Frankie Gustine
Full Name: Frank William Gustine
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: Feb 20, 1920 in Hoopeston, Illinois
College: ?
Major League Debut: September 13, 1939
Died: Apr 1, 1991 in Davenport, Iowa


CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
 BATTING
YEAR TEAM LG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
 Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
ChC
StL
 NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
 .186
.281
.270
.229
.290
.230
.280
.259
.297
.267
.226
.158
 22
133
121
115
112
127
128
131
156
131
76
9
 70
524
463
388
414
405
478
495
616
449
261
19
 5
59
46
34
40
42
67
60
102
68
29
1
 13
147
125
89
120
93
134
128
183
120
59
3
 3
32
24
11
21
18
27
23
30
19
13
1
 0
7
7
4
3
3
5
6
6
2
4
0
 0
1
1
2
0
2
2
8
9
9
4
0
 3
55
46
35
43
42
66
52
67
42
27
2
 9
35
28
29
32
33
37
40
63
42
18
3
 4
39
38
27
36
41
33
52
65
62
22
8
 .278
.328
.313
.286
.341
.288
.335
.318
.364
.333
.279
.273
 .229
.374
.359
.294
.355
.304
.370
.378
.409
.379
.352
.211
Totals AVG
.265		 G
1261		 AB
4582		 R
553		 H
1214		 2B
222		 3B
47		 HR
38		 RBI
480		 BB
369		 K
427		 OBP
.322		 SLG
.359

 BATTINGBASERUNNINGMISC
YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
 Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
ChC
StL
 NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
 0
2
1
2
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
0
 3
13
9
14
8
14
14
13
15
12
9
1
 16
196
166
114
147
123
177
187
252
170
92
4
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 5
4
5
3
8
8
6
10
10
6
5
1
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 0
7
5
5
12
8
8
2
5
5
3
0
 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
1
 -.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
.000
 --.-
524.0
463.0
194.0
--.-
202.5
239.0
61.9
68.4
49.9
65.3
--.-
 17.5
13.4
12.2
14.4
11.5
9.9
14.5
9.5
9.5
7.2
11.9
2.4
Totals HBP
15		 GDP
125		 TB
1644		 IBB
--		 SH
71		 SF
--		 SB
60		 CS
1		 SB%
.984		 AB/HR
120.6		 AB/K
10.7


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM LG POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT
1939
1940
1941
1941
1942
1942
1942
1942
1943
1943
1943
1944
1944
1944
1945
1945
1945
1946
1946
1946
1947
1948
1949
1949
1950
 Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
Pit
ChC
ChC
StL
 NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
 3B
2B
3B
2B
C
SS
3B
2B
1B
2B
SS
3B
2B
SS
C
2B
SS
3B
SS
2B
3B
3B
2B
3B
3B
 22
130
15
104
1
2
2
108
1
40
68
1
11
116
1
29
104
7
13
113
156
118
16
55
6
 77
733
68
614
2
4
5
565
6
196
389
0
46
547
2
150
503
29
62
639
559
396
103
174
21
 17
288
24
269
2
2
2
227
3
75
135
0
23
183
2
69
177
9
20
290
198
119
52
52
10
 52
402
36
317
0
2
2
312
0
115
230
0
21
330
0
75
291
19
40
328
330
256
47
110
8
 8
43
8
28
0
0
1
26
3
6
24
0
2
34
0
6
35
1
2
21
31
21
4
12
3
 3
92
2
45
0
0
1
53
1
23
41
0
3
52
0
11
52
1
8
61
35
21
15
13
3
 0.896
0.941
0.882
0.954
1.000
1.000
0.800
0.954
0.500
0.969
0.938
-.---
0.957
0.938
1.000
0.960
0.930
0.966
0.968
0.967
0.945
0.947
0.961
0.931
0.857
Totals G
1239		 Ch
5890		 PO
2248		 A
3323		 E
319		 DP
536		 FPCT
0.946


Gustine was signed by Pie Traynor as a 16-year-old prospect and was 19 when he joined the Pirates as a third baseman in Traynor's last season as manager. With his mentor gone, Gustine was shifted between second base and shortstop and even played a couple of games at catcher. His progress was also hindered by a chronic double hernia and assorted injuries. Finally, in 1947, he returned to Traynor's old position and led NL third basemen in putouts, assists, errors, and double plays while he had his best season offensively (.297, nine HR, 67 RBI, 102 runs). He was an All-Star at second base in 1946 and at third base in 1947-48.