Frank Catalanotto

Full Name: Frank John Catalanotto	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: September 3, 1997
Birthdate: April 27, 1974	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: Smithtown, New York	College: LIU-C.W. Post
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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
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
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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