| Frank "Rawhide" Wickware | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 8, 1888 Coffeyville, Kansas |
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| Died: November 2, 1967 (aged 79) Schenectady, New York |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| Professional debut | |
| 1909 for the Dallas Giants | |
| Last professional appearance | |
| 1925 for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
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Frank Wickware (born March 8, 1888 in Coffeyville, Kansas - died November 2, 1967 in Schenectady, New York) was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He would play pitcher and played from 1910 to 1925.
In a nationally syndicated article written in 1915, it was said that Wickware "is another negro pitcher who would rank with the Walter Johnsons, Joe Woods or Grover Alexanders if he were a white man." [1]
Wickware's signature pitch seems to be a curveball that appeared to be a beanball, but "his control is so perfect" that it was said he never "hit a batter in the head." But batters would jump away from the plate, only to have his curveball arch into place over the plate.[1]
Wickware served in the military during World War I.