| Frank McCormick | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: June 9, 1911 New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| Died: November 21, 1982 (aged 71) Manhasset, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 11, 1934, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 1948, for the Boston Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .299 |
| Home runs | 128 |
| Runs batted in | 954 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Frank Andrew McCormick (June 9, 1911 – November 21, 1982) was an American baseball first baseman who played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Buck" in honor of Frank Buck,[1] he played for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves from 1934 to 1948. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg).
McCormick signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1934 and played for their minor league affiliate in Beckley until September of that same year, when the Reds promoted him to the major leagues. After spending twelve seasons with the organization, McCormick was sold to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he spent the next two seasons. In the middle of the 1947 season, he was released and subsequently joined the Boston Braves, where he played the 1948 World Series as his final appearance in a major league game. He is most famous for winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1940, the second of three consecutive years where a Red won the award. The Reds were only the second team to ever have a player on the roster win the award in three straight seasons (the first was the Philadelphia Athletics, who did so from 1931 to 1933) and the first to do so with three separate players, which has only been accomplished three times since.
- ^ Appleton, Sheldon. "Frank McCormick". The Baseball Biography Project. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 14, 2013.