Frank O'Connor (baseball)
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Biography
O'Connor was born in 1868 in Keeseville, New York.[1] He attended and played baseball for three different colleges—St. Joseph College in Burlington, Vermont; the University of Vermont (UVM), also in Burlington; and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[2] He also studied in the medical schools at UVM and Dartmouth.[2]
O'Connor was 24 years old when he broke into the major leagues on August 3, 1893, with the Philadelphia Phillies as a left-handed pitcher.[1] He played in only three games, with a win–loss record of 0–0 and an earned run average (ERA) of 11.25.[1] He had two hits in two at bats, including a home run,[1] for a rare 1.000 batting average.[3] O'Connor became the second player (and the first pitcher) to hit a home run in their final major-league at bat, the first having been outfielder Buck West in 1890.[4]
O'Connor subsequently studied in Montreal, and did medical training in Brooklyn.[2] He moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1904 and opened a medical practice there.[2] He died in his office in Brattleboro on the day after Christmas of 1913.[2]
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- 1868 births
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- People from Keeseville, New York
- Baseball players from Essex County, New York
- Vermont Catamounts baseball players
- Dartmouth Big Green baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Portsmouth Lillies players
- Lowell (minor league baseball) players
- 19th-century baseball players
- 19th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century American physicians
- Sportspeople from Brattleboro, Vermont