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Frankie Frisch

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Full name Frank Francis Frisch
Born September 9, 1897, Bronx, New York
Died March 12, 1973, Wilmington, Delaware
Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York (Section 90/91- Birch Hill Plot- Lot 12092)
First Game: June 17, 1919; Final Game: August 5, 1937
Managed First Game: July 25, 1933; Managed Final Game: July 21, 1951
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 165
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1947
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1931)
Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1930 to 1931)
Ejections as player: 1922 (1), 1929 (1), 1930 (1), 1931 (4), 1932 (1), 1933 (1), 1934 (1), 1935 (1). Total: 11
Ejections as manager: 1934 (4), 1935 (1), 1936 (5), 1937 (5), 1938 (3), 1940 (10), 1941 (4), 1942 (8), 1943 (6), 1944 (9), 1945 (9), 1946 (8), 1949 (3), 1950 (8), 1951 (6). Total: 89
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1919 NY N Daily Splits 54 190 21 43 3 2 2 22 4 0 14 0 3 0 8 2 15 9 .226 .242 .295 -0.7 1919 NY N 1920 NY N Daily Splits 110 440 57 123 10 10 4 77 20 0 18 0 13 0 18 4 34 11 .280 .311 .375 1.5 1920 NY N 1921 NY N Daily Splits 153 618 121 211 31 17 8 100 42 0 28 1 26 0 17 5 49 13 .341 .384 .485 4.5 1921 NY N 1922 NY N Daily Splits 132 514 101 168 16 13 5 51 47 1 13 3 18 0 9 8 31 17 .327 .387 .438 2.2 1922 NY N 1923 NY N Daily Splits 151 641 116 223 32 10 12 111 46 2 12 4 11 0 19 19 29 12 .348 .395 .485 3.5 1923 NY N 1924 NY N Daily Splits 145 603 121 198 33 15 7 69 56 3 24 2 14 0 10 8 22 9 .328 .387 .468 6.7 1924 NY N 1925 NY N Daily Splits 120 502 89 166 26 6 11 48 32 1 14 3 5 0 11 10 21 12 .331 .374 .472 3.1 1925 NY N 1926 NY N Daily Splits 135 545 75 171 29 4 5 44 33 0 16 0 11 0 11 6 23 17 .314 .353 .409 1.9 1926 NY N 1927 STL N Daily Splits 153 617 112 208 31 11 10 78 43 2 10 7 26 0 19 5 48 15 .337 .387 .472 7.2 1927 STL N 1928 STL N Daily Splits 141 547 107 164 29 9 10 86 64 1 17 1 19 0 13 19 29 7 .300 .374 .441 1.1 1928 STL N 1929 STL N Daily Splits 138 527 93 176 40 12 5 74 53 0 12 2 17 0 9 17 24 12 .334 .397 .484 1.6 1929 STL N 1930 STL N Daily Splits 133 540 121 187 46 9 10 114 55 0 16 0 16 0 10 18 15 10 .346 .407 .520 4.6 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 131 518 96 161 24 4 4 82 45 2 13 2 5 0 13 11 28 12 .311 .368 .396 2.4 1931 STL N 1932 STL N Daily Splits 115 486 59 142 26 2 3 60 25 2 13 0 2 0 9 12 18 9 .292 .327 .372 1.5 1932 STL N 1933 STL N Daily Splits 147 585 74 177 32 6 4 66 48 6 16 3 10 0 11 20 18 8 .303 .358 .398 2.1 1933 STL N 1934 STL N Daily Splits 140 550 74 168 30 6 3 75 45 5 10 1 10 0 9 17 11 4 .305 .359 .398 0.9 1934 STL N 1935 STL N Daily Splits 103 354 52 104 16 2 1 55 33 2 16 1 14 0 10 7 2 2 .294 .356 .359 -0.6 1935 STL N 1936 STL N Daily Splits 93 303 40 83 10 0 1 26 36 1 10 1 8 0 12 9 2 7 .274 .353 .317 -1.5 1936 STL N 1937 STL N Daily Splits 17 32 3 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .219 .242 .281 -0.3 1937 STL N Total (19 Years) Splits 2311 9112 1532 2880 466 138 105 1242 728 28 272 31 229 0 219 199 419 186 .316 .369 .432 41.7 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1921 NY N Daily Splits 8 30 5 9 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .300 .382 .367 1921 NY N 1922 NY N Daily Splits 5 17 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .471 .500 .529 1922 NY N 1923 NY N Daily Splits 6 25 2 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .480 1923 NY N 1924 NY N Daily Splits 7 30 1 10 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .533 1924 NY N 1928 STL N Daily Splits 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .231 .333 .231 1928 STL N 1930 STL N Daily Splits 6 24 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .208 .208 .292 1930 STL N 1931 STL N Daily Splits 7 27 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .259 .286 .333 1931 STL N 1934 STL N Daily Splits 7 31 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .194 .194 .226 1934 STL N Total ( 8 Years) Splits 50 197 16 58 10 3 0 10 12 0 9 1 6 0 0 3 3 9 3 .294 .338 .376 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1933 NL 1934 NL Daily Splits 1 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.667 1934 NL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 7 4 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .625 1.429 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1919 NY N Daily Splits 2B 28 27 27 249 82 92 5 7 0 .972 1919 NY N 3B 20 17 17 156.1 18 38 1 0 0 .982 1919 NY N SS 2 2 2 18 2 4 1 0 0 .857 1920 NY N Daily Splits 3B 109 108 102 976 104 251 12 23 0 .967 1920 NY N SS 3 0 0 11 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1921 NY N Daily Splits 3B 94 93 87 816 79 200 19 16 0 .936 1921 NY N 2B 62 60 58 536 147 218 14 36 0 .963 1922 NY N Daily Splits 2B 88 85 76 728.2 176 288 12 40 0 .975 1922 NY N 3B 51 45 42 418.2 52 117 10 12 0 .944 1922 NY N SS 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1923 NY N Daily Splits 2B 137 137 127 1192.2 307 451 21 80 0 .973 1923 NY N 3B 17 14 14 156.2 20 42 1 3 0 .984 1924 NY N Daily Splits 2B 142 142 123 1227.2 391 537 27 101 1 .972 1924 NY N SS 11 3 3 47 10 14 0 1 0 1.000 1924 NY N 3B 2 0 0 3 7 6 0 3 0 1.000 1925 NY N Daily Splits 3B 44 43 35 374 37 97 10 4 0 .931 1925 NY N 2B 43 41 40 374.1 105 162 12 20 0 .957 1925 NY N SS 39 36 34 314 73 134 15 21 0 .932 1926 NY N Daily Splits 2B 127 126 117 1102.2 261 471 19 69 0 .975 1926 NY N 3B 7 7 7 63.2 9 15 2 2 0 .923 1927 STL N Daily Splits 2B 153 153 151 1361.2 396 641 22 104 1 .979 1927 STL N SS 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1928 STL N Daily Splits 2B 139 139 133 1257.2 383 474 21 80 0 .976 1929 STL N Daily Splits 2B 119 118 112 1029.2 295 374 21 66 0 .970 1929 STL N 3B 13 13 13 114.1 9 33 1 1 0 .977 1929 STL N SS 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1930 STL N Daily Splits 2B 123 123 120 1087.2 307 473 25 93 0 .969 1930 STL N 3B 10 10 10 86.2 8 20 2 3 0 .933 1931 STL N Daily Splits 2B 129 128 116 1114.2 290 424 19 93 0 .974 1932 STL N Daily Splits 2B 75 74 68 660 214 250 14 53 0 .971 1932 STL N 3B 37 36 35 323 38 59 0 5 0 1.000 1932 STL N SS 4 3 3 30 5 10 2 2 0 .882 1933 STL N Daily Splits 2B 130 129 121 1142.2 371 378 14 71 2 .982 1933 STL N SS 17 14 12 125.2 24 35 4 5 0 .937 1934 STL N Daily Splits 2B 115 113 101 991.2 294 351 15 74 0 .977 1934 STL N 3B 25 23 17 209.1 31 37 5 6 0 .932 1935 STL N Daily Splits 2B 88 88 69 747.2 193 252 8 48 0 .982 1935 STL N 3B 5 1 1 16.2 6 6 2 0 0 .857 1936 STL N Daily Splits 2B 59 59 47 500.1 124 176 11 27 0 .965 1936 STL N 3B 22 21 15 165.2 35 16 3 5 0 .944 1936 STL N SS 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .667 1937 STL N Daily Splits 2B 5 5 3 41 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 Total (18 Years) Splits 2B 1762 1747 1609 15345.2 4348 6026 280 1062 4 .974 Total (14 Years) 3B 456 431 395 3880 453 937 68 83 0 .953 Total (10 Years) SS 80 58 54 554.2 117 207 23 29 0 .934 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1921 NY N Daily Splits 3B 8 8 8 71 12 24 2 3 0 .947 1922 NY N Daily Splits 2B 5 5 5 46 10 20 1 3 0 .968 1923 NY N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 53 17 18 1 7 0 .972 1924 NY N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 6 65.2 17 26 0 3 0 1.000 1924 NY N 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1928 STL N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 34 8 13 0 2 0 1.000 1930 STL N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 51 13 14 3 3 0 .900 1931 STL N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 62 23 19 0 5 0 1.000 1934 STL N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 65.1 17 26 2 1 0 .956 Total ( 7 Years) Splits 2B 42 42 41 377 105 136 7 24 0 .972 Total ( 2 Years) 3B 9 8 8 72 12 24 2 3 0 .947 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1933 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 5 3 0 1 0 1.000 1934 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2B 2 2 1 14 5 4 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1933 STL N 63 36 26 .581 289 253 7-25 5 5 1934 STL N 154 95 58 .621 799 656 1 1935 STL N 154 96 58 .623 829 625 2 1936 STL N 155 87 67 .565 795 794 2 1937 STL N 157 81 73 .526 789 733 4 1938 STL N 139 63 72 .467 646 631 9-11 6 6 1940 PIT N 156 78 76 .506 809 783 4 1941 PIT N 156 81 73 .526 690 643 4 1942 PIT N 151 66 81 .449 585 631 5 1943 PIT N 157 80 74 .519 669 605 4 1944 PIT N 158 90 63 .588 744 662 2 1945 PIT N 155 82 72 .532 753 686 4 1946 PIT N 152 62 89 .411 540 661 9-27 7 7 1949 CHI N 104 42 62 .404 397 518 6-14 7 8 1950 CHI N 154 64 89 .418 643 772 7 1951 CHI N 81 35 45 .438 357 405 7-21 7 8 Total (16 Years) 2246 1138 1078 .514 10334 10058 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

          World Series Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1934 STL N 7 4 3 .571 34 23

         All-Star Game Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1935 NL 1 0 1 .000 1 4

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1949 NY N 4-19 6-10 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-10-1922 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at 2B 6-22-1929 BOX STL N Cy Rigler Call at 1B 8-27-1930 BOX STL N Bill Klem Bench jockeying 7- 3-1931(2) BOX STL N Cy Pfirman Call at 1B 7-30-1931 BOX STL N Bill Klem Balls and strikes 8-25-1931 BOX STL N Bill Klem Call at 2B 9-11-1931 BOX STL N Cy Rigler Call at 2B 6-27-1932 BOX STL N Ernie Quigley Call at 1B 9-13-1933 BOX STL N George Magerkurth Time out non-call 9-20-1934(2) BOX STL N Cy Pfirman Call at 2B 9- 2-1935(1) BOX STL N Bill Klem Balls and strikes

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 6-1934 BOX STL N Cy Rigler Call at HP 6-27-1934 BOX STL N Bill Stewart Call at HP (Reversed) 7- 2-1934 BOX STL N Bill Klem Infield fly call (Protest) 7-12-1934(1) BOX STL N Dolly Stark Call at 2B 6-12-1935(1) BOX STL N Ziggy Sears Call at 1B 5-23-1936 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes 6-17-1936(1) BOX STL N Larry Goetz Call at 2B 6-21-1936 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Call at 1B 9-16-1936(1) BOX STL N Bill Klem Called third strike 9-21-1936 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Called third strike 5-20-1937 BOX STL N George Barr Bench jockeying (from previous day) 7- 1-1937 BOX STL N Dolly Stark Balls and strikes 8-17-1937 BOX STL N Bill Klem Call at 1B 9-19-1937 BOX STL N Ziggy Sears Balls and strikes (Reversed) 9-20-1937 BOX STL N Dolly Stark Balls and strikes 5-25-1938 BOX STL N George Barr Called third strike 6-19-1938(1) BOX STL N Larry Goetz Call at 1B 8- 2-1938(2) BOX STL N Bill Stewart Call at HP 5-20-1940 BOX PIT N Bick Campbell Call at 1B (Faked fainting) 6- 7-1940 BOX PIT N Bick Campbell Call at 1B (Bumped umpire) Date Team Umpire Reason 6-23-1940(2) BOX PIT N Ziggy Sears Trap/catch 7- 6-1940(2) BOX PIT N Ziggy Sears Call at HP 7-29-1940 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Call at 2B 8-14-1940 BOX PIT N Bick Campbell Balls and strikes 9- 1-1940(2) BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Call at 1B (Reversed) 9- 8-1940(1) BOX PIT N George Barr HBP non-call 9-12-1940(2) BOX PIT N Lee Ballanfant Balls and strikes 9-25-1940(2) BOX PIT N Beans Reardon Arguing interference call 5- 7-1941 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Call at HP 6-25-1941 BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes 7-20-1941(2) BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Balls and strikes 8-19-1941(2) BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Bringing umbrella to protest weather 4-30-1942 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Call at 1B 5- 1-1942 BOX PIT N Larry Goetz Call at HP 5-13-1942 BOX PIT N Beans Reardon Call at HP 6-19-1942 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Balls and strikes 7-20-1942 BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Call at 2B 7-21-1942 BOX PIT N Lee Ballanfant Call at HP 9-10-1942 BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Call at 2B 9-13-1942(1) BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Call at 2B Date Team Umpire Reason 5-13-1943 BOX PIT N Lee Ballanfant Call at 1B 6-30-1943 BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Call at 1B 7- 8-1943 BOX PIT N Beans Reardon Balls and strikes 7-31-1943 BOX PIT N George Barr Call at 3B 8- 2-1943 BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Interference non-call 8-12-1943 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Balls and strikes 5- 7-1944(2) BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Arguing interference warning 5-25-1944 BOX PIT N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes 5-29-1944 BOX PIT N George Barr Balls and strikes 6-11-1944(1) BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes 6-14-1944 BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Condition of field 6-28-1944 BOX PIT N George Barr Non-ejection of opposing player 6-30-1944(1) BOX PIT N George Barr Swinging third strike 7-20-1944(2) BOX PIT N Lee Ballanfant Balls and strikes 8-30-1944(2) BOX PIT N Dusty Boggess Balls and strikes (Threw towel) 4-29-1945(2) BOX PIT N Ziggy Sears Interference non-call 5-27-1945(2) BOX PIT N Dusty Boggess Call at 2B 6- 3-1945(1) BOX PIT N George Barr Call at HP 8- 2-1945 BOX PIT N Tom Dunn Balls and strikes 8-15-1945(1) BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Balls and strikes Date Team Umpire Reason 8-16-1945 BOX PIT N Larry Goetz Called third strike 8-19-1945(2) BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Unknown reason 8-31-1945 BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Balls and strikes 9- 5-1945 BOX PIT N George Barr Bench jockeying 5-23-1946 BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes (mimicking umpire appearance) 6-17-1946 BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Balls and strikes 6-19-1946 BOX PIT N Al Barlick Balls and strikes 7-25-1946(2) BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Called third strike 7-27-1946(1) BOX PIT N Dusty Boggess Balls and strikes 7-27-1946(2) BOX PIT N George Barr Call at HP 8-21-1946 BOX PIT N Al Barlick Check swing 9-12-1946(2) BOX PIT N George Barr Call at 1B 6-19-1949 BOX CHI N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes 9- 4-1949 BOX CHI N Frank Dascoli Balls and strikes 9-20-1949 BOX CHI N Artie Gore Call at HP 5- 5-1950 BOX CHI N Dusty Boggess Call at 3B 5-18-1950 BOX CHI N Lon Warneke Fair/foul call 6- 6-1950 BOX CHI N Lee Ballanfant Call at 1B 6-10-1950 BOX CHI N Bill Stewart Fair/foul call 7- 6-1950 BOX CHI N Larry Goetz Call at 3B Date Team Umpire Reason 7-25-1950(2) BOX CHI N Augie Donatelli Balls and strikes 7-29-1950(1) BOX CHI N Lou Jorda Call at 2B 9-18-1950 BOX CHI N Lon Warneke Balls and strikes 4-20-1951 BOX CHI N Frank Dascoli Balls and strikes 6- 3-1951(2) BOX CHI N Lon Warneke Balls and strikes 7-12-1951 BOX CHI N Al Barlick Call at HP 7-13-1951 BOX CHI N Augie Donatelli Balls and strikes 7-14-1951(1) BOX CHI N Lee Ballanfant Delay in pitching change (Threw book) 7-20-1951 BOX CHI N Al Barlick Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by New York Giants (June 14, 1919).

Traded by New York Giants with Jimmy Ring to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Rogers Hornsby (December 20, 1926).

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