF 6 1 19.0 9 0 1 0 .900 4.26    
1989 29 BUF FL CF 152 149 1333.0 373 6 1 0 .997 2.56   5.7
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 30 BUF FL CF 82 78 711.0 200 5 0 1 1.000 2.59   5.0
    LF 68 64 584.0 133 6 1 2 .993 2.14    
1991 31 BUF FL CF 145 142 1273.0 346 8 1 4 .997 2.50   6.3
    LF 8 5 53.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1992 32 BUF FL CF 143 142 1263.7 321 8 1 3 .997 2.34   4.3
    LF 10 6 59.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1993 33 BUF FL CF 120 117 1027.7 236 11 1 1 .996 2.16   2.8
    LF 32 25 233.7 43 3 1 0 .979 1.77    
1994 34 CLG FL CF 142 129 1191.3 335 10 1 7 .997 2.61   6.2
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 1562 1507 13573.0 3623 90 16 30 .996 2.46   55.7
  LF 158 108 1066.7 222 10 3 2 .987 1.96    
Career Totals   1720 1615 14639.6 3845 100 19 32 .995 2.43   55.7
Career Highs   154 149 1338.0 380 14 5 7 1.000 2.70    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 23 BUF FL 14 63 8 17 4 1 3 7 0 0 0 7 .270 .266 .508 .774
1984 24 BUF FL 3 12 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .333 .467 .417 .883
1985 25 BUF FL 10 39 9 12 6 0 3 13 2 1 2 4 .308 .349 .692 1.041
1986 26 BUF FL 5 19 2 5 3 0 2 4 0 1 3 1 .263 .364 .737 1.100
1987 27 BUF FL 5 16 2 5 3 0 1 5 1 1 4 2 .313 .450 .688 1.138
1988 28 BUF FL 3 12 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .167 .286 .583 .869
1989 29 BUF FL 10 35 6 10 2 1 3 7 1 2 4 5 .286 .375 .657 1.032
1990 30 BUF FL 5 22 3 3 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 .136 .136 .455 .591
1991 31 BUF FL 9 34 5 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 4 4 .176 .263 .324 .587
1994 34 CLG FL 4 16 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 .188 .278 .375 .653
Career Post-Season Batting 68 268 42 67 21 5 16 44 7 6 23 33 .250 .314 .545 .859
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-3-.336
On-Base Pct
1985-7-.383
1986-10-.394
1987-1-.418
Slugging Pct
1984-5-.509
1985-3-.554
1986-6-.620
1987-2-.707
1988-7-.558
1990-3-.563
1991-3-.586
1993-8-.528
CAR-8-.557
OPS
1984-5-.861
1985-3-.937
1986-5-1.014
1987-2-1.125
1988-6-.900
1990-4-.935
1991-5-.966
CAR-6-.921
XR
1984-7-96.0
1985-2-118.1
1986-3-132.1
1987-4-134.0
1988-9-102.2
1990-5-116.5
1991-4-120.7
1993-9-105.7
CAR-19-1254.0
Games
1990-5-157
1992-5-157
1994-3-158
At-Bats
CAR-47-6444
Runs
1985-1-124
1986-2-136
1987-3-136
1988-5-107
1989-5-105
1990-5-111
1991-5-118
1992-5-109
CAR-17-1272
Hits
CAR-48-1805
Total Bases
1984-2-290
1985-1-323
1986-4-356
1987-4-366
1988-5-313
1990-5-329
1991-4-343
1993-10-297
CAR-25-3591
Doubles
1984-10-43
1990-6-49
1993-8-46
CAR-18-464
Triples
1987-5-10
1988-7-13
CAR-36-88
Homeruns
1984-10-25
1985-4-33
1986-3-47
1987-5-42
1988-5-35
1989-9-29
1990-10-30
1991-4-37
1992-4-33
1994-4-33
CAR-13-382
RBIs
1985-3-103
1986-3-131
1987-10-113
1988-5-107
1989-3-114
1990-3-118
1991-4-115
1992-7-113
CAR-18-1247
Walks
1984-8-68
1985-4-86
1986-3-93
1988-7-68
1989-9-65
1990-9-68
1991-7-77
1992-2-80
CAR-28-816
Strikeouts
1992-8-126
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 151    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Donnie Rotten (879)
  2. Gary Barr (830)
  3. George Kobayashi (826)
  4. Billy Wilson (810)
  5. Jason Bilford (809)
  6. Xavier Jonah (808)
  7. Sawyer Silk (800)
  8. Justin Smith (799)
  9. Archie Ayrault (794)
  10. Kevin Haubert (788)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1978
Injured on 5/16/1980 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/15/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week