Frank
Taveras
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 168
 
Born: December 24, 1949 in Las Matas De Santa C
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title 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
1977 27 HOU NL 145 430 37 101 15 10 0 49 38 13 30 35 .235 .295 .316 .612 42.7 4.9
1978 28 HOU NL 37 21 10 5 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 .238 .238 .333 .571 2.0 0.0
1979 29 HOU NL 30 16 9 7 3 1 0 9 4 0 0 1 .438 .438 .750 1.188 4.6 1.4
1980 30 HOU NL 38 37 3 8 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 4 .216 .237 .297 .534 2.5 0.0
1981 31 HOU NL 159 597 87 182 33 12 2 55 36 15 23 73 .305 .341 .410 .752 79.2 16.4
1982 32 HOU NL 139 435 49 103 16 8 2 34 19 12 17 55 .237 .280 .324 .604 38.6 5.1
6 Years Sim 548 1536 195 406 68 33 4 148 109 42 71 168 .264 .308 .359 .667 169.6 27.8
162 Game Average 454 57 120 20 9 1 43 32 12 20 49 .264 .308 .359 .667 50.2  
Career Highs 159 597 87 182 33 12 2 55 38 15 30 73 .438 .438 .750 1.188 79.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 27 HOU NL SS 145 145 1184.0 184 545 27 85 .964 5.54   6.8
1978 28 HOU NL SS 13 1 26.7 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1979 29 HOU NL SS 6 1 15.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 4.80   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 30 HOU NL SS 6 4 29.0 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.34   0.2
    3B 2 0 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1981 31 HOU NL SS 158 158 1315.0 187 560 33 108 .958 5.11   10.2
1982 32 HOU NL SS 136 134 1064.3 164 401 24 86 .959 4.78   8.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.1
  SS 464 443 3634.0 542 1531 84 283 .961 5.13   26.0
  3B 3 0 10.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
  CF 4 0 9.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
  2B 2 0 4.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   479 443 3667.6 548 1536 84 283 .961 5.11   26.2
Career Highs   158 158 1315.0 187 560 33 108 1.000 5.54    
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
1979 29 HOU NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1981-10-.305
Triples
1977-4-10
1981-6-12
Stolen Bases
1977-10-38
1981-7-36
Caught Stealing
1981-7-15
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Steve Staggs (958)
  2. Chris Clapinski (952)
  3. Andres Thomas (945)
  4. Manuel Lee (945)
  5. Craig Wilson (938)
  6. Randy Velarde (938)
  7. Lenny Faedo (938)
  8. Bert Campaneris (937)
  9. Craig Reynolds (932)
  10. Abraham Nunez (931)
History
Traded from Pittsburgh to Houston on 4/1/1977
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1981, off Bill Singer (CIN)
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game