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Name Team Age
John Frisella Retired (1958, Age 35) Died (1995, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 11, Pick 172
(1950)		 1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Tony Conigliaro League 0 2 years (1 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C  D  C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A  B  B 
Endurance Velocity Control
C  D  D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A  B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 3/4/1923
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF)
A  (79.6 %) A  (77.6 %) D  (5.9 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 NYA-CIN 135 476 65 151 21 5 30 91 23 80 4 4 17 .923 .351 .571 .317
1951 CIN 119 342 53 86 12 3 21 62 28 68 5 2 7 .799 .311 .488 .251
1952 CIN-KC 125 387 52 102 16 2 22 74 32 82 5 3 11 .807 .321 .486 .264
1953 KC 52 180 19 43 7 1 8 25 5 33 0 0 5 .690 .267 .422 .239
1954 KC 8 11 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1.144 .417 .727 .364
1956 KC-PIT-PHI 77 163 20 39 6 1 7 26 11 31 3 0 1 .703 .286 .417 .239
1957 PHI 51 62 6 15 1 0 2 6 7 16 0 1 0 .669 .314 .355 .242
Total 567 1621 216 440 64 12 91 288 107 312 17 10 42 .813 .319 .494 .271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01John Frisella has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-06-10The Philadelphia Phirebirds have waived John Frisella.
1958-04-10The Philadelphia Phirebirds have designated John Frisella for assignment.
1956-04-18The Philadelphia Phirebirds have acquired John Frisella from the waiver wire.
1956-04-08The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have designated John Frisella for assignment.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have designated Rafael Gulliver for assignment.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have acquired John Frisella from the waiver wire. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have waived Dave Moses.
1956-03-30The Kansas City Strikers have waived John Frisella.
1955-03-29The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Ted Buskey to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Henry Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Carl Gust to the minors.
1954-10-07The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Henry Davis to the minors.
1954-09-30The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Pep Meacham to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Archie Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Billy Fabregas to the minors.
1954-09-20The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Carl Gust to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Ted Buskey to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Schaefer to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Juan Davis to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Rocky Niemiec to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Pep Meacham to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Emil Bradshaw to the minors.
1954-07-18The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Pep Meacham to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Fred Park to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Barney Sauerbeck to the minors.
1954-07-06The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Elias Stutz to the minors.
1954-06-06The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Billy Fabregas to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Barney Sauerbeck to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Dave McWilliams to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1954-06-03The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Juan Davis to the minors.
1954-05-29The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Elias Stutz to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1954-05-23The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Henry Davis to the minors.
1954-05-16The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Henry Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1954-05-15The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team.
1954-05-01The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Henry Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1954-04-01The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Ted Buskey to the minors.
1953-10-03The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Vin Gardner to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Bob Aven to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Archie Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Henry Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Pat Wheeler to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Juan Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Ad Scanlan to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Elias Stutz to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Barney Sauerbeck to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Wayne Sanders to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Red Bailey to the minors.
1953-09-29The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Wayne Sanders to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Elias Stutz to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Chico Elliott to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Harry Gill to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Carl Gust to the minors.
1953-07-19The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Juan Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1953-07-04The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Juan Davis to the minors.
1953-07-02The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Juan Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Fred "Bull" Goar to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Vin Gardner to the minors.
1953-06-25The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Barney Sauerbeck to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Al Romo to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Juan Davis to the minors.
1953-06-24The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Juan Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Fred "Bull" Goar to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Barney Sauerbeck to the minors.
1952-10-03The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Dot Ake to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Ad Scanlan to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Les Bowens to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Juan Davis to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Augie Lawing to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Les Schulte to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Barney Sauerbeck to the minors.
1952-09-30The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Juan Davis to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Augie Lawing to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Frank Crespi to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Wayne Sanders to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Phil Lovett to the minors.
1952-08-31The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Fred Valentine to the minors.
1952-08-28The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Fred Valentine to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1952-08-25The Kansas City Strikers have promoted John Frisella to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent Les Schulte to the minors.
1952-08-24The Kansas City Strikers have promoted Les Schulte to the major league team. The Kansas City Strikers have sent John Frisella to the minors.
1952-07-31A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Blooms and the Kansas City Strikers. The Kansas City Strikers receive John Frisella, Fred "Bull" Goar, Jeff Townsend, Dax Roche from the Cincinnati Blooms in exchange for Mel Roof, Baby Bradley, Larry Pena, Bill Adkins, Russ Storti.
1950-06-29A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Blooms and the New York Bombers. The New York Bombers receive Charlie Marone from the Cincinnati Blooms in exchange for John Frisella.