Frank Corridon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrank Corridon
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1880
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Date of Death: 21-Feb-1941
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Frank Corridon
- Frank Joseph Corridon [Fiddler] (November 25, 1880 – February 21, 1941) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between the 1904 and 1910 seasons.
- Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb., Corridon was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. The invention of the spitball has been credited to several pitchers.
- Corridon is one of them.
- He claimed to have originated the pitch while playing for the Providence Grays of the International League, when discovered that a ball which had landed in a puddle and was wet on one side did an unexpected effect on its flight when he threw it.
- He later wet the ball during games and went on to have a respectable major league career. Corridon entered the majors in 1904 with the Chicago Cubs, appearing for them in 24 games before joining the Philadelphia Phillies (1904–1905, 1907–1909) and St.
- Louis Cardinals (1910).
- His most productive season came with the 1907 Phillies, when he posted career-numbers in wins (18), starts (32), complete games (23) and innings pitched (274.0), while collecting a 2.46 ERA.
- He finished 14–10 with a 2.51 ERA the next season, and went 11–7 with a career-high 2.11 in 1909.
- He faded to 6–14 with the Cardinals in 1910, his last major league season. In a six-year career, Corridon posted a 70–67 record with a 2.80 ERA in 180 appearances, including 140 starts, 99 complete games, 10 shutouts, seven saves and 1216.0 innings of work, posting a 1.22 strikeout-to-walk ratio (458-to-375). Corridon died at the age of 60 in Syracuse, New York.
Read more at Wikipedia