Frank Duncan

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .255
HR 14
RBI 352
H 724
OPS .672
PIV -2,675
Position
Catcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 175 lb
Born
2/14/1901 in Kansas City, MO, USA
Died
12/4/1973 in Kansas City, MO, USA
Awards
3× All-Star

Full name: Frank Lee Duncan

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
983.0 825.0 97.0 186.0 34.0 4.0 8.0 76.0 126.0 28.0 15.0 .225 .331 .305 .636

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1946 3.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Listed seasons · 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — —

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
915 2,838 432 724 119 30 14 352 65 331 26 .255 .339 .333 .672 -2,675

Career AVG .255 vs. league average .276 across their career seasons — 7.7% below league average.

Career OBP .339 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .333 vs. league average .388 across their career seasons — 14.1% below league average.

Career OPS .672 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 7.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1920 COG NNL 16 47 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 6 0 .149 — — — — -259.7
1921 COG NNL 16 52 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 .173 .286 (-40%) .344 (-29%) .395 (-51%) .739 (-41%) -333.7
1921 KCM NNL 65 197 23 53 6 0 0 20 5 8 1 .269 .286 (-6%) .344 (-12%) .395 (-24%) .739 (-18%) -333.7
1922 KCM NNL 75 267 45 62 14 2 1 23 4 28 3 .232 .285 (-19%) .345 (-10%) .397 (-22%) .743 (-16%) -698.5
1923 KCM NNL 91 346 60 89 18 4 0 39 13 38 0 .257 .282 (-9%) .344 (-4%) .390 (-15%) .734 (-10%) -497.4
1924 KCM NNL 68 235 51 62 11 2 0 34 7 27 4 .264 .283 (-7%) .345 (+1%) .389 (-16%) .734 (-8%) -229.6
1925 KCM NNL 51 146 22 34 3 0 1 13 2 22 0 .233 .288 (-19%) .349 (-5%) .407 (-33%) .756 (-20%) -416.2
1926 KCM NNL 57 166 32 47 9 1 4 22 3 25 2 .283 .279 (+1%) .345 (+11%) .390 (+8%) .735 (+9%) 347.9
1927 KCM NNL 20 56 10 22 2 3 0 9 1 5 0 .393 .282 (+39%) .344 (+28%) .392 (+36%) .736 (+33%) 302.0
1928 KCM NNL 49 150 18 41 8 1 3 23 3 19 0 .273 .280 (-3%) .342 (+6%) .395 (+1%) .737 (+3%) 131.7
1929 KCM NNL 45 140 27 48 6 4 1 37 7 19 0 .343 .289 (+18%) .353 (+22%) .415 (+12%) .769 (+17%) 492.3
1930 KCM NNL 53 162 33 58 9 4 1 27 2 21 3 .358 .293 (+22%) .354 (+23%) .429 (+12%) .784 (+17%) 580.6
1931 HAR IND 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .150 — — — — 0.0
1931 KCM IND 17 49 10 14 2 0 0 2 5 8 3 .286 — — — — 0.0
1932 HG EWL 6 19 2 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 .211 — — — — 0.0
1932 PC IND 23 63 6 15 1 2 0 6 1 8 0 .238 .275 (-13%) .335 (-3%) .391 (-19%) .726 (-12%) 0.0
1932 KCM IND 8 21 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .190 — — — — 0.0
1933 KCM IND 4 13 4 4 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 .308 — — — — 0.0
1934 KCM IND 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1935 NYC NN2 35 109 10 22 5 0 0 16 0 12 2 .202 .279 (-28%) .342 (-16%) .399 (-38%) .742 (-28%) -479.0
1936 NYC NN2 40 130 16 30 2 1 1 12 0 12 1 .231 .283 (-19%) .349 (-15%) .404 (-30%) .753 (-23%) -486.2
1937 KCM NAL 47 142 22 33 7 1 0 22 2 17 3 .232 .276 (-16%) .342 (-3%) .398 (-26%) .740 (-15%) -308.4
1937 CAG NAL 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 — — — — -308.4
1938 KCM NAL 20 61 10 12 2 0 0 3 1 7 0 .197 .272 (-28%) .341 (-15%) .392 (-42%) .734 (-29%) -273.8
1938 CAG NAL 14 45 9 15 2 1 2 11 2 9 0 .333 — — — — -273.8
1940 CAG NAL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1941 KCM NAL 15 41 3 10 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 .244 — — — — 0.0
1942 KCM NAL 12 25 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 .120 — — — — 0.0
1943 KCM NAL 19 43 5 6 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 .140 — — — — -202.1
1944 KCM NAL 20 37 2 8 4 0 0 5 1 9 0 .216 — — — — 0.0
1945 KCM NAL 15 34 2 6 2 0 0 3 1 8 0 .176 — — — — 0.0
Career · 31 seasons 915 2,838 432 724 119 30 14 352 65 331 26 .255 — — — — -3,246

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
40 121 10 19 4 0 1 11 19 12 .157

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1937 ALC KCM 4 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .182
1935 NLC NYC 6 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .176
1926 NNC KCM 8 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 7 2 .167
1925 NNC KCM 6 18 3 3 0 0 1 4 3 0 .167
1925 NWS KCM 6 21 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 7 .143
1924 NWS KCM 10 36 2 5 1 0 0 2 4 3 .139

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home15638660103539.267
Away831801632015.178

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1945-09-03 KCMMEMW 210000010
1945-09-03 KCMMEMW 000000000
1945-08-28 KCMCAGL 101000000
1945-08-26 KCMCAGL 300000000
1945-07-04 KCMCVBL 200000010
1945-07-01 KCMCVBL 000000000
1945-07-01 KCMCVBL 301000010
1945-06-13 KCMCIAL 000000000
1945-06-10 KCMCIAW 400000000
1945-06-04 KCMBIRL 000000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 55 37 441 15 4 25
C 806 719 4148 788 111 49
OF 44 30 44 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1920 COG C 16 16 82 23 6 2
1921 COG C 16 16 85 36 6 1
1921 KCM 1B 3 3 40 3 0 0
1921 KCM C 54 52 265 71 9 2
1921 KCM OF 5 4 1 0 0 0
1922 KCM 1B 3 2 15 0 2 0
1922 KCM C 69 69 380 107 8 5
1922 KCM OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1923 KCM 1B 10 7 82 1 2 2
1923 KCM C 83 82 426 132 25 5
1924 KCM C 67 66 301 79 5 12
1924 KCM OF 2 1 2 0 0 0
1925 KCM 1B 4 0 5 1 0 0
1925 KCM C 45 1 0 0 0 0
1926 KCM 1B 3 2 21 2 0 2
1926 KCM C 54 51 246 41 9 7
1927 KCM C 19 15 101 10 1 0
1927 KCM OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1928 KCM C 47 47 236 41 9 4
1929 KCM 1B 5 4 50 0 0 6
1929 KCM C 42 38 216 20 4 2
1930 KCM 1B 15 11 137 7 0 9
1930 KCM C 21 20 129 20 3 1
1930 KCM OF 19 15 25 0 0 0
1931 HAR C 5 5 19 1 1 0
1931 KCM 1B 1 1 14 0 0 2
1931 KCM C 12 12 74 10 0 0
1931 KCM OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1932 HG C 4 4 19 2 0 0
1932 HG OF 3 1 1 0 0 0
1932 PC C 15 14 81 10 0 0
1932 PC OF 5 5 7 0 0 0
1932 KCM C 8 6 40 5 1 0
1932 KCM OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1933 KCM C 2 2 8 1 0 0
1933 KCM OF 2 2 2 0 0 0
1934 KCM C 2 2 9 2 0 1
1934 KCM OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1935 NYC C 35 32 234 29 5 0
1936 NYC C 40 38 267 32 4 2
1937 KCM 1B 6 3 38 1 0 2
1937 KCM C 43 40 280 37 1 1
1937 CAG C 4 2 17 2 0 0
1938 KCM C 20 20 122 15 2 0
1938 CAG C 14 13 95 15 2 0
1940 CAG C 1 1 8 1 0 0
1941 KCM C 13 10 65 8 1 0
1941 KCM OF 2 1 2 0 0 0
1942 KCM C 10 8 51 6 1 0
1942 KCM OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1943 KCM 1B 1 1 10 0 0 0
1943 KCM C 18 18 102 11 4 2
1944 KCM 1B 3 2 20 0 0 1
1944 KCM C 14 11 106 14 3 1
1945 KCM 1B 1 1 9 0 0 1
1945 KCM C 13 8 84 7 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Catcher 806
First Base 55
Left Field 8
Center Field 8
Right Field 28

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  2. 97
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  3. 88
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  4. 88
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    .270 avg, 21 HR
  5. 85
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  6. 84
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Frequently Asked Questions about Frank Duncan

Was Frank Duncan a pitcher?
No. Frank Duncan was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Frank Duncan hit?
Frank Duncan hit 14 career home runs with 724 hits.