Charles Andrew Frye was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played for the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 during the 1940 season. Listed at 6' 1", 175 lb., he batted and threw right handed.

Born in Hickory, North Carolina

Hickory, North Carolina

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, Charlie Frye was one of many baseball players whose professional career was interrupted during World War II

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.

Frye started in organized baseball in 1937 for Class-D Mooresville (NCSL

North Carolina State League

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). He later played for Class-B Evansville (IIIL

Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League

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, 1938), returning to Class-D with Snow Hill (CPL

Coastal Plain League

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, 1939) and Martinsville (BIST

Bi-State League

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, 1939-1940) before joining the Phillies, appearing for them in July of 1940 in a span of fifteen games.

Frye posted a 0-6 record (five starts) and a 4.50 earned run average

Earned run average

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, allowing 32 runs (26 earned) on 58 hits and 26 walks

Base on balls

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 while striking out

Strikeout

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 18 in 50⅓ innings of work.

Following his majors stint, Frye returned to minor league action pitching at Class-B for Allentown (1941) and Wilmington (1942) of the Interstate League

Interstate League

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and the Statesville team (NCSL, 1942) until he went into the Army. In parts of six minor league seasons, he went 42-36 with a 3.86 ERA in 150 pitching appearances.

Shortly after being discharged in 1945, Frye died at his home of Hickory, North Carolina at the age of 30.