| Lonny Frey | |
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| 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 atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Linus Reinhard Frey (August 23, 1910 – September 13, 2009) was an Americaninfielder inMajor League Baseball who played from1933 through1948 for theBrooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936),Chicago Cubs (1937, 1947),Cincinnati Reds (1938–1943, 1946),New York Yankees (1947–1948), andNew York Giants (1948). He was born inSaint Louis, Missouri, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg).
Frey began his career as aswitch 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 atshortstop with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933 and switched tosecond base after leading theNational League inerrors 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 consecutiveWorld Series in1939 and1940, after hitting .291 with 11home runs and 95runs (1939) and leading theNational League with 22stolen bases (1940) while scoring 102 runs.[1] Five days before the 1940 World Series againstDetroit, 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-timeAll-Star (1939, 1941, 1943) Frey also led the NL second basemen twice each infielding percentage anddouble 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 the1947 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, 549RBI, 848 runs, 1,482 hits, 105 stolen bases, and a .359on-base percentage in 1,535games played. He recorded a .960fielding percentage.
In 1961 Frey was inducted into theCincinnati 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 inCoeur d'Alene, Idaho, at the age of 99.[2] 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.
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