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Frank
Kershaw		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: May 6, 1985 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2020   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 SAC GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6
2005 20 SAC GL   1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6
2006 21 SAC GL   3 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 6
2007 22 SAC GL   5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6
2008 23 SAC GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2009 24 SAC GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2010 25 SAC GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
2011 26 LON GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
2012 27 LON GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2013 28 MIL VL $ 450,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2014 29 MIL VL $ 450,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2015 30 MIL VL $ 450,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2016 31 MIL VL $ 140,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2017 32 MIL VL $ 140,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3
2018 33 MIL VL $ 140,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3
2019 34 AYR GL $ 200,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 35 AYR GL $ 200,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 36 AYR GL $ 200,000 6 5 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 37 COL VL $ 510,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 38 COL VL $ 510,000 4 3 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 510,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2004 19 A   160 545 58 133 24 5 15 78 10 7 48 64 .244 .305 .389 .694 64.9  
2005 20 A   159 612 55 130 24 0 16 57 10 11 48 71 .212 .270 .330 .600 53.6  
2006 21 AA   18 72 11 17 2 0 4 5 3 1 1 9 .236 .247 .431 .677 8.0  
    A   136 513 59 135 22 0 28 60 4 6 47 62 .263 .325 .470 .795 77.2  
2007 22 AAA   99 396 58 121 34 0 16 56 4 5 11 39 .306 .324 .513 .837 59.5  
    AA   52 210 18 48 18 0 1 16 5 5 13 21 .229 .274 .329 .602 17.1  
2008 23 SAC GL 155 559 74 137 25 0 12 57 3 2 30 84 .245 .291 .354 .645 55.0 5.3
2009 24 SAC GL 163 612 76 175 19 0 6 66 4 5 41 98 .286 .335 .346 .682 70.0 9.2
2010 25 SAC GL 157 655 95 203 35 0 20 82 6 6 29 84 .310 .347 .455 .802 91.6 13.7
2011 26 LON GL 161 592 61 152 19 0 17 66 9 9 44 78 .257 .312 .375 .687 70.4 12.3
2012 27 LON GL 159 621 65 153 33 5 11 54 8 3 38 92 .246 .295 .369 .664 67.7 11.2
2013 28 MIL VL 153 582 77 161 20 5 17 70 10 6 34 79 .277 .321 .416 .737 74.7 8.4
2014 29 MIL VL 111 424 68 122 27 1 14 44 1 0 18 51 .288 .323 .455 .778 59.3 7.9
2015 30 MIL VL 135 434 36 102 20 1 3 31 3 2 15 64 .235 .266 .306 .572 32.8 1.4
2016 31 MIL VL 160 562 57 134 19 4 12 54 11 11 23 91 .238 .275 .351 .626 53.6 2.7
2017 32 MIL VL 157 612 55 144 16 3 20 79 14 3 16 110 .235 .258 .369 .627 57.9 7.1
2018 33 MIL VL 161 589 63 157 24 4 15 57 14 7 25 139 .267 .301 .397 .699 68.2 9.1
2019 34 AYR GL 158 613 75 182 34 0 16 80 14 4 29 113 .297 .332 .431 .762 82.0 13.0
2020 35 AYR GL 153 620 88 177 29 1 13 89 12 6 32 99 .285 .325 .398 .723 73.9 11.2
2021 36 AYR GL 150 594 87 163 35 8 21 93 13 8 26 109 .274 .308 .466 .774 80.2 9.7
2022 37 COL VL 152 510 56 136 33 1 11 59 1 0 18 157 .267 .301 .400 .701 56.5 4.0
2023 38 COL VL 27 52 5 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 16 .154 .211 .192 .403 1.8 0.0
16 Years Sim 2312 8631 1038 2306 388 34 208 986 123 72 420 1464 .267 .307 .392 .699 995.6 126.2
1 Years AAA 99 396 58 121 34 0 16 56 4 5 11 39 .306 .332 .513 .844 59.5  
2 Years AA 70 282 29 65 20 0 5 21 8 6 14 30 .230 .280 .355 .634 25.0  
3 Years A 455 1670 172 398 70 5 59 195 24 24 143 197 .238 .307 .392 .699 195.7  
6 Years Minors 624 2348 259 584 124 5 80 272 36 35 168 266 .249 .308 .408 .716 280.2  
162 Game Average 604 72 161 27 2 14 69 8 5 29 102 .267 .307 .392 .699 69.8  
Career Highs 163 655 95 203 35 8 21 93 14 11 44 157 .310 .347 .466 .802 91.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6599 772 1727 296 28 149 715 99 56 315 1145 .262 .302 .383 .684 723.1
vs LH   2032 266 579 92 6 59 271 24 16 105 319 .285 .322 .423 .746 263.9
Home 1151 4215 510 1073 201 11 95 464 59 28 203 669 .255 .295 .375 .670 445.0
Away 1161 4416 528 1233 187 23 113 522 64 44 217 795 .279 .318 .409 .727 541.9
RISP   2013 0 557 80 13 45 729 0 0 125 346 .277 .318 .396 .715 248.1
Pinch Hitting   56 7 13 2 0 2 10 0 0 2 6 .232 .259 .375 .634 5.4
Close/Late   1015 118 273 39 6 19 123 0 0 52 172 .269 .308 .375 .683 112.6
Mar/Apr 367 1397 158 351 61 7 29 148 18 12 63 243 .251 .287 .367 .654 140.4
May 382 1412 166 377 75 6 23 169 23 12 79 240 .267 .311 .377 .689 157.7
June 379 1410 160 365 66 1 34 158 20 9 67 220 .259 .298 .379 .677 152.7
July 294 1087 143 301 42 5 28 132 13 11 49 186 .277 .317 .402 .719 128.8
August 351 1327 167 377 52 9 38 151 19 9 66 228 .284 .323 .423 .746 172.3
Sep/Oct 539 1998 244 535 92 6 56 228 30 19 96 347 .268 .306 .404 .710 235.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 23 SAC GL 2B 155 155 1383.3 231 454 11 103 .984 4.46 0 0 .000 0 8.2
2009 24 SAC GL 2B 163 163 1450.3 280 491 17 113 .978 4.78 0 0 .000 0 10.6
2010 25 SAC GL 2B 157 154 1381.3 248 423 13 90 .981 4.37 0 0 .000 0 7.2
2011 26 LON GL 2B 161 159 1383.0 304 561 20 126 .977 5.63 0 0 .000 0 5.2
2012 27 LON GL 2B 159 158 1361.0 280 457 14 108 .981 4.87 0 0 .000 0 6.5
2013 28 MIL VL 2B 152 144 1294.7 280 477 17 121 .978 5.26 0 0 .000 0 9.3
2014 29 MIL VL 2B 110 109 978.0 188 336 12 73 .978 4.82 0 0 .000 0 5.3
2015 30 MIL VL 1B 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 125 101 924.0 181 347 7 75 .987 5.14 0 0 .000 0 8.0
    C 1 0 6.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.11 1 0 .000 1 0.0
2016 31 MIL VL 2B 160 154 1389.0 307 476 18 109 .978 5.07 0 0 .000 0 9.0
2017 32 MIL VL 2B 157 156 1380.7 279 485 10 114 .987 4.98 0 0 .000 0 10.1
2018 33 MIL VL 2B 159 156 1368.3 317 497 20 128 .976 5.35 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 34 AYR GL 2B 158 158 1432.0 319 531 20 137 .977 5.34 0 0 .000 0 10.6
2020 35 AYR GL 2B 152 150 1315.0 337 563 13 156 .986 6.16 0 0 .000 0 9.8
2021 36 AYR GL 1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 149 149 1298.7 308 476 18 115 .978 5.43 0 0 .000 0 8.0
2022 37 COL VL 2B 151 150 1252.0 266 451 12 121 .984 5.15 0 0 .000 0 7.3
2023 38 COL VL 2B 26 12 138.0 20 48 1 11 .986 4.43 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2294 2228 19729.3 4145 7073 223 1700 .981 5.12 0 0 .000 0 122.2
  1B 2 0 8.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 6.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.11 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2299 2228 19746.6 4155 7076 223 1700 .981 5.12 1 0 .000 1 122.3
Career Highs   163 163 1450.3 337 563 20 156 .987 6.16 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 23 SAC GL 17 65 9 16 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 7 .246 .258 .354 .611
2009 24 SAC GL 4 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .133 .188 .133 .321
Career Post-Season Batting 21 80 11 18 4 0 1 7 0 0 2 8 .225 .244 .313 .556
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.
Games
2009-1-163
2016-6-160
2018-5-161
CAR-42-2312
 At-Bats
CAR-44-8631
 Singles
2009-6-150
2010-9-148
CAR-46-1676
 Triples
2021-3-8
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rodney Skeens (913)
  2. Scott Marlin (897)
  3. Robert Hattaway (880)
  4. James Tate (879)
  5. Bill Gallegos (876)
  6. Carl Shanahan (872)
  7. Steven Ruf (867)
  8. Rey Lozano (867)
  9. John Bueno (864)
  10. William Hershey (851)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Santa Cruz (from Virginia) in 2004
Injured on 4/3/2006 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/7/2007 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/5/2007 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/3/2008, off Bobby Williams (LON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/2008, off Keith Kaster (RIC)
Injured on 5/25/2008 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Solecismic Series with Santa Cruz in 2008
Traded from Santa Cruz to Long Beach on 3/2/2011
 
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