What years did Chick Fraser play?

Chick Fraser played in Major League Baseball from 1896 to 1909.

Was Chick Fraser a pitcher?

Yes. Chick Fraser pitched in the major leagues, recording 175 wins and 1098 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chick Fraser hit?

Chick Fraser hit 3 career home runs with 235 hits.

What was Chick Fraser's career batting average?

Chick Fraser batted .178 over his career, with 235 hits in 1,319 at bats.

How many RBI did Chick Fraser have?

Chick Fraser drove in 96 runs in his career.

What was Chick Fraser's career ERA?

Chick Fraser finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 175-212 with 1,098 strikeouts.

Chick Fraser

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1896-1909)

Chick Fraser was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1896 to 1909 for 7 teams, including the Louisville Colonels, a span of 14 seasons. Across 434 career appearances, he went 175-212 with a 3.67 ERA and 1,098 strikeouts. He also batted .178 with 3 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 175–212

ERA 3.67

WHIP 1.43

SO 1,098

Pitcher PIV -33364.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 188 lb
Born: 8/26/1873 in Chicago, IL, USA
Died: 5/8/1940 in Wendell, ID, USA
MLB Debut: 1896-04-19
Last Game: 1909-05-03

Full name: Charles Carrolton Fraser

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chick Fraser — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
175	212	434	388	342	22	6	3364.0	3,462	1,373	69	1,338	1,098	3.67	-33364.1

Career ERA 3.67 vs. league average 3.10 across their career seasons — 18.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chick Fraser Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1896	LS3	NL	12	27	43	38	36	0	1	349.1	396	189	166	91	4.87	4.36 (-12%)	-3692.4
1897	LS3	NL	15	19	36	34	32	0	0	294.1	334	132	139	70	4.04	4.30 (+6%)	-4885.4
1898	LS3	NL	7	17	26	26	20	1	0	203.0	230	120	100	58	5.32	3.59 (-48%)	-3392.7
1898	CL4	NL	2	3	6	6	6	0	0	42.0	49	26	12	19	5.57	3.59 (-55%)	-174.4
1899	PHI	NL	21	12	35	33	29	4	0	270.2	278	101	85	68	3.36	3.85 (+13%)	1290.8
1900	PHI	NL	15	9	29	26	22	1	0	223.1	250	78	93	58	3.14	3.68 (+15%)	-2349.2
1901	PHA	AL	22	16	40	37	35	2	0	331.0	344	140	132	110	3.81	3.49 (-9%)	-4111.0
1902	PHI	NL	12	13	27	26	24	3	0	224.0	238	85	74	97	3.42	3.17 (-8%)	363.0
1903	PHI	NL	12	17	31	29	26	1	1	250.0	260	125	97	104	4.50	3.10 (-45%)	-3663.1
1904	PHI	NL	14	24	42	36	32	2	1	302.0	287	109	100	127	3.25	2.66 (-22%)	-1781.6
1905	BSN	NL	14	21	39	37	35	2	0	334.1	320	122	149	130	3.28	2.82 (-16%)	-5939.3
1906	CIN	NL	10	20	31	28	25	2	0	236.0	221	70	80	58	2.67	2.68 (avg)	-2256.1
1907	CHN	NL	8	5	22	15	9	2	1	138.1	112	35	46	41	2.28	2.50 (+9%)	-843.1
1908	CHN	NL	11	9	26	17	11	2	2	162.2	141	41	61	66	2.27	2.40 (+5%)	-1929.7
1909	CHN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	4	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			175	212	434	388	342	22	6	3,364.0	3,462	1,373	1,338	1,098	3.67	—	-33,364

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Chick Fraser — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
459	1,319	134	235	34	13	3	96	19	81	295	.178	.230	.230	.460	-5,958

Career AVG .178 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 31.6% below league average.

Career OBP .230 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 28.1% below league average.

Career SLG .230 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — 31.8% below league average.

Career OPS .460 vs. league average .657 across their career seasons — 30.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Chick Fraser Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1896	LS3	NL	45	146	12	22	3	2	0	6	1	7	34	.151	.290 (-48%)	.354 (-45%)	.387 (-49%)	.741 (-47%)	-1149.3
1897	LS3	NL	37	115	10	18	1	0	2	11	2	10	19	.157	.291 (-46%)	.354 (-35%)	.387 (-44%)	.741 (-40%)	-747.3
1898	LS3	NL	26	78	8	13	0	2	0	3	2	6	14	.167	.270 (-38%)	.333 (-32%)	.347 (-37%)	.680 (-35%)	-424.7
1898	CL4	NL	6	16	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	.250	—	—	—	—	-424.7
1899	PHI	NL	40	117	19	21	4	1	0	11	2	6	22	.179	.282 (-36%)	.343 (-34%)	.366 (-37%)	.710 (-36%)	-675.6
1900	PHI	NL	29	85	8	22	4	1	0	10	2	5	21	.259	.279 (-7%)	.338 (-9%)	.366 (-10%)	.705 (-10%)	-135.7
1901	PHA	AL	43	139	17	26	2	3	0	8	4	6	30	.187	.271 (-31%)	.326 (-31%)	.359 (-32%)	.686 (-31%)	-685.5
1902	PHI	NL	29	86	15	15	3	1	0	5	0	9	18	.174	.266 (-35%)	.321 (-21%)	.343 (-32%)	.665 (-27%)	-341.5
1903	PHI	NL	32	93	12	19	3	1	1	8	4	14	23	.204	.261 (-22%)	.316 (-3%)	.345 (-16%)	.662 (-10%)	-99.4
1904	PHI	NL	44	110	5	17	3	1	0	13	0	7	33	.155	.246 (-37%)	.300 (-30%)	.321 (-38%)	.622 (-34%)	-516.2
1905	BSN	NL	48	156	15	35	8	0	0	10	0	5	31	.224	.248 (-10%)	.307 (-19%)	.322 (-15%)	.629 (-17%)	-400.5
1906	CIN	NL	31	82	4	14	1	1	0	6	0	2	22	.171	.247 (-31%)	.307 (-38%)	.315 (-34%)	.622 (-36%)	-430.4
1907	CHN	NL	22	45	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	10	.067	—	—	—	—	0.0
1908	CHN	NL	26	50	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	13	.120	.240 (-50%)	.298 (-48%)	.306 (-54%)	.605 (-51%)	-351.6
1909	CHN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			459	1,319	134	235	34	13	3	96	19	81	295	.178	—	—	—	—	-6,382

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.

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Chick Fraser — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	182	482	48	92	1	42	.191
Away	195	571	62	103	0	33	.180

Pitching — Home / Away

Chick Fraser — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	174	1345.1	1312	232	502	487	1.55
Away	181	1371.1	1435	326	549	464	2.14

Last 10 Games — Batting

Chick Fraser — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	BB	SO
1909-05-03	CHC	PIT	L	1	0	0
1908-10-03	CHC	CIN	W	1	0	1
1908-09-07	CHC	CIN	L	0	1	0
1908-09-06	CHC	PIT	L	0	0	0
1908-09-02	CHC	STL	W	3	0	1
1908-08-24	CHC	BRO	W	0	0	0
1908-08-18	CHC	PHI	L	1	0	0
1908-08-01	CHC	BSN	L	0	0	0
1908-07-30	CHC	BSN	W	0	0	0
1908-07-06	CHC	BRO	L	2	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chick Fraser — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1909-05-03	CHC	PIT	—	3.0	2	1	1	4	1
1908-10-03	CHC	CIN	SV	4.0	5	2	0	1	6
1908-09-07	CHC	CIN	L	5.0	1	4	0	6	2
1908-09-06	CHC	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
1908-09-02	CHC	STL	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	5
1908-08-24	CHC	BRO	W	2.0	3	0	0	1	1
1908-08-18	CHC	PHI	—	4.0	6	5	0	1	3
1908-08-01	CHC	BSN	—	0.2	4	5	0	1	0
1908-07-30	CHC	BSN	SV	2.0	5	3	0	1	1
1908-07-06	CHC	BRO	L	7.0	7	5	0	3	4

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chick Fraser — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	6	3	39	2	0	0
3B	3	0	2	6	0	0
OF	10	2	16	3	4	0
P	434	133	317	939	94	31

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chick Fraser — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1896	LS3	OF	2	0	4	1	2	0
1896	LS3	P	43	0	39	95	25	5
1897	LS3	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1897	LS3	P	36	0	35	85	12	5
1898	LS3	P	26	0	15	65	3	1
1898	CL4	P	6	0	5	8	0	0
1899	PHI	3B	3	0	2	6	0	0
1899	PHI	OF	2	0	3	1	2	0
1899	PHI	P	35	0	24	71	9	3
1900	PHI	P	29	0	27	63	4	1
1901	PHA	OF	2	0	2	1	0	0
1901	PHA	P	40	0	35	91	7	4
1902	PHI	P	27	0	15	51	4	1
1903	PHI	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1903	PHI	P	31	0	14	70	3	2
1904	PHI	1B	2	0	10	0	0	0
1904	PHI	P	42	36	28	87	10	3
1905	BSN	1B	4	3	29	2	0	0
1905	BSN	OF	2	2	6	0	0	0
1905	BSN	P	39	37	36	80	9	1
1906	CIN	P	31	28	23	70	4	3
1907	CHN	P	22	15	7	42	3	0
1908	CHN	P	26	17	14	61	1	2
1909	CHN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Chick Fraser Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	434
First Base	6
Third Base	3
Left Field	3
Center Field	6
Right Field	1

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Chick Fraser: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 19, 1896 and the final game on May 3, 1909, Chick Fraser built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Louisville Colonels (1896 through 1898), the Cleveland Spiders (1898), the Philadelphia Phillies (1899 to 1904), the Philadelphia Athletics (1901), the Boston Beaneaters (1905), the Cincinnati Reds (1906), and the Chicago Cubs (1907 to 1909). Fraser, born on August 26, 1873, in Chicago, IL, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Fraser's listed size is 188 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame. Fraser's death is recorded on May 8, 1940, in Wendell, ID, USA. The given name on file is Charles Carrolton Fraser.

Fraser went 175-212 with a 3.67 ERA in 434 games, 388 of them starts. Also on Fraser's record: 1,098 strikeouts, 342 complete games, and 22 shutouts. The league ERA over Fraser's seasons was 3.10, so the 3.67 figure ran 18.4% worse than average. No season topped the 22 wins of 1901.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chick Fraser

What years did Chick Fraser play?: Chick Fraser played in Major League Baseball from 1896 to 1909.
Was Chick Fraser a pitcher?: Yes. Chick Fraser pitched in the major leagues, recording 175 wins and 1098 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chick Fraser hit?: Chick Fraser hit 3 career home runs with 235 hits.
What was Chick Fraser's career batting average?: Chick Fraser batted .178 over his career, with 235 hits in 1,319 at bats.
How many RBI did Chick Fraser have?: Chick Fraser drove in 96 runs in his career.
What was Chick Fraser's career ERA?: Chick Fraser finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 175-212 with 1,098 strikeouts.