Frank Dwyer

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John Francis Dwyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 145 lb.
School Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Debut September 20, 1888
Final Game July 24, 1899
Born March 25, 1868 in Lee, MA USA
Died February 4, 1943 in Pittsfield, MA USA

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Frank Dwyer had a long major league career by 19th Century standards, pitching 12 years in the big leagues and winning 176 games. His best year was 1896 when he won 24 games and had an ERA of 3.15, good for fourth in the league.

Dwyer broke in at age 20 under manager Cap Anson on the 1888 Chicago White Stockings, and finished his major league career under manager Buck Ewing on the 1899 Cincinnati Reds, a team which also featured rookie Sam Crawford.

Dwyer's career was in jeopardy a couple of times when he started slow - in 1891 he was 13-19 with the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers and ended up the rest of the season with the 1891 Milwaukee Brewers, going 6-4. The next season he started 2-8 with the 1892 St. Louis Browns and was released, but salvaged the season by going 19-10 with the Reds for the rest of the season, and was to stay with the Reds for the rest of his major league career.

In 1902 he was the manager for the Detroit Tigers, which finished seventh.

Dwyer was also a major league umpire at times from 1889 through 1904, both during and after his playing career.

Dwyer was the first of only two major leaguers to come from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Preceded by
George Stallings

Detroit Tigers Manager
1902

Succeeded by
Ed Barrow