St. Louis native Frank Truesdale was born on March 31, 1884. He would carve out a 16-year professional baseball career, where he would play for 12 teams from coast to coast. He would spend most of his playing career in the state of Texas.
Truesdale debuted with the Houston Buffaloes in 1905, and would be their primary second baseman for f
St. Louis native Frank Truesdale was born on March 31, 1884. He would carve out a 16-year professional baseball career, where he would play for 12 teams from coast to coast. He would spend most of his playing career in the state of Texas.
Truesdale debuted with the Houston Buffaloes in 1905, and would be their primary second baseman for four seasons. While hitting a combined .261 while splitting time between the Oakland Oaks and the Dallas Giants, the Browns took notice and signed Truesdale for the 1910 season.
Truesdale would be the primary second baseman for the team that won only 47 games. He would .219 in the 1910 with 91 hits, seven doubles, three triples, and a home run. He would drive in 25 runs while scoring 39 runs himself. Truesdale would have his difficulties while playing in the field. His .914 fielding percentage ranked him 5th in the American League. He would also finish in the top four among second baseman in assists (313), putouts (279), and double plays (41). Unfortunately, he would lead the American League with 56 errors. This would lead him to be featured in an article entitled "Kings of Errors" written by John J. Ward in BaseBall Magazine. On July 1, 1910, Frank Truesdale would enter the record books as the recording the first single in the history of Comisky Park in Chicago.
The Browns acquired Frank LaPorte prior to the 1911 season, which took playing time away from Truesdale. After only one game, he would be sent to Buffalo of the International League. He would have two more appearances in the Majors with the Yankees (1914) and the Red Sox (1918). He would play his last professional game for the Ardmore Producers of the Texas-Oklahoma League.
After his playing career, many believed that he would begin a managerial career. Instead he ventured to Gamerco, New Mexico where he joined the coal mining boom of western New Mexico.
TODAY'S BROWNS' QUOTE
"Critics who have watched his work predict that Frank Truesdale, whom the St. Louis club got from Dallas, is to be one of the star second basemen in another season."
~ Description of Frank Truesdale, Sporting Life July 23, 1910
BROWNS' BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DAY
1884 - 2B Frank Truesdale (1910-11)
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS IN BR
TODAY'S BROWNS' QUOTE
"Critics who have watched his work predict that Frank Truesdale, whom the St. Louis club got from Dallas, is to be one of the star second basemen in another season."
~ Description of Frank Truesdale, Sporting Life July 23, 1910
BROWNS' BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DAY
1884 - 2B Frank Truesdale (1910-11)
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS IN BROWNS HISTORY YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
The relocation of the Milwaukee Brewers to the St. Louis Browns was only accomplished because a few forward thinking business men. After 120 years, many of these men are not household names. But if it was not for their hard work, the St Louis Browns would never have existed.
The manager of the 1940 St. Louis Browns was the fiery Fred Haney. Haney was in his second year of three years as the on-field leader of the Browns.
Prior to managing in St. Louis, Haney had spent three years as the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens reaching a 227-231 record. His fiery nature was shown in a on-field brawl he had on June 20,
The manager of the 1940 St. Louis Browns was the fiery Fred Haney. Haney was in his second year of three years as the on-field leader of the Browns.
Prior to managing in St. Louis, Haney had spent three years as the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens reaching a 227-231 record. His fiery nature was shown in a on-field brawl he had on June 20, 1936. Haney and Burliegh Grimes (Louisville manager) got in a fight over third base, after Grimes continued to heckle Toledo pitchers.
Haney took the Browns managerial position, looking forward to build a winning team based around solid pitching. The 1940 pitching staff reflected Haney's vision by improving from the bottom of the league, to the seventh best staff. The Browns hitters exploded under Haney in 1940. Adding Rip Radclift and Wally Judnich would help drive the team win total up 24 games. Haney was the perfect manager to help motivate a team that had suffered through the 1930s so much.