Frank O'Connor (baseball)

Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	11.25
Strikeouts	0
Batting average	1.000 (2-for-2)
Teams
	1893);

Frank Henry O'Connor (September 15, 1868 – December 26, 1913) was an American physician and professional baseball player who played for the 1893 Philadelphia Phillies.

Biography

O'Connor was born in 1868 in Keeseville, New York.^[1] He attended and played baseball for three different colleges—St. Joseph College in Burlington, Vermont; the University of Vermont (UVM), also in Burlington; and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.^[2] He also studied in the medical schools at UVM and Dartmouth.^[2]

O'Connor was 24 years old when he broke into the major leagues on August 3, 1893, with the Philadelphia Phillies as a left-handed pitcher.^[1] He played in only three games, with a win–loss record of 0–0 and an earned run average (ERA) of 11.25.^[1] He had two hits in two at bats, including a home run,^[1] for a rare 1.000 batting average.^[3] O'Connor became the second player (and the first pitcher) to hit a home run in their final major-league at bat, the first having been outfielder Buck West in 1890.^[4]

O'Connor subsequently studied in Montreal, and did medical training in Brooklyn.^[2] He moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1904 and opened a medical practice there.^[2] He died in his office in Brattleboro on the day after Christmas of 1913.^[2]