Frank_Carswell_(pitcher)

Frank Carswell (pitcher)

Frank Carswell (pitcher)

American baseball player

Frank Edwin Carswell Jr. (May 1, 1921 - December 25, 1994) was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. He played for the Cleveland Buckeyes between 1945 and 1948.[1]

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Carswell was the winning pitcher for the Buckeyes in the decisive Game 4 of the 1945 Negro World Series. He pitched a complete game shutout while allowing just four hits with three walks and a strikeout to outduel Ray Brown (a future member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) and lead Cleveland to a sweep of the two-time defending champion Homestead Grays and win their first and only championship.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Frank Carswell Negro League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Retrosheet Boxscore: Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5, Homestead Grays (HOM) 0".
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