Frank Dasso
| Frank Dasso | |||
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Born: August 31, 1917 Chicago, Illinois |
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Died: June 8, 2009 (aged 91) Seattle, Washington |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 22, 1945, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
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| June 6, 1946, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 4-5 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.91 | ||
| Strikeouts | 40 | ||
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Frank Joseph Nicholas Dasso (August 31, 1917 – June 8, 2009) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1945 and 1946 seasons.
Dasso was born on August 31, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. He was sent to a Roman Catholic orphanage for boys when he was six years old, where a nun named Mary Rouck first got him involved in tossing around the baseball. He attended Chicago's Lane Technical College Prep High School, where he never lost a game during his four years there as the team's starting pitcher. Dasso led Lane High to the Chicago high school championship, throwing 10 strikeouts and hitting a single and triple, as he led the team to a 4–2 win over Austin High School.
He was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1936, and had fellow-rookie Ted Williams as his roommate when he arrived in Boston. In 1936, Dasso played in the Red Sox organization for the Canton Terriers of the Class C Middle Atlantic League, finishing with a 4–7 record in 16 games and an Earned run average (ERA) of 3.86. He was promoted in 1937 to the Class B Rocky Mount Red Sox of the Piedmont League, where he had a 10–12 record and an ERA of 4.48 in 40 games. He pitched for the Class A Hazelton Red Sox of the Eastern League in 1938, with a record of 13–14 in 38 games and an ERA of 3.89. Dasso led the Eastern League that season, with 179 strikeouts in 243 innings of work.
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