Frank Secory

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Frank Secory
Left fielder
Born: (1912-08-24)August 24, 1912
Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
Died: April 7, 1995(1995-04-07) (aged 82)
Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 28, 1940, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
August 10, 1946, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average.228
Home runs7
Runs batted in36
Teams

Frank Edward Secory (August 24, 1912 – April 7, 1995) was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 186 games from 1940 to 1946 with the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. His best season was 1944, when he batted .321 in 22 games for the Cubs, the team with which he played nearly his entire career. In Game 6 of the 1945 World Series against the Tigers, with the game tied 7–7, he had a pinch-hit single with one out in the 12th inning; a pinch runner, Bill Schuster, later scored on a walk-off double off the bat of Stan Hack to give the Cubs an 8–7 win, sending the Series to a seventh game.

Early life

Secory was born in Mason City, Iowa, and moved in his youth to Michigan; he graduated from Western Michigan College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1936.[1]

After making his debut with the Tigers, having one

Syracuse Chiefs, as he had been expected to shortly be promoted to the Reds. Despite missing three months, he ended the season with a .329 batting average and 15 runs batted in in 31 games.[2] After his major league career ended with the Cubs in 1946, he became an umpire in the West Texas–New Mexico League in 1948 and the Texas League from 1949 to 1951.[3]

Career

Secory was a

Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Dodgers sportscaster Vin Scully unexpectedly invited fans listening to the game radio broadcast at the stadium to yell, "Happy Birthday, Frank!" on the count of three, which startled Secory. [6]

In all, Secory umpired in nine official

Milwaukee Braves hitless for nine innings before losing in the 10th; it was the first time in major league history that multiple pitchers combined to throw nine innings without allowing a hit.[9] He was again at second base for the second game of a doubleheader at Shea Stadium on May 31, 1964, between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, when the two teams battled for 23 innings before the Giants won 8–6, setting a record for the longest game ever at 7 hours 23 minutes.[10]

Personal life

Secory married Vonda Conner on February 7, 1938, and they had two children.[1][3] A resident of Port Huron, Michigan, since the 1940s, Secory died there at age 82.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The Sporting News Baseball Register. 1964. pp. 378–79.
  2. ^ 1942 National League Green Book, p. 44.
  3. ^ a b 1970 National League Green Book, p. 30.
  4. ISBN 0-934289-00-X
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  5. ^ Coberly, p. 127.
  6. ^ "Vin Scully, Dodgers fans and the transistor radio: How an unbreakable bond was formed". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ Coberly, p. 146.
  8. ^ Coberly, p. 151.
  9. ^ Coberly, p. 103.
  10. ISBN 0-89950-488-4
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