Frankie Frisch

'If I needed one player to do the job of winning the game I needed to win, that player would be Frank Frisch,' Yankees manager Joe McCarthy said. Frankie Frisch was a collegiate sports superstar, playing for Fordham University's baseball, basketball, football and track teams. His remarkable speed would earn him the nickname 'Fordham Flash.' Frisch would not finish his undergraduate career at Fordham, however, instead choosing to sign a contract with the New York Giants in 1919.

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Frankie Frisch, the 35-year-old manager and second baseman of the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, was an infielder for 19 years, spent 16 years managing NL teams, and put in some time as a broadcaster, all in the National League. His playing and managing exploits won him election to the Hall of Fame.

Career: 105 HR, .316 BA (68th), 1244 RBI, 2B/3B, HOF in 1947, 1931 NL MVP, 3xAllStar, Cardinals/Giants 1919-1937, b:B/t:R, 3x SB Leader, born in Unite. 1897, died 1973

Frank Francis Frisch (September 9, 1898 [1] – March 12, 1973), nicknamed The Fordham Flash or The Old Flash, was a German American Major League Baseball player and manager of the first half of the twentieth century.[2] Frisch was a switch-hitting second baseman who threw right-handed. He played for the New York Giants (1919–1926) and St. Louis Cardinals (1927–1937). He managed the Cardinals (1933–1938), Pittsburgh Pirates (1940–1946) and Chicago Cubs (1949–1951). He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.