1923GIANTS
SECOND BASE
FRANKIE FRISCH1923
Frankie Frischsecond base · 1923 giants
Ht 5'11"Wt 165Bats BThrows RBorn 1897 · Bronx, NY
The Fordham Flash was never louder than in 1923, when the Polo Grounds shook with the sound of him. Frankie Frisch, the switch-hitting second baseman, sprayed 223 hits around New York like confetti, batting .348 for the Giants. He drove in 111 runs, stole 29 bases, and played the keystone as if the diamond owed him rent. A whirlwind in spikes, the Flash was at his peak, and the town knew it. The pennant race was still ahead, but this was the summer the legend got its polish.
FORDHAM FLASH
College whirlwind in Giants flannel — switch-hitting second baseman who made the Polo Grounds feel small.
223 HITS
.348 with two hundred twenty-three hits and one hundred eleven ribbies — the Flash at full volume in New York.
KEYSTONE PEAK
Twenty-nine steals and a summer that polished the legend before the trade that remade him.
Major League Batting — Year vs Life
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 151 | 641 | 116 | 223 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 111 | .348 | .395 | .485 |
| Life | 2,311 | 9,112 | 1,532 | 2,880 | 466 | 138 | 105 | 1,244 | .316 | .369 | .432 |
SkillScore
125.951923 · NY1
ComponentsAVG .348OBP .395SLG .485
Frankie Frisch, New York NL, 1921. Bain News Service / Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).