Herman Franks Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Height: 70 Weight: 187 Born: Sunday, January 04, 1914 in Price, UT USA Died: 3 30 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT USA Debut: 4/27/1939 Last Game: 8/28/1949 Full Name: Herman Louis Franks
On September 5, 1978, the Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos set a major league record by combining to use 45 players. The Cubs and Expos, managed by Herman Franks and Dick Williams respectively, also tie a record by using 14 pitchers. The Expos win the game, 10-8…
The Giants name Clyde King as the team’s new manager, replacing Herman Franks. San Francisco fires their new skipper, who will guide the club to 90 victories next season, after the team blows an 8-0 lead in a contest against the Padres in May, 1970.
1967 – Jim Wynn ‘s first-inning homer off the left-field foul pole ignites a near riot during a 6-2 Astros win. Giants Manager Herman Franks and umpire Shag Crawford nearly come to blows as Franks insists the hit was foul. A voice in the dugout calls Crawford a “meathead” and Ollie Brown gets tossed for it, inciting another feud. Pitcher Gaylord Perry, who gave up the homer, later admits it was he who used the m-word.
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