Frankie Frisch

Who was Frankie Frisch?

Frank Francis Frisch, nicknamed The Fordham Flash or The Old Flash, was a German American Major League Baseball player and manager of the first half of the twentieth century.

Frisch was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. He played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. He managed the Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.