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%

.514

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1937

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	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	5	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		7

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	21	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title
			Pittsburgh Pirates		7 years	539	528	.505	18	1085	4.3	0	0		51
			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	88	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	STL	NL	63	618	41	6.6%	115	371	4	1.1%	116	550	32	5.8%	86	0.76	84	0.17	114	1.7	96
2	1934	36	STL	NL	154	1563	102	6.5%	133	945	9	1.0%	119	1372	49	3.6%	78	0.94	101	0.14	90	1.9	97
3	1935	37	STL	NL	154	1437	108	7.5%	135	892	10	1.1%	113	1318	64	4.9%	91	0.79	99	0.18	130	1.9	98
4	1936	38	STL	NL	155	1545	103	6.7%	119	992	12	1.2%	146	1419	52	3.7%	72	0.99	101	0.28	159	2.1	104
5	1937	39	STL	NL	156	1469	117	8.0%	116	949	7	0.7%	101	1394	58	4.2%	78	0.94	98	0.03	21	1.9	97
6	1938	40	STL	NL	139	1252	78	6.2%	127	795	1	0.1%	20	1145	44	3.8%	85	1.10	124	0.07	57	2.1	108

7	1940	42	PIT	NL	156	1453	114	7.8%	126	983	11	1.1%	90	1373	40	2.9%	68	1.07	113	0.35	202	2.4	118
8	1941	43	PIT	NL	156	1283	76	5.9%	114	837	8	1.0%	86	1193	59	4.9%	96	1.03	103	0.21	149	2.0	96
9	1942	44	PIT	NL	151	1291	68	5.3%	97	757	7	0.9%	113	1115	57	5.1%	94	1.12	120	0.14	91	2.0	101
10	1943	45	PIT	NL	157	1304	73	5.6%	111	910	17	1.9%	187	1219	53	4.3%	76	0.96	120	0.17	107	2.0	103
11	1944	46	PIT	NL	158	994	74	7.4%	151	653	12	1.8%	207	917	38	4.1%	70	0.78	88	0.22	121	1.9	97
12	1945	47	PIT	NL	155	1171	78	6.7%	117	745	13	1.7%	173	1075	41	3.8%	72	0.94	96	0.15	113	1.9	94
13	1946	48	PIT	NL	152	1219	72	5.9%	98	802	6	0.7%	83	1120	67	6.0%	97	1.24	103	0.26	113	2.2	99

14	1949	51	CHC	NL	104	739	58	7.8%	164	543	2	0.4%	53	658	30	4.6%	113	1.09	103	0.17	94	2.3	103
15	1950	52	CHC	NL	154	1201	70	5.8%	120	781	4	0.5%	74	1089	35	3.2%	94	1.10	108	0.33	153	2.3	106
16	1951	53	CHC	NL	81	670	37	5.5%	98	419	5	1.2%	149	638	21	3.3%	93	1.20	107	0.38	146	2.2	100
	STL (6 years)				821	7884	549	7.0%	125	4944	43	0.9%	108	7198	299	4.2%	81	0.93	102	0.14	95	2.0	101
	PIT (7 years)				1085	8715	555	6.4%	115	5687	74	1.3%	129	8012	355	4.4%	83	1.02	106	0.21	128	2.1	101
	CHC (3 years)				339	2610	165	6.3%	126	1743	11	0.6%	88	2385	86	3.6%	99	1.12	106	0.29	136	2.3	104
	16 years				2245	19209	1269	6.6%	120	12374	128	1.0%	117	17595	740	4.2%	84	1.00	105	0.20	119	2.1	101