George Frazier Stats & Facts
George Frazier Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 77 Weight: 205 Born: Wednesday, October 13, 1954 in Oklahoma City, OK USA Died: in , Debut: 5/25/1978 Last Game: 10/4/1987 Full Name: George Allen Frazier
Chicago sends outfielders Joe Carter and Mel Hall and a minor leaguer to Cleveland for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey
On June 13, 1984, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians engineer a blockbuster trade. Chicago sends outfielders Joe Carter, Mel Hall and Don Schulz a minor leaguer Darryl Banks to Cleveland for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey. “The Red Baron” was 4-5 with the Indians, but caught fire with the…
The Yankees obtain third baseman Toby Harrah in 6 player deal
The Yankees obtain third baseman Toby Harrah and minor leaguer Rick Brown from the Indians for Dan Boitano, rookie outfielder Otis Nixon, and minor leaguer Guy Elston. The team’s new third baseman will hit just .217 in the one season he plays for the Bronx Bombers, but Nixon will go on to have a solid 17-year major league career, leaving the game in 1999 with a lifetime batting average of .270.
The Dodgers win 4 straight to win 1981 World Series
Entering Game 6 of the World Series in the fifth inning, Yankee right-hander George Frazier, relieving starter Tommy John, gives up three go-ahead runs in the team’s 9-2 elimination loss to the Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. The 27 year-old right-hander becomes the first pitcher to lose three games in a best of seven World Series, and the second hurler to drop that many decisions in any Fall Classic, joining White Sox southpaw Lefty Williams, who also lost a trio of games in the best-of-nine series played in 1919.