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Biography
Frank Catalanotto (Frank John Catalanotto) was born on April 27, 1974 in Smithtown, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1997 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1998, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 6 home runs and 25 RBI. Catalanotto played for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 11 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Frank Catalanotto's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2003, when he hit for a .299 average and knocked in 59 runs. However, others believe that it was 2001, when he hit for a .330 average and knocked in 54 runs.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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1997 | DET | 13 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .379 | .385 | .764 |
1998 | DET | 89 | 213 | 23 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .282 | .325 | .446 | .771 |
1999 | DET | 100 | 286 | 41 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 15 | 49 | 3 | 4 | .276 | .327 | .458 | .785 |
2000 | TEX | 103 | 282 | 55 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .291 | .375 | .457 | .832 |
2001 | TEX | 133 | 463 | 77 | 153 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 39 | 55 | 15 | 5 | .330 | .391 | .490 | .882 |
2002 | TEX | 68 | 212 | 42 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 5 | .269 | .364 | .443 | .808 |
2003 | TOR | 133 | 489 | 83 | 146 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 35 | 62 | 2 | 2 | .299 | .351 | .472 | .823 |
2004 | TOR | 75 | 249 | 27 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .344 | .390 | .734 |
2005 | TOR | 130 | 419 | 56 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 53 | 0 | 2 | .301 | .367 | .451 | .818 |
2006 | TOR | 128 | 437 | 56 | 131 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .376 | .439 | .816 |
2007 | TEX | 103 | 331 | 52 | 86 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 28 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .260 | .337 | .444 | .781 |
Career | 1075 | 3407 | 514 | 1001 | 232 | 33 | 81 | 426 | 296 | 435 | 42 | 26 | .294 | .359 | .453 | .812 |
Fielding Stats
Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | TC | A | E | DP | FPCT |
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1997 | DET | 2B | 6 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
1998 | DET | 3B | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 |
1998 | DET | 2B | 31 | 12 | 126 | 38 | 76 | 36 | 2 | 10 | .974 |
1998 | DET | 1B | 18 | 12 | 116 | 124 | 134 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 |
1999 | DET | 3B | 21 | 18 | 162 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .944 |
1999 | DET | 2B | 32 | 19 | 179 | 24 | 88 | 61 | 3 | 7 | .966 |
1999 | DET | 1B | 32 | 24 | 219 | 219 | 230 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 |
2000 | TEX | 1B | 17 | 12 | 107 | 100 | 110 | 7 | 3 | 12 | .973 |
2000 | TEX | RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
2000 | TEX | 2B | 50 | 35 | 322 | 69 | 180 | 105 | 6 | 22 | .967 |
2001 | TEX | RF | 15 | 14 | 113 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
2001 | TEX | LF | 78 | 72 | 647 | 168 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .994 |
2001 | TEX | 3B | 11 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 |
2001 | TEX | 2B | 13 | 10 | 89 | 18 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 8 | .953 |
2001 | TEX | 1B | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
2002 | TEX | LF | 26 | 19 | 173 | 34 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 |
2002 | TEX | 2B | 23 | 15 | 139 | 24 | 72 | 47 | 1 | 8 | .986 |
2002 | TEX | 1B | 15 | 9 | 85 | 88 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 |
2003 | TOR | 1B | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .917 |
2003 | TOR | RF | 43 | 40 | 340 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
2003 | TOR | LF | 61 | 55 | 460 | 91 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .990 |
2004 | TOR | LF | 41 | 34 | 309 | 67 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .971 |
2005 | TOR | LF | 111 | 99 | 761 | 163 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
2006 | TOR | RF | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
2006 | TOR | LF | 101 | 94 | 760 | 140 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 |
2007 | TEX | 1B | 14 | 13 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 |
2007 | TEX | LF | 64 | 60 | 483 | 98 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Total | 1006 | 832 | 5837 | 1682 | 2107 | 396 | 29 | 131 | .986 |
Awards
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed June 2, 1992).
- Selected by Oakland Athletics from Detroit Tigers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 9, 1996).
- Returned to Detroit Tigers (March 21, 1997).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson and Alan Webb to Texas Rangers in exchange for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Greg Zaun (November 2, 1999).
- Granted free agency (December 21, 2002).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 28, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (November 19, 2006).
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