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Frank Demaree
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Birthdate: 6/10/1910 Died: 8/30/1958
Height / Weight: ' " / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Winters, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Frank Demaree, Chicago Cubs Outfielder RH - an outstanding line drive hitter with a .299 lifetime batting average and fine fielder, he broke into the majors with the Cubs in 1932 and hit .272 in 134 games. He was one of the National League's leading batters from 1935 thru 1937 - hitting .325, .350 and .324. And, helped the Cubs win pennants in 1932, 1935 and 1938. In the 1932 World Series, the rookie Demaree, just 23-years old, drove in 4 runs in 2 games played and in the 1935 World Series he hit a pair of homers.

His sweet, right-handed batting-swing produced 212 hits in 1936, third best in the NL, he hit .350, lined 34 doubles, cracked 16 homers, scored 93 runs, 96 RBIs, and struck out only 30 times in 605 at-bats. Demaree was the NL starting center fielder in both 1936 and 1937.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
13 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1932 CHC (NL) 23 56 4 14 3 0 0 6 2 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250 .288 SLG
1933 CHC (NL) 134 515 68 140 24 6 6 51 22 42 4 0 0 2 11 0 .272 .304 SLG
1935 CHC (NL) 107 385 60 125 19 4 2 66 26 23 6 0 0 1 8 0 .325 .369 SLG
1936 CHC (NL) 154 605 93 212 34 3 16 96 49 30 4 0 0 1 17 0 .350 .400 SLG
1937 CHC (NL) 154 615 104 199 36 6 17 115 57 31 6 0 0 1 14 0 .324 .382 SLG
1938 CHC (NL) 129 476 63 130 15 7 8 62 45 34 1 0 0 4 7 0 .273 .341 SLG
1939 NYG (NL) 150 560 68 170 27 2 11 79 66 40 2 0 0 4 13 0 .304 .381 SLG
1940 NYG (NL) 121 460 68 139 18 6 7 61 45 39 5 0 0 0 16 0 .302 .364 SLG
1941 NYG (NL) 16 35 3 6 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .171 .256 SLG
1941 BSN (NL) 48 113 20 26 5 2 2 15 12 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 .230 .304 SLG
1942 BSN (NL) 64 187 18 42 5 0 3 24 17 10 2 0 0 0 4 0 .225 .289 SLG
1943 STL (NL) 39 86 5 25 2 0 0 9 8 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 .291 .351 SLG
1944 SLB (AL) 16 51 4 13 2 0 0 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 .333 SLG
13 years   1155 4144 578 1241 190 36 72 591 359 269 33 0 0 14 99 0 .299 .357 .SLG



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