Frank Brazill

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Given name: Frank Leo Brazill
Nicknames: None
Primary Pos: Firstbase
Hght/Wght: 5'11" / 175 lbs
Bats/Throws: L / R
Born: Aug 11, 1899 in Spangler, PA
Died: Nov 3, 1976 in Oakland, CA (77 years old)
Debut: Apr 13, 1921

Frank Leo Brazill (August 11, 1899 – November 3, 1976) was an American professional baseball first baseman whose career spanned nineteen seasons (1919–1938). During the 1921 and 1922 Major League Baseball (MLB) season he was a member of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Biography

Brazill made his professional debut in the minor leagues in 1918 as a member of the Cumberland Colts. The other minor league teams he played for were the Hartford Senators (1919), the Winnipeg Maroons (1919), the Atlanta Crackers (1920), the St. Paul Saints (1920), the Portland Beavers (1921–24, 1928), the Seattle Indians (1925), the Los Angeles Angels (1926–27), the Mission Reds (1928), the Memphis Chickasaws (1929–1934), the Greenville Buckshots (1934), the Nashville Volunteers (1935), the Oklahoma City Indians (1935), the Tulsa Oilers (1935), the Greenwood Chiefs/Giants (1936–37) and the Fort Smith Giants (1938). He also managed several minor league teams from 1934 to 1939.

The Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles clubs he played with were all in the Pacific Coast League. In 2007, Brazill was inducted to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.