Charlie Frye (baseball)
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| Born: July 17, 1914 Hickory, North Carolina |
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| July 28, 1940 | |||
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| September 22, 1940 | |||
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Charles Andrew Frye (July 17, 1914 – May 25, 1945) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season. Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 175 lb, he batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Born in Hickory, North Carolina, Charlie Frye was one of many baseball players whose professional career was interrupted during World War II.
Frye started in organized baseball in 1937 for Class-D Mooresville (NCSL). He later played for Class-B Evansville (IIIL, 1938), returning to Class-D with Snow Hill (CPL, 1939) and Martinsville (BIST, 1939–1940) before joining the Phillies, appearing for them in July 1940 in a span of fifteen games.[2]
Frye posted a 0–6 record (five starts) and a 4.50 earned run average, allowing 32 runs (26 earned) on 58 hits and 26 walks while striking out 18 in 50⅓ innings of work.[1]
Following his majors stint, Frye returned to minor league action pitching at Class-B for Allentown (1941) and Wilmington (1942) of the Interstate League and the Statesville team (NCSL, 1942) until he went into the Army. In parts of six minor league seasons, he went 42–36 with a 3.86 ERA in 150 pitching appearances.[2][3]
Shortly after being discharged in 1945, Frye died at his home of Hickory, North Carolina at the age of 30.[1]
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- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Minor league baseball players
- Allentown Wings players
- Evansville Bees players
- Martinsville Manufacturers players
- Mooresville Moors players
- Portsmouth Cubs players
- Snow Hill Billies players
- Statesville Owls players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks (1940–1952) players
- American military personnel of World War II
- Baseball players from North Carolina
- People from Hickory, North Carolina
- 1914 births
- 1945 deaths
