Frank Warfield

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Frank Warfield
Warfield at the 1924 Colored World Series.
Second baseman
Born: (1897-04-26)April 26, 1897 Indianapolis, Indiana
Died: July 24, 1932(1932-07-24) (aged 35) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
1914 for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last professional appearance
1932 for the Washington Pilots
Negro league statistics
Plate appearances	3565
Batting average	.254
Home runs	13
Teams
Indianapolis ABCs (1914–1915, 1917–1918) St. Louis Giants (1916) Dayton Marcos (1919) Detroit Stars (1919–1922)^[1] Hilldale Daisies (1923–1928) ^[2] Baltimore Black Sox (1928–1931) Washington Pilots (1932)

Francis Xavier Warfield (April 26, 1897 – July 24, 1932) was an infielder and manager in the Negro leagues.

Career

Standing at just 5'7", Warfield was known primarily for his fielding and baserunning excellence, but he also had several good years at the plate. In 1922, he hit .342 for the Detroit Stars. He played on the Hilldale teams that won the Eastern Colored League pennants from 1923 to 1925.

Warfield became player-manager of the Baltimore Black Sox in 1929 and led them to the Negro American League championship. He and teammates Oliver Marcelle, Dick Lundy, and Jud Wilson became known as the "Million Dollar Infield" because their collective talents may have been worth $1,000,000 to the major leagues had they been white. Baseball writer Bill James ranked Warfield as the eighth-greatest second baseman in negro league history, calling him a "complete defensive wizard".^[3]

Warfield was known to have a violent nature that led to arguments, and he once bit off part of Oliver Marcelle's nose in a fight over a dice game.^[4]

Warfield died of a heart attack in 1932.

References

↑ "Hilldale Wins Final" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, August 8, 1919, Page 14, Column 4
↑ "With Taber on Mound Chester Beats Hilldale" Chester Times, Chester, PA, Tuesday, July 29, 1924, Page 6, Column 1
↑ James, Bill (2001). The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. The Free Press. p. 183.
↑ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1699. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
Negro League Baseball Museum
Negro League Baseball Players Association biography

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Persondata
Name	Warfield, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player and manager
Date of birth	April 26, 1897
Place of birth	Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death	July 24, 1932
Place of death	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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