Frederick began his professional baseball career in 1921 and broke into the majors in 1929. His rookie season, he batted .328 with 206 hits while leading the team with 24 home runs and 127 runs scored. He led the major leagues with 52 doubles, the highest total of the century to that point and a Dodgers team record that stood until 2023. That year he also set a Dodgers rookie record for most leadoff home runs in season with three, a record that was not matched until Joc Pederson matched it in May 2015.[1] Frederick recorded 206 hits in both 1929 and 1930, his first two years in the majors. He had four 5-hit games in his six-year major league career. He also led off a game with a home run 10 times with the Dodgers, second in franchise history.
In 1932, Frederick blasted six pinch-hit home runs, setting a major league record that stood for 68 years.[2]
At the time of his retirement in 1934, Frederick held the record for most career home runs by a player born in Colorado (85). He held the mark for eighty years until Chase Headley broke it in 2014.[3][4]
Post-major leaguesedit
Before the 1935 season, the Dodgers traded Frederick to Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League, where he hit a career-high .363. In 2005, he was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.[5]
johnny, frederick, john, henry, frederick, january, 1902, june, 1977, major, league, baseball, outfielder, played, seasons, brooklyn, dodgers, compiling, batting, average, 3102, with, home, runs, career, outfielderborn, 1902, january, 1902denver, colorado, die. John Henry Frederick January 26 1902 June 18 1977 was a Major League Baseball outfielder He played six seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers compiling a 308 batting average 954 for 3102 with 85 home runs and 377 RBI for his career Johnny FrederickOutfielderBorn 1902 01 26 January 26 1902Denver Colorado U S Died June 18 1977 1977 06 18 aged 75 Tigard Oregon U S Batted LeftThrew LeftMLB debutApril 18 1929 for the Brooklyn RobinsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 25 1934 for the Brooklyn DodgersMLB statisticsBatting average 308Home runs85Runs batted in377TeamsBrooklyn Robins Dodgers 1929 1934 Contents 1 Baseball career 1 1 Post major leagues 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBaseball career editFrederick began his professional baseball career in 1921 and broke into the majors in 1929 His rookie season he batted 328 with 206 hits while leading the team with 24 home runs and 127 runs scored He led the major leagues with 52 doubles the highest total of the century to that point and a Dodgers team record that stood until 2023 That year he also set a Dodgers rookie record for most leadoff home runs in season with three a record that was not matched until Joc Pederson matched it in May 2015 1 Frederick recorded 206 hits in both 1929 and 1930 his first two years in the majors He had four 5 hit games in his six year major league career He also led off a game with a home run 10 times with the Dodgers second in franchise history In 1932 Frederick blasted six pinch hit home runs setting a major league record that stood for 68 years 2 At the time of his retirement in 1934 Frederick held the record for most career home runs by a player born in Colorado 85 He held the mark for eighty years until Chase Headley broke it in 2014 3 4 Post major leagues edit Before the 1935 season the Dodgers traded Frederick to Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League where he hit a career high 363 In 2005 he was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame 5 Frederick was the manager for the Portland Beavers in 1940 See also editList of Major League Baseball annual doubles leadersReferences edit Mike Bolsinger is Nearly Perfect in Shutout of San Diego Padres NBC Southern California Johnny Frederick Baseballbiography com Players by birthplace Colorado Baseball Stats and Info Baseball Reference com Chase Headley Stats Batting FanGraphs Baseball www fangraphs com Beverage Richard The Hollywood Stars Arcadia Publishing 2005 p 13 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball outfielder born in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johnny Frederick amp oldid 1174526404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
