Fritz Maisel

Infobox MLB retired
name=Fritz Maisel
position=Third Baseman


bgcolor1=#1c2841
bgcolor2=#1c2841
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=December 23, 1889
city-state|Catonsville|Maryland
deathdate=death date and age|1967|4|22|1889|12|23
city-state|Baltimore|Maryland
debutdate= August 11
debutyear= 1913
debutteam= New York Highlanders
finaldate=August 28
finalyear=1918
finalteam= St. Louis Browns
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.242
stat2label=Runs batted in
stat2value=148
stat3label=Stolen bases
stat3value=194
teams=
* New York Highlanders/Yankees (1913-1917)
* St. Louis Browns (1918)
highlights=
*American League stolen base champion: 1914

Frederick Charles "Fritz" Maisel (December 23, 1889 - April 22, 1967), was a professional baseball player who played third base in the Major Leagues from 1913-1918. He played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns. Because of his speed on the basepaths, Fritz was known as "Catonsville Flash" or just "Flash" by his fans. In 1914, he led the American League with 74 stolen bases, and was only caught stealing 17 times that year, an 81 percent success rate.

Maisel was born in Catonsville, Maryland. In 1910, he was signed by Jack Dunn of the Baltimore Orioles, and started with an Orioles farm team (probably the Elgin Kittens) in Elgin, IL. (The Orioles were a minor league team during the period of 1903 through 1953.) After his major league career, he rejoined the Baltimore Orioles as team captain in 1919, and led the team to seven straight International League pennants. In 1928, after the death of Jack Dunn, Fritz became the manager of the Orioles.

He was Chief of the Baltimore County Fire Department from 1938 to 1951. At the time of his death, he was a scout for the Baltimore Orioles baseball organization. (The Orioles have been a Major League Baseball team since 1954.) He was a lifelong resident of Catonsville.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions

ources

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maisefr01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* Catonsville Herald-Argus newspaper article, circa 22 April, 1967 entitled "Fritz Maisel, Catonsville's Famous Baseball Hero, Dies"
* Professional Baseball Franchises, by Peter Filichia, Facts On File, New York, NY, 1993
* The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition, edited by Gary Gillette and Pete Palmer, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY, 2007

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title = American League Stolen Base Champion
years = 1914
before = Clyde Milan
after = Ty Cobb