Lonny Frey

American baseball player (1910-2009)

Baseball player

Lonny Frey

Second baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1910-08-23)August 23, 1910
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died: September 13, 2009(2009-09-13) (aged 99)
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut
August 29, 1933, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1948, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average| .269
Home runs| 61
Runs batted in| 549
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams

* Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936)
* Chicago Cubs (1937)
* Cincinnati Reds (1938–1946)
* Chicago Cubs (1947)
* New York Yankees (1947–1948)
* New York Giants (1948)

Career highlights and awards

* 3× All-Star (1939, 1941, 1943)
* 2× World Series champion (1940, 1947)
* NL stolen base leader (1940)
* Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Linus Reinhard Frey (August 23, 1910 – September 13, 2009) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936), Chicago Cubs (1937, 1947), Cincinnati Reds (1938–1943, 1946), New York Yankees (1947–1948), and New York Giants (1948). He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg).

Baseball card of Frey

Frey began his career as a switch hitter and continued to bat from both sides of the plate until the end of 1938. Starting in 1939, he batted exclusively from the left side of the plate. He started at shortstop with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933 and switched to second base after leading the National League in errors in 1935 (44) and 1936 (51). Traded to the Chicago Cubs before the 1937 season he developed as a competent second baseman.

Frey enjoyed his best years with the Cincinnati Reds, helping them to reach two consecutive World Series in 1939 and 1940, after hitting .291 with 11 home runs and 95 runs (1939) and leading the National League with 22 stolen bases (1940) while scoring 102 runs. Five days before the 1940 World Series against Detroit, Frey injured his foot when he dropped the iron lid of the dugout water cooler on it. Eddie Joost replaced him at second base for the series.

A three-time All-Star (1939, 1941, 1943) Frey also led the NL second basemen twice each in fielding percentage and double plays (1940 and 1943). After missing two full seasons while serving in World War II, his career faded. In 1947 he divided his playing time between the Cubs and the New York Yankees, and he was a member of the Yankees team that won the 1947 World Series. He played his final game with the New York Giants in 1948.

In a 14-season career, Frey was a .269 hitter with 61 home runs, 549 RBI, 848 runs, 1,482 hits, 105 stolen bases, and a .359 on-base percentage in 1,535 games played. He recorded a .960 fielding percentage.

In 1961 Frey was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, and in 1969, as part of the franchise's 100th anniversary, was selected the Reds all-time second baseman.

Frey died in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, at the age of 99.[1] At the time of his death, he was recognized as the second-oldest living major league ballplayer, the oldest living All-Star, and the last living player to play for all three New York baseball teams in the 1930s and 1940s.

## See also

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* List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders

## References

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1. ^ "Linus Frey Obituary". Seattle Times. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

## External links

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* Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Retrosheet
* Lonny Frey at Find a Grave

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Members of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

* Sparky Anderson
* Bronson Arroyo
* Jake Beckley
* Gus Bell
* Johnny Bench
* Jack Billingham
* Ewell Blackwell
* Pedro Borbón
* Rube Bressler
* Dave Bristol
* Tom Browning
* Smoky Burgess
* Leo Cárdenas
* Clay Carroll
* Sean Casey
* Gordy Coleman
* Dave Concepción
* Harry Craft
* Sam Crawford
* Hughie Critz
* Jake Daubert
* Eric Davis
* Paul Derringer
* Pete Donohue
* Dan Driessen
* Adam Dunn
* Bob Ewing
* George Foster
* Lonny Frey
* César Gerónimo
* Warren Giles
* Ival Goodman
* Wayne Granger
* Danny Graves
* Ken Griffey Jr.
* Ken Griffey Sr.
* Heinie Groh
* Don Gullett
* Noodles Hahn
* Bubbles Hargrave
* Tommy Helms
* August Herrmann
* Bob Howsam
* Dummy Hoy
* Fred Hutchinson
* Joey Jay
* Ted Kluszewski
* Larry Kopf
* Barry Larkin
* Brooks Lawrence
* Ernie Lombardi
* Red Lucas
* Dolf Luque
* Jerry Lynch
* Jim Maloney
* Lee May
* Frank McCormick
* Mike McCormick
* Bill McKechnie
* Roy McMillan
* Bid McPhee
* Joe Morgan
* Tony Mullane
* Billy Myers
* Gary Nolan
* Fred Norman
* Joe Nuxhall
* Jim O'Toole
* Ron Oester
* Dave Parker
* Gabe Paul
* Tony Pérez
* Vada Pinson
* Wally Post
* Bob Purkey
* John Reilly
* José Rijo
* Eppa Rixey
* Frank Robinson
* Pete Rose
* Edd Roush
* Chris Sabo
* Tom Seaver
* Cy Seymour
* Mario Soto
* Johnny Temple
* Johnny Vander Meer
* Bucky Walters
* Billy Werber
* Will White
* George Wright
* Harry Wright

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Cincinnati Reds 1940 World Series champions

3 Jimmie Wilson
4 Ernie Lombardi
6 Bill Baker
10 Frank McCormick (NL MVP)
11 Lonny Frey
12 Billy Myers
15 Lew Riggs
17 Eddie Joost
18 Billy Werber
19 Lefty Guise
20 Mike McCormick
21 Morrie Arnovich
22 Jimmy Ripple
23 Harry Craft
24 Ival Goodman
30 Paul Derringer
31 Bucky Walters
33 Johnny Vander Meer
34 Jim Turner
35 Whitey Moore
37 Milt Shoffner
39 Junior Thompson
40 Johnny Hutchings
41 Elmer Riddle
43 Joe Beggs

Manager
1 Bill McKechnie

Coaches
2 Hank Gowdy
3 Jimmie Wilson

Regular season

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New York Yankees 1947 World Series champions

1 Snuffy Stirnweiss
3 Allie Clark
5 Joe DiMaggio (AL MVP)
6 Bobby Brown
8 Aaron Robinson
9 George McQuinn
10 Phil Rizzuto
11 Joe Page
12 Charlie Keller
14 Lonny Frey
15 Tommy Henrich
16 Bill Bevens
17 Vic Raschi
18 Randy Gumpert
19 Karl Drews
20 Spec Shea
21 Spud Chandler
22 Allie Reynolds
24 Billy Johnson
25 Charley Wensloff
26 Don Johnson
27 Johnny Lindell
29 Sherm Lollar
32 Ralph Houk
34 Bobo Newsom
35 Yogi Berra
36 Jack Phillips

Manager
37 Bucky Harris

Coaches
2 Frankie Crosetti
7 Chuck Dressen
31 Red Corriden
33 Johnny Schulte

Regular season
Dodgers–Yankees rivalry
Subway Series

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National League season stolen base leaders

* 1886: Andrews
* 1887: Ward
* 1888: Hoy
* 1889: Fogarty
* 1890: Hamilton
* 1891: Hamilton
* 1892: Ward
* 1893: Brown
* 1894: Hamilton
* 1895: Hamilton
* 1896: Kelley
* 1897: Lange
* 1898: Delahanty
* 1899: Sheckard
* 1900: Donovan & Van Haltren
* 1901: Wagner
* 1902: Wagner
* 1903: Chance & Sheckard
* 1904: Wagner
* 1905: Devlin & Maloney
* 1906: Chance
* 1907: Wagner
* 1908: Wagner
* 1909: Bescher
* 1910: Bescher
* 1911: Bescher
* 1912: Bescher
* 1913: Carey
* 1914: Burns
* 1915: Carey
* 1916: Carey
* 1917: Carey
* 1918: Carey
* 1919: Burns
* 1920: Carey
* 1921: Frisch
* 1922: Carey
* 1923: Carey
* 1924: Carey
* 1925: Carey
* 1926: Cuyler
* 1927: Frisch
* 1928: Cuyler
* 1929: Cuyler
* 1930: Cuyler
* 1931: Frisch
* 1932: Klein
* 1933: Martin
* 1934: Martin
* 1935: Galan
* 1936: Martin
* 1937: Galan
* 1938: Hack
* 1939: Hack & Handley
* 1940: Frey
* 1941: Murtaugh
* 1942: Reiser
* 1943: Vaughan
* 1944: Barrett
* 1945: Schoendienst
* 1946: Reiser
* 1947: Robinson
* 1948: Ashburn
* 1949: Robinson
* 1950: Jethroe
* 1951: Jethroe
* 1952: Reese
* 1953: Bruton
* 1954: Bruton
* 1955: Bruton
* 1956: Mays
* 1957: Mays
* 1958: Mays
* 1959: Mays
* 1960: Wills
* 1961: Wills
* 1962: Wills
* 1963: Wills
* 1964: Wills
* 1965: Wills
* 1966: Brock
* 1967: Brock
* 1968: Brock
* 1969: Brock
* 1970: Tolan
* 1971: Brock
* 1972: Brock
* 1973: Brock
* 1974: Brock
* 1975: Lopes
* 1976: Lopes
* 1977: F. Taveras
* 1978: Moreno
* 1979: Moreno
* 1980: LeFlore
* 1981: Raines
* 1982: Raines
* 1983: Raines
* 1984: Raines
* 1985: Coleman
* 1986: Coleman
* 1987: Coleman
* 1988: Coleman
* 1989: Coleman
* 1990: Coleman
* 1991: Grissom
* 1992: Grissom
* 1993: Carr
* 1994: Biggio
* 1995: Veras
* 1996: Young, Sr.
* 1997: Womack
* 1998: Womack
* 1999: Womack
* 2000: Castillo
* 2001: Pierre & Rollins
* 2002: Castillo
* 2003: Pierre
* 2004: Podsednik
* 2005: Reyes
* 2006: Reyes
* 2007: Reyes
* 2008: W. Taveras
* 2009: Bourn
* 2010: Bourn
* 2011: Bourn
* 2012: Cabrera
* 2013: Young Jr.
* 2014: Gordon
* 2015: Gordon
* 2016: Villar
* 2017: Gordon
* 2018: Turner
* 2019: Acuña Jr.
* 2020: Story
* 2021: Turner
* 2022: Berti
* 2023: Acuña Jr.
* 2024: De La Cruz

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