Moe Franklin

Murray Asher Franklin

Born: April 1, 1914 in Chicago, IL
Died: March 16, 1978 in Harbor City, CA
(63 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 175

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• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Compared to Contemporary Shortstops (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔	69.5	50.0	11.3	0.1	8.4
2	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		30.5	17.0	9.8	0.3	3.4
3	Silvio García	SS	8	1936-1947		21.1	17.2	0.9	0.2	2.8
4	Monte Irvin	SS	10	1938-1948	✔	17.8	18.0	-0.9	0.0	0.7
5	Jesse Williams	SS	8	1939-1946		15.4	8.1	5.0	0.0	2.3
6	Tommy Butts	SS	11	1938-1948		14.5	3.2	7.6	0.0	3.6
7	Bus Clarkson	SS	6	1938-1946		12.5	12.2	-1.1	0.0	1.3
8	Frank Austin	SS	5	1944-1948		11.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	1.6
9	Artie Wilson	SS	5	1944-1948		9.4	6.2	2.3	0.0	1.0
10	Avelino Cañizares	SS	3	1944-1946		6.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	1.2
11	Kelo Cruz	SS	5	1942-1946		4.5	3.4	-1.6	0.0	2.7
12	Nap Reyes	SS	1	1946		4.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.3
13	Chico Renfroe	SS	4	1945-1948		2.1	1.6	-0.2	0.0	0.6
14	Apolinar Pulido	SS	7	1940-1946		1.9	0.1	-1.3	0.0	3.0
15	Lou Klein	SS	1	1946		1.8	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.3
16	Moe Franklin	SS	1	1946		1.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
17	Ralph Wyatt	SS	6	1941-1946		1.5	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.8
18	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		1.3	-3.2	2.4	0.2	2.0
19	Skeeter Scalzi	SS	2	1940-1946		0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
20	Jim Hamilton	SS	1	1946		0.8	-0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
21	Guillermo Álvarez	SS	1	1946		0.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
22	Al Smith	SS	3	1946-1948		0.5	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
23	Antonio Ordeñana	SS	2	1945-1946		0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
24	Wilbert King	SS	5	1944-1948		0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
25	T. J. Brown	SS	9	1939-1948		0.4	0.3	-0.9	0.0	1.0
26	Carlos Santiago	SS	1	1946		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Jackie Price	SS	1	1946		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Leroy Young	SS	1	1946		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Oscar Givens	SS	3	1939-1948		0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
30	José Bache	SS	1	1946		0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
31	Clyde McNeal	SS	4	1945-1948		0.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3
32	McKamey	SS	1	1946		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Jacob Robinson	SS	2	1946-1947		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Vidal Richardson	SS	1	1946		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Collins Jones	SS	4	1943-1946		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Celestino Vázquez	SS	1	1946		-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
37	Jim Oliver	SS	1	1946		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Vern Stephens	SS	1	1946		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Phil Rizzuto	SS	1	1946		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
40	Cal Irvin	SS	2	1946-1947		-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.5	-2.2	0.0	0.0	1.6
42	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.8	0.1	-1.1	0.0	0.3
43	Sy Morton	SS	4	1940-1947		-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
44	Coco Ferrer	SS	3	1946-1948		-0.8	-0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.2
45	Tice James	SS	5	1936-1946		-1.3	-0.4	-1.2	0.0	0.3
46	Rufus Baker	SS	6	1943-1948		-1.9	-1.8	-0.5	0.1	0.3
47	Willie Wells Jr.	SS	5	1944-1948		-2.0	-1.0	-1.3	0.0	0.3
48	Walter Hardy	SS	5	1944-1948		-3.1	-2.1	-1.6	0.0	0.6

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