Benny Frey
| Benny Frey | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 6, 1906 Dexter, Michigan |
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| Died: November 1, 1937 (aged 31) Spring Arbor Township, Michigan |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 18, 1929 for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 17, 1936 for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 57-82 |
| Earned run average | 4.50 |
| Strikeouts | 179 |
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Benjamin Rudolph Frey (April 6, 1906 – November 1, 1937) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1936, playing primarily with the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Dexter, Michigan, Frey appeared in 256 major league baseball games (127 as a starter) and had a lifetime record of 57–82 in 1160 innings pitched. He was a sidearm pitcher with a sweeping motion that was effective against right-handed hitters. His lifetime earned run average of 4.50 was good for an adjusted ERA+ of 90. In 1930, Frey lost 18 games, most in the National League. His best season was 1934 when he was 11–16 for the Reds with a 3.52 ERA (adjusted ERA+ of 116), finishing sixteenth in the 1934 National League Most Valuable Player voting.
Frey suffered an arm injury and was sent down to a minor league team in Nashville for the 1937 season after eight years in the majors. Frey refused to report to Nashville and asked to be put on the voluntarily retired list. Frey committed suicide that November at age 31 in Spring Arbor Township, Michigan, by carbon monoxide poisoning, after running a hose from the exhaust into his car. [1][2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Frank Hoffmann, Edward J. Rielly, Martin Manning (2003). Baseball and American Culture. Haworth Press. ISBN 0789014858. http://books.google.com/books?id=j84eSC3b90YC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=%22benny+frey%22+suicide&source=web&ots=j0TogFr-He&sig=YpOALp3be1C6wjQab-zlQ4_c74U.
- ^ Loren L Coleman (2004). The Copycat Effect. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 1416505547. http://books.google.com/books?id=3B4lTTZE58oC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=%22benny+frey%22+suicide&source=web&ots=veMyl86m0o&sig=Q8_IEdgk3cYlkYsFuGcVYHH0-s0#PPA210,M1.
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