Frank Wickware

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Frank "Rawhide" Wickware
Pitcher
Born: (1888-03-08)March 8, 1888
Coffeyville, Kansas
Died: November 2, 1967(1967-11-02) (aged 79)
Schenectady, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
1909 for the Dallas Giants
Last professional appearance
1925 for the New York Lincoln Giants
Teams

Frank Wickware (born March 8, 1888 in Coffeyville, Kansas - died November 2, 1967 in Schenectady, New York) was a baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues 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." [4] In the previous year, another article announced Wickware was striking out an average of 11 players per game, and in two games in a row struck out 34 batters.[3]

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.[4]

Wickware served in the military during World War I.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Diamond Dashes" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, August 27, 1910, Page 4, Columns 5 and 6
  2. ↑ "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mohawks Play A.B.C.'s" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Sunday, July 12, 1914, Page 3, Column 7
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Color Line Loses 3 Great Pitchers to Major Leagues" Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, CO, June 9, 1915, Page 7

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