Fritz Maisel

Fritz Maisel
Fritz Maisel
	Third baseman
	Born:December 23, 1889; Catonsville, Maryland,U.S.
	Died:April 22, 1967(aged 77); Baltimore, Maryland,U.S.
	Batted:Right Threw:Right
MLB debut
	August 11, 1913, for the New York Highlanders
Last MLB appearance
	August 28, 1918, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Batting average	.242
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	148
Stolen bases	194
Teams
	New York Highlanders/Yankees(1913–1917); St. Louis Browns(1918);
Career highlights and awards
	AL stolen base leader(1914);

Frederick Charles "Fritz" Maisel(December 23, 1889 – April 22, 1967) was an American professional baseball player who playedthird basein the Major Leagues from 1913 to 1918, and was later a minor league player and manager and a major league scout. In his Major League career, he played for theNew York YankeesandSt. Louis Browns.Because of his speed on the basepaths, he was known as "Catonsville Flash" or just "Flash" by his fans. In 1914, he led theAmerican Leaguewith 74stolen bases,and was onlycaught stealing17 times that year, an 81 percent success rate.

Maisel was born inCatonsville, Maryland.In 1910, he was signed byJack Dunnof theBaltimore Orioles,and started with an Orioles farm team (probably the Elgin Kittens) in Elgin, Illinois. (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 straightInternational Leaguepennants. In 1929, after the death of Jack Dunn, Fritz became the manager of the Orioles and managed them from the 1929 through 1932 seasons. He was inducted into theInternational League Hall of Famein 1959.

Maisel was not regarded by some as a very successful manager for the Orioles of the International League, despite his winning record. He did not have much talent on the team and became a laughing stock of the Baltimore press. He was blamed for all the misfortunes of the team.

Maisel was Chief of theBaltimore CountyFire Department from 1938 to 1951. At the time of his death, he was a scout for theBaltimore Orioles(the Orioles have been aMajor League Baseballteam since 1954). He was a lifelong resident ofCatonsville.

External links and sources

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, 1993
"The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition",edited by Gary Gillette and Pete Palmer, Sterling Publishing, New York, 2007
Chadwick, Bruce, and David Spindel."The Baltimore Orioles: Memories and Memorabilia of the Lords of Baltimore."New York: Abbeville Press, 1995.
Bready, James."Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years."Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
International League Hall of Fame Entry

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