Marion Fricano
[edit] Biography
Born on July 15, 1923 in Brant, New York, Marion Fricano (Marion John Fricano) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Fricano broke into the bigs on September 6, 1952 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.88 ERA in 211 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Marion Fricano's best season was 1953, when he posted a 3.88 ERA and struck out 67 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.80
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 23
| 9
| 12
| 3.88
| 67
| 105
| 91
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 206
| 21
| 90
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 37
| 20
| 5
| 11
| 5.16
| 43
| 98
| 87
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 151.2
| 163
| 17
| 64
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.15
| 5
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 19
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 88
| 43
| 15
| 23
| 4.32
| 115
| 213
| 186
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 387.2
| 393
| 40
| 164
| 0
| 8
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 53
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 69
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .145
| .192
| .159
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 42
| 41
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .098
| .119
| .098
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .667
| .667
| .667
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 100
| 113
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 1
| .142
| .178
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1947).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Athletics (May 10, 1952).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with $60000 to Toronto (International) in exchange for Jack Crimian (October 12, 1955).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago White Sox in the minor league draft (December 3, 1956).
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