Ping Bodie
[edit] Biography
Ping Bodie (Frank Stephen Bodie) was born on October 8, 1887 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1911 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1911, his rookie year, he hit .289 with 4 home runs and 97 RBI. Bodie played for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Ping Bodie's best season was 1911, when he hit for a .289 average and knocked in 97 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 145
| 551
| 75
| 159
| 4
| 97
| .289
| .348
| .407
| 27
| 13
| 49
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 138
| 472
| 58
| 139
| 5
| 72
| .294
| .358
| .407
| 24
| 7
| 43
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| 127
| 406
| 39
| 107
| 8
| 48
| .264
| .325
| .397
| 14
| 8
| 35
| 57
| 2
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 107
| 327
| 21
| 75
| 3
| 29
| .229
| .278
| .315
| 9
| 5
| 21
| 35
| 1
| 34
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 148
| 557
| 51
| 162
| 7
| 74
| .291
| .356
| .418
| 28
| 11
| 53
| 40
| 3
| 22
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| NY
| A
| 91
| 324
| 36
| 83
| 3
| 46
| .256
| .319
| .358
| 12
| 6
| 27
| 24
| 3
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| NY
| A
| 134
| 475
| 45
| 132
| 6
| 59
| .278
| .334
| .406
| 27
| 8
| 36
| 46
| 4
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| NY
| A
| 129
| 471
| 63
| 139
| 7
| 79
| .295
| .350
| .446
| 26
| 12
| 40
| 30
| 0
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| NY
| A
| 31
| 87
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 12
| .172
| .242
| .241
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1050
| 3670
| 393
| 1011
| 43
| 516
| .275
| .335
| .396
| 169
| 72
| 312
| 240
| 18
| 160
| 83
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 256
| 24
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 40
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 208
| 11
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 226
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 175
| 14
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 258
| 32
| 11
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| NY
| A
| OF
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 17
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1919
| NY
| A
| OF
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 293
| 13
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1920
| NY
| A
| OF
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 264
| 12
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1921
| NY
| A
| OF
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 995
| 0
| 0
| 1893
| 139
| 73
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 40
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Chicago White Sox to San Francisco (PCL) (January 26, 1915).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees in exchange for George Burns (March 8, 1918).
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