Frankie Austin

Frankie Austin
Frankie Austin
	Austin, circa 1955
	Shortstop
	Born: May 22, 1917; Panama Canal Zone
	Died: January 15, 1960 (aged 43); Panama City, Panama
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1944, for the Philadelphia Stars
Last Negro league baseball appearance
	1948, for the Philadelphia Stars
Negro National League statistics
Batting average	.343
Hits	346
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	139
Stolen bases	23
Teams
	Philadelphia Stars (1944–1948);

Frank Samuel "Pee Wee" Austin (May 22, 1917 – January 15, 1960) was a Panamanian professional baseball player.

He was a shortstop in the Negro leagues and minor leagues. He played professionally from 1944 to 1956, playing with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League from 1944 to 1948. He played in the 1945 East-West All-Star Game. Austin played in the International League in 1949, and the Pacific Coast League from 1949 to 1956.^[1] Although he never played in the Major Leagues, Austin was one of the first two black players to play for the New York Yankees organization in 1949 along with Luis Marquez.^[2]

References

^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
^ Marty Appel, "Pinstripe Empire: the New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss," (New York: Bloomsbury, 2012) p. 277.

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