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| Frankie Frisch |
Francis “Frankie” Frisch, known as the Fordham Flash, (1898-1973), American baseball player and manager, member of Baseball Hall of Fame, was born in New York City. Frisch was A graduate of Fordham University where he captained the baseball, football, and basketball teams, he played baseball with the New York Giants (1919-26) and St. Louis Cardinals (1927-37), became manager of the Cardinals (1933-38), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1936-46), and the Chicago Cubs (1949). Frisch, a second baseman, had a lifetime batting average of .316. He was named the most valuable player in the National League in 1931 and elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1947.
