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* Was on the all-star diamond team for three years. | * Was on the all-star diamond team for three years. | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 26 January 2010
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Sacramento, California in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
- Worked four innings in his first game for Midland in the 1938 West Texas-New Mexico League,
losing 5-2.
- Helping Spokane win the Western International League title on the last day of the 1948 season was
his greatest thrill; the club had been in the second division in mid-August, then won 45 of its last 56 games with Frank tossing the pennant-clincher.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Elk Grove, California High School.
- Was on the all-star diamond team for three years.
Achievements
- Set a new Western International League record whe he pitched 300 innings in 1948.
- Led the 1948 Western International League in complete games with 30.
Outside of baseball
- Is a truck driver during the off-season.
- Served in the U. S. Navy during World War II.
- His ship was sunk off the coast of Samoa and Frank and his buddies were in the water 48 hours
before being rescued.
Career notes
- 1943, 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces (Navy)"
Source =
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.