Linus Reinhard Frey [Junior] was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, and New York Giants. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. Frey began his career as a switch hitter and continued to bat from both sides of the plate until the end of 1938. Starting in 1939, he batted exclusively from the left side of the plate. He started at shortstop with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933 and switched to second base after leading the National League in errors in 1935 and 1936. Traded to the Chicago Cubs before the 1936 season he developed as a competent second baseman. Frey enjoyed his best years with the Cincinnati Reds, helping them to reach two consecutive World Series in 1939 and 1940, after hitting .291 with 11 home runs and 95 runs and leading the National League with 22 stolen bases while scoring 102 runs. Five days before the 1940 World Series against Detroit, Frey injured his foot when he dropped the iron lid of the dugout water cooler on it. Eddie Joost replaced him at second base for the series. 

August 23rd, 1910 in St. Louis  /  Died:   Sep 13th, 2009 - aged 99