Frank Grube Explained

Frank Grube
Position:Catcher
Birth Date:7 January 1905
Birth Place:Easton, Pennsylvania, US
Death Place:New York City, US
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:May 12
Debutyear:1931
Debutteam:Chicago White Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 30
Finalyear:1941
Finalteam:St. Louis Browns
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.244
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:107
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Franklin Thomas Grube (January 7, 1905 – July 2, 1945) was an American professional baseball and professional football player. In baseball, he was a catcher whose career lasted for 14 seasons (1928–1941), including 394 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the Chicago White Sox (1931–1933 and 1935–1936) and St. Louis Browns (1934–1935 and 1941). In football, he played left end for the New York football Yankees of the NFL, appearing in 11 games in 1928.[1] Grove was listed as 5feet tall and weighed ; he threw and batted right-handed.

Grube was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and attended Lafayette College in that city. In the majors, he collected 274 hits, including 59 doubles and one home run (struck off New York's Ivy Andrews at Yankee Stadium on September 12,, in a rare tie game, called on account of darkness);[2] he batted .244 with 107 runs batted in. Grube was the White Sox' most used catcher in both and .

He was shot while visiting New York City, and died July 2, 1945, at Knickerbocker Hospital at age 40.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrubFr20.htm Pro Football Reference.com
  2. [Retrosheet]
  3. News: Gunblast Kills Frank Grube, Ex-Brownie . . St. Louis, Missouri . July 2, 1945 . 13 . .