Frank
Kirkman
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 30, 1988 in Bellingham Wa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2015    2016    2021   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
2009 20 CHA AL     39 39 38 31 31 31 42 44 43 39 43 42 58 61 60
2010 21 CHA AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
2011 22 CHA AL     8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9
2012 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2013 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2014 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2015 26 CHA AL $ 1,450,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2016 27 CHA AL $ 2,442,857   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2017 28 CHA AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2018 29 ANA AL $ 4,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2019 30 ANA AL $ 4,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2020 31 COL NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2021 32 COL NL $ 4,750,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,750,000   39 39 38 31 31 31 42 44 43 39 43 42 58 61 60
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 20 AAA   22 64 5 18 2 0 1 8 0 0 15 4 .281 .418 .359 .777 11.1  
    AA   62 221 37 74 13 1 9 33 1 0 45 34 .335 .447 .525 .972 50.2  
2010 21 AAA   128 461 68 137 24 0 12 69 0 0 52 53 .297 .368 .427 .796 71.6  
2011 22 AAA   136 538 113 179 32 1 27 102 2 1 76 46 .333 .415 .546 .962 113.9  
2012 23 CHA AL 155 547 74 138 26 1 21 74 0 0 61 52 .252 .331 .419 .750 75.2 13.6
2013 24 CHA AL 160 565 74 148 23 2 26 70 0 0 48 90 .262 .324 .448 .772 81.3 17.6
2014 25 CHA AL 143 487 45 118 14 0 12 51 0 0 46 82 .242 .310 .345 .655 53.2 6.7
2015 26 CHA AL 155 556 76 153 30 1 25 89 0 0 60 80 .275 .350 .468 .818 86.9 16.7
2016 27 CHA AL 154 560 76 173 27 0 24 106 0 0 53 90 .309 .376 .486 .862 96.7 23.3
2017 28 CHA AL 157 602 80 168 26 3 23 92 0 0 42 87 .279 .331 .447 .778 82.7 13.9
2018 29 CHA AL 61 232 25 63 9 0 7 23 0 0 14 46 .272 .316 .401 .717 28.8 4.6
  ANA AL 95 351 46 97 13 0 18 56 0 1 19 47 .276 .318 .467 .786 51.0 11.7
  TOT   156 583 71 160 22 0 25 79 0 1 33 93 .274 .317 .441 .758 79.8 16.4
2019 30 ANA AL 154 591 77 169 29 0 24 85 1 0 39 87 .286 .339 .457 .796 88.6 20.0
2020 31 COL NL 156 595 92 165 25 0 36 108 0 0 57 94 .277 .343 .501 .844 99.2 17.7
2021 32 COL NL 156 622 101 187 31 0 29 93 0 0 43 97 .301 .348 .490 .838 98.2 17.5
10 Years Sim 1546 5708 766 1579 253 7 245 847 1 1 482 852 .277 .338 .452 .790 841.8 163.3
3 Years AAA 286 1063 186 334 58 1 40 179 2 1 143 103 .314 .398 .484 .881 196.6  
1 Years AA 62 221 37 74 13 1 9 33 1 0 45 34 .335 .446 .525 .971 50.2  
4 Years Minors 348 1284 223 408 71 2 49 212 3 1 188 137 .318 .407 .491 .897 246.8  
162 Game Average 598 80 165 26 0 25 88 0 0 50 89 .277 .338 .452 .790 88.2  
Career Highs 160 622 101 187 31 3 36 108 1 1 61 97 .309 .376 .501 .862 99.2  
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   4263 581 1202 185 7 190 660 1 1 371 620 .282 .343 .462 .805 656.2
vs LH   1445 185 377 68 0 55 187 0 0 111 232 .261 .322 .422 .744 190.4
Home 776 2804 399 793 128 4 137 424 1 0 238 417 .283 .344 .478 .822 443.6
Away 770 2904 367 786 125 3 108 423 0 1 244 435 .271 .332 .427 .759 403.0
RISP   1352 0 375 65 2 58 576 0 0 151 218 .277 .347 .457 .804 214.9
Pinch Hitting   71 6 18 3 0 2 12 0 0 7 9 .254 .316 .380 .697 8.8
Close/Late   634 68 176 30 1 32 88 0 0 73 82 .278 .357 .479 .837 106.1
Mar/Apr 225 859 109 244 40 0 29 116 0 0 62 132 .284 .335 .432 .767 120.1
May 256 953 137 258 41 0 45 145 0 0 72 132 .271 .329 .455 .784 138.1
June 257 946 118 284 43 1 42 160 0 0 84 138 .300 .358 .481 .839 156.5
July 263 985 133 282 50 1 50 146 1 0 70 142 .286 .339 .491 .831 156.0
August 264 960 129 254 41 0 39 139 0 0 86 165 .265 .330 .429 .759 134.1
Sep/Oct 281 1005 140 257 38 5 40 141 0 1 108 143 .256 .335 .423 .758 141.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2012 23 CHA AL RF 149 145 1287.0 287 9 8 3 .974 2.07   4.4
    1B 3 3 29.0 28 1 1 3 .967 9.00   0.0
    LF 3 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
2013 24 CHA AL RF 159 158 1363.7 301 3 12 0 .962 2.01   3.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2014 25 CHA AL RF 114 113 996.3 220 5 4 0 .983 2.03   3.0
    LF 7 5 45.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    CF 4 3 34.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2015 26 CHA AL LF 149 142 1260.3 263 16 10 3 .965 1.99   2.2
    RF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2016 27 CHA AL RF 104 100 866.7 210 3 5 1 .977 2.21   1.0
    LF 47 47 415.0 101 3 1 0 .990 2.26    
    CF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
2017 28 CHA AL LF 45 43 376.7 57 0 2 0 .966 1.36   0.6
    RF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2018 29 CHA AL LF 44 43 381.8 70 2 1 1 .986 1.70   0.4
    RF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  ANA AL LF 68 67 575.8 106 4 2 1 .982 1.72   1.4
    RF 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 112 110 957.6 176 6 3 2 .984 1.71   1.9
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2019 30 ANA AL LF 112 112 968.3 209 5 3 1 .986 1.99   1.8
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2020 31 COL NL LF 149 144 1293.0 327 9 4 3 .988 2.34   3.7
    RF 4 1 21.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
2021 32 COL NL LF 142 138 1250.3 275 5 1 2 .996 2.02   2.4
    RF 5 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
  LF 767 742 6577.6 1417 44 24 11 .984 2.00   12.4
  RF 546 517 4569.3 1026 20 29 4 .973 2.06   11.7
  CF 5 3 36.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
  1B 3 3 29.0 28 1 1 3 .967 9.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1323 1265 11217.2 2483 65 54 18 .979 2.04   24.2
Career Highs   160 158 1364.7 330 16 12 6 .996 2.32    
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
2012 23 CHA AL 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .455 .333 .788
2017 28 CHA AL 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .154 .250 .154 .404
Career Post-Season Batting 7 22 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .227 .333 .227 .561
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.
Slugging Pct
2020-7-.501
Games
2013-5-160
2017-2-157
2020-9-156
At-Bats
2021-4-622
Runs
2021-5-101
Total Bases
2020-5-298
2021-3-305
Homeruns
2020-2-36
2021-8-29
RBIs
2016-3-106
2020-8-108
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  6. Merlin Justice (921)
  7. Mickey Hall (921)
  8. Bradley Small (920)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 2009
Injured on 7/8/2009 with a Broken Foot, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/7/2012, off Franklyn German (LAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2012, off Matt Ford (NYA)