Frankie Frisch

Position: Manager

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: September 9, 1897 in Bronx, NY us

Died: March 12, 1973 in Wilmington, DE

High School: Fordham Prep (Bronx, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1947. (Voted by BBWAA on 136/161 ballots)

Full Name: Frank Francis Frisch

Nicknames: The Fordham Flash

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SUMMARY

Career

G

2246

W

1138

L

1078

T

W-L%

.507

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1937

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	Ties	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1933	35	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	2nd of 2	36	26	.581	1	63	5	0	0		1	Player/Manager
2	1934	36	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		95	58	.621	1	154	1	4	3	.571	4	WS Champs Player/Manager
3	1935	37	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		96	58	.623	0	154	2	0	0		2	Player/Manager
4	1936	38	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		87	67	.565	1	155	2	0	0		5	Player/Manager
5	1937	39	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		81	73	.526	3	157	4	0	0		5	Player/Manager
6	1938	40	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1st of 2	63	72	.467	4	139	6	0	0		3

7	1940	42	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		78	76	.506	2	156	4	0	0		9
8	1941	43	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		81	73	.526	2	156	4	0	0		4
9	1942	44	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		66	81	.449	4	151	5	0	0		8
10	1943	45	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		80	74	.519	3	157	4	0	0		6
11	1944	46	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		90	63	.588	5	158	2	0	0		9
12	1945	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		82	72	.532	1	155	4	0	0		8
13	1946	48	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	1st of 2	62	89	.411	1	152	7	0	0		6

14	1949	51	Chicago Cubs	NL	2nd of 2	42	62	.404	0	104	8	0	0		3
15	1950	52	Chicago Cubs	NL		64	89	.418	1	154	7	0	0		7
16	1951	53	Chicago Cubs	NL	1st of 2	35	45	.438	1	81	8	0	0		6
			St. Louis Cardinals		6 years	458	354	.564	10	822	3.3	4	3	.571	20	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title
			Pittsburgh Pirates		7 years	539	528	.505	18	1085	4.3	0	0		50
			Chicago Cubs		3 years	141	196	.418	2	339	7.7	0	0		16
					16 years	1138	1078	.514	30	2246	4.6	4	3	.571	86	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
							Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1933	35	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	2nd of 2	63	455	26	5.7%	88	257	3	1.2%	139	403	14	3.5%	54	0.7	88	0.2	123	1.7	96
2	1934	36	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		154	1005	66	6.6%	115	579	6	1.0%	144	871	31	3.6%	74	0.6	93	0.1	56	1.9	97
3	1935	37	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		154	764	54	7.1%	121	433	7	1.6%	122	689	32	4.6%	82	0.5	75	0.1	63	1.9	98
4	1936	38	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		155	1047	77	7.4%	116	671	6	0.9%	84	951	41	4.3%	89	0.6	82	0.2	124	2.1	104
5	1937	39	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		156	1054	85	8.1%	100	731	6	0.8%	84	991	51	5.1%	92	0.6	86	0.1	52	1.9	97
6	1938	40	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1st of 2	139	695	42	6.0%	119	425	6	1.4%	190	619	26	4.2%	78	0.6	92	0.1	69	2.1	108

7	1940	42	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		156	923	70	7.6%	108	664	14	2.1%	152	904	30	3.3%	78	0.7	108	0.1	107	2.4	118
8	1941	43	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		156	1210	74	6.1%	98	788	15	1.9%	125	1099	53	4.8%	89	0.9	100	0.2	123	2.0	96
9	1942	44	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		151	1203	67	5.6%	97	739	6	0.8%	102	1048	50	4.8%	87	1.0	114	0.1	78	2.0	101
10	1943	45	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		157	1225	45	3.7%	64	832	14	1.7%	135	1123	58	5.2%	83	0.9	123	0.2	117	2.0	103
11	1944	46	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		158	916	66	7.2%	124	664	15	2.3%	181	872	55	6.3%	102	0.7	83	0.2	85	1.9	97
12	1945	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		155	1069	62	5.8%	94	712	11	1.5%	144	958	40	4.2%	72	0.8	90	0.1	72	1.9	94
13	1946	48	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	1st of 2	152	1189	89	7.5%	111	790	5	0.6%	102	1075	64	6.0%	97	1.1	94	0.2	81	2.2	99

14	1949	51	Chicago Cubs	NL	2nd of 2	104	751	66	8.8%	162	541	4	0.7%	104	700	35	5.0%	112	0.9	87	0.1	69	2.3	103
15	1950	52	Chicago Cubs	NL		154	1191	70	5.9%	107	839	5	0.6%	92	1157	39	3.4%	96	0.9	93	0.2	108	2.3	106
16	1951	53	Chicago Cubs	NL	1st of 2	81	641	45	7.0%	119	421	7	1.7%	203	601	22	3.7%	107	1.0	97	0.3	118	2.2	100
			St. Louis Cardinals		6 years	821	5020	350	7.0%	110	3096	34	1.1%	115	4524	195	4.3%	81	0.6	86	0.1	79	2.0	101
			Pittsburgh Pirates		7 years	1085	7735	473	6.1%	99	5189	80	1.5%	137	7079	350	4.9%	87	0.9	101	0.1	93	2.1	101
			Chicago Cubs		3 years	339	2583	181	7.0%	125	1801	16	0.9%	126	2458	96	3.9%	104	0.9	92	0.2	101	2.3	104
					16 years	2245	15338	1004	6.5%	106	10086	130	1.3%	129	14061	641	4.6%	87	0.8	94	0.1	91	2.1	101