Fritz Maisel

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Fritz Maisel
Third Baseman
Born: December 23, 1889
Catonsville, Maryland
Died: April 22, 1967 (aged 77)
Baltimore, Maryland
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 1913
for the New York Highlanders
Final game
August 28, 1918
for the St. Louis Browns
Career statistics
Batting average     .242
Runs batted in     148
Stolen bases     194
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Frederick Charles "Fritz" Maisel (born December 23, 1889 in Catonsville, Maryland - April 22, 1967), is a former professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1913-1918. He played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns. Because of his speed on the basepaths, Fritz was known as "Catonsville Flash" or just "Flash" by his fans. In 1914, he led the American League with 74 stolen bases, and was only caught stealing 17 times that year, an 81 percent success rate.

In 1910, Fritz had been signed by Jack Dunn of the Baltimore Orioles, and had started with an Orioles farm team (probably the Elgin Kittens) in Elgin, IL. (The Orioles were a minor league team during the period of 1903 through 1953.) After his major league career, he rejoined the Baltimore Orioles as team captain in 1919, and led the team to seven straight International League pennants. In 1928, after the death of Jack Dunn, Fritz became the manager of the Orioles.

He was Chief of the Baltimore County Fire Department from 1938 to 1951. At the time of his death, he was a scout for the Baltimore Orioles baseball organization. (The Orioles has been a Major League Baseball team since 1954.) He was a lifelong resident of Catonsville.

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[edit] Sources

  • Baseball Reference
  • Catonsville Herald-Argus newspaper article, circa 22 April, 1967 entitled "Fritz Maisel, Catonsville's Famous Baseball Hero, Dies"
  • Professional Baseball Franchises, by Peter Filichia, Facts On File, New York, NY, 1993
  • The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition, edited by Gary Gillette and Pete Palmer, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY, 2007


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Preceded by
Clyde Milan		 American League Stolen Base Champion
1914		 Succeeded by
Ty Cobb