| Frank Sacka | |
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| Catcher | |
| Born:(1924-08-30)August 30, 1924 Romulus, Michigan, U.S. | |
| Died: December 7, 1994(1994-12-07) (aged 70) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 29, 1951, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 13, 1953, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .265 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 6 |
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Frank Sacka (August 30, 1924 – December 7, 1994) was an American professionalbaseball player. He appeared in 14Major Leaguegames as acatcher andpinch hitter for the1951 and1953 editions of the Washington Senators, playing in seven games in each season. Sacka threw and battedright-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).
Born inRomulus, Michigan, the same hometown of future MLB catcher andbatting coachCharley Lau, Sacka joined the professional baseball ranks in 1946 and played through the 1956 season. After spending his first five pro years in theSt. Louis Browns' andCleveland Indians'farm systems, Sacka was selected by Washington in theRule 5 draft after a stellar 1950 campaign with theAnderson Rebels of the Class BTri-State League, in which Sackabatted .324 with 23home runs and 124runs batted in.[1] In his MLB debut on April 29, 1951, Sacka wenthitless in threeat bats as the starting catcher in a game againstEd Lopat and theNew York Yankees atYankee Stadium.[2] Eight days later, he enjoyed his best day in the Majors, collecting threesingles in five at-bats with tworuns batted in against his former organization, the Indians, helping Washington win, 11–10.[3]
He stuck with the Senators through the end of May, then was optioned to the Double-AChattanooga Lookouts, where he would spend most of the next five seasons. However, he was recalled to Washington in late July 1953 and appeared in seven more MLB games. He collected two hits in two of them, against the Browns (another former employer) and the Yankees.[4] Altogether, Sacka collected nine hits, all singles, in 34 MLB at bats during his 14-game career.
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