What years did Frank Menechino play?

Frank Menechino played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2005.

Was Frank Menechino a pitcher?

No. Frank Menechino was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Frank Menechino hit?

Frank Menechino hit 36 career home runs with 302 hits.

What teams did Frank Menechino play for?

Frank Menechino played for 2 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1999–2004) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2005).

What were Frank Menechino's career stats?

In 450 games, Frank Menechino had 302 hits, 36 home runs, 149 RBI, 207 runs, and 3 stolen bases, with a .240 batting average.

What was Frank Menechino's salary?

Frank Menechino's last recorded salary was $650,000, in 2005. His highest recorded salary was $650,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $201,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2005.

What position did Frank Menechino play?

Frank Menechino played primarily as a second baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Frank Menechino and how much did he weigh?

Frank Menechino was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 175 pounds.

How many home runs did Frank Menechino hit each season?

Frank Menechino's home runs by season: 0 in 1999, 6 in 2000, 12 in 2001, 3 in 2002, 2 in 2003, 9 in 2004, and 4 in 2005. His most in one season was 12, in 2001.

What was Frank Menechino's career batting average?

Frank Menechino batted .240 over his career, with 302 hits in 1,257 at bats.

How many RBI did Frank Menechino have?

Frank Menechino drove in 149 runs in his career.

What was Frank Menechino's career ERA?

Frank Menechino finished with a 27.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Is Frank Menechino in the Hall of Fame?

No. Frank Menechino has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Frank Menechino

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2005)

Frank Menechino was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2005 for the Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 7 seasons. In 450 career games, he hit .240 with 302 hits, 36 home runs, and 149 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 620.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

AVG .240

HR 36

RBI 149

H 302

OPS .741

PIV 620

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 175 lb
Born: 1/7/1971 in Staten Island, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1999-09-06
Last Game: 2005-10-02

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Career Batting Statistics

Frank Menechino — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
450	1,257	207	302	58	7	36	149	3	200	279	.240	.358	.383	.741	620

Career AVG .240 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 9.7% below league average.

Career OBP .358 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — +6.4% above league average.

Career SLG .383 vs. league average .426 across their career seasons — 10.0% below league average.

Career OPS .741 vs. league average .762 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Frank Menechino — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	OAK	AL	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	OAK	AL	66	145	31	37	9	1	6	26	1	20	45	.255	.270 (-6%)	.344 (avg)	.437 (+4%)	.782 (+2%)	56.2
2001	OAK	AL	139	471	82	114	22	2	12	60	2	79	97	.242	.263 (-8%)	.332 (+11%)	.426 (-12%)	.758 (-2%)	140.3
2002	OAK	AL	38	132	22	27	7	0	3	15	0	20	32	.205	.261 (-22%)	.331 (-6%)	.416 (-22%)	.747 (-15%)	-293.3
2003	OAK	AL	43	83	10	16	0	0	2	9	0	19	16	.193	.264 (-27%)	.332 (+10%)	.422 (-37%)	.754 (-17%)	-136.5
2004	OAK	AL	13	33	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TOR	AL	72	236	40	71	13	4	9	25	0	36	44	.301	.266 (+13%)	.335 (+19%)	.427 (+18%)	.762 (+19%)	0.0
2005	TOR	AL	70	148	22	32	7	0	4	13	0	25	33	.216	.264 (-18%)	.330 (+7%)	.418 (-18%)	.749 (-7%)	-70.8
Career · 8 seasons			450	1,257	207	302	58	7	36	149	3	200	279	.240	—	—	—	—	-304

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 Pitching Statistics

Frank Menechino — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	8	4	1	0	0	27.00	0.0

Career ERA 27.00 vs. league average 4.62 across their career seasons — 484.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Frank Menechino — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2000	OAK	AL	1	1.0	6	4	36.00	—	0.0
2004	TOR	AL	1	0.1	2	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	1.1	8	4	27.00	—	0

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

Frank Menechino — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083

Playoff Batting by Year

Frank Menechino — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG
2003	ALDS2	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	ALDS2	OAK	4	12	2	1	1	4	.083
2000	ALDS1	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Frank Menechino — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	226	609	108	159	20	82	.261
Away	224	648	99	143	16	67	.221

Pitching — Home / Away

Frank Menechino — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0.00
Away	1	1.0	6	4	0	0	36.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Frank Menechino — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2005-10-02	TOR	KCR	W	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
2005-10-01	TOR	KCR	L	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2005-09-27	TOR	BOS	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
2005-09-21	TOR	SEA	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005-09-19	TOR	SEA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005-09-18	TOR	NYY	W	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
2005-09-16	TOR	NYY	L	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2005-09-14	TOR	BOS	L	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
2005-09-10	TOR	TBR	W	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
2005-09-04	TOR	TBR	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Frank Menechino — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-08-28	TOR	NYY	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
2000-07-18	OAK	COL	—	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Frank Menechino — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	309	261	510	840	25	174
3B	45	23	17	54	3	8
P	2	0	0	0	0	0
SS	33	19	37	40	3	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Frank Menechino — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	OAK	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0
1999	OAK	SS	5	2	3	6	0	2
2000	OAK	2B	51	32	83	131	6	30
2000	OAK	3B	4	2	3	4	0	1
2000	OAK	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	OAK	SS	5	2	4	4	0	0
2001	OAK	2B	136	127	253	406	15	90
2001	OAK	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	OAK	SS	3	1	0	1	1	0
2002	OAK	2B	32	31	37	90	1	10
2002	OAK	3B	4	1	1	5	1	1
2002	OAK	SS	2	0	2	1	0	1
2003	OAK	2B	22	15	30	42	1	11
2003	OAK	3B	19	9	6	21	2	2
2003	OAK	SS	3	0	1	1	1	1
2004	OAK	2B	12	9	16	29	1	2
2004	TOR	2B	30	26	54	72	0	13
2004	TOR	3B	7	7	4	14	0	2
2004	TOR	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	TOR	SS	14	14	26	26	1	9
2005	TOR	2B	26	21	37	70	1	18
2005	TOR	3B	9	4	2	9	0	2
2005	TOR	SS	1	0	1	1	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Frank Menechino — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
Second Base	309
Third Base	45
Shortstop	33
Designated Hitter	54

Salary History

Frank Menechino's recorded salaries total $2,105,500 over 6 seasons, 2000 to 2005. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Menechino's career ran from 1999 to 2005. No salary is recorded for 1999.

Frank Menechino — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2005	TOR	AL	$650,000
2004	OAK	AL	$400,000
2003	OAK	AL	$334,500
2002	OAK	AL	$295,000
2001	OAK	AL	$225,000
2000	OAK	AL	$201,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$2,105,500

College History

Frank Menechino — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL	1992, 1993
Gulf Coast Community College	Panama City	FL	1990, 1991

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Frank Menechino: the record in brief

The profile opens with Frank Menechino's first major league game on September 6, 1999; the last one listed came on October 2, 2005. Menechino played for the Oakland Athletics (1999 to 2004) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2004 to 2005). Menechino, born on January 7, 1971, in Staten Island, NY, USA, is listed as a second baseman and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds.

The batting record for Menechino: 450 games, 302 hits in 1,257 at bats, and a .240 average; the totals also include 36 homers and 149 runs batted in. On-base and slugging figures of .358 and .383 give Menechino a career OPS of .741. The league as a whole hit .266 across Menechino's seasons, which puts the .240 career mark 9.7% below average. 2001 was Menechino's biggest home run year, with 12. 2001 produced Menechino's most hits, 114 of them for the Oakland Athletics. Even the best average among the busiest seasons, .242 in 2001, did not top the league's .263.

Frequently Asked Questions about Frank Menechino

What years did Frank Menechino play?: Frank Menechino played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2005.
Was Frank Menechino a pitcher?: No. Frank Menechino was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Frank Menechino hit?: Frank Menechino hit 36 career home runs with 302 hits.
What teams did Frank Menechino play for?: Frank Menechino played for 2 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1999–2004) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2005).
What were Frank Menechino's career stats?: In 450 games, Frank Menechino had 302 hits, 36 home runs, 149 RBI, 207 runs, and 3 stolen bases, with a .240 batting average.
How much did Frank Menechino earn in his career?: Frank Menechino's recorded salaries total $2,105,500 over 6 seasons, 2000 to 2005. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Menechino's career ran from 1999 to 2005. No salary is recorded for 1999.
What was Frank Menechino's salary?: Frank Menechino's last recorded salary was $650,000, in 2005. His highest recorded salary was $650,000, in 2005, and his lowest was $201,000, in 2000. The Salary History table lists each season from 2000 to 2005.
What position did Frank Menechino play?: Frank Menechino played primarily as a second baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Frank Menechino and how much did he weigh?: Frank Menechino was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 175 pounds.
How many home runs did Frank Menechino hit each season?: Frank Menechino's home runs by season: 0 in 1999, 6 in 2000, 12 in 2001, 3 in 2002, 2 in 2003, 9 in 2004, and 4 in 2005. His most in one season was 12, in 2001.
What was Frank Menechino's career batting average?: Frank Menechino batted .240 over his career, with 302 hits in 1,257 at bats.
How many RBI did Frank Menechino have?: Frank Menechino drove in 149 runs in his career.
What was Frank Menechino's career ERA?: Frank Menechino finished with a 27.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.
Is Frank Menechino in the Hall of Fame?: No. Frank Menechino has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.