Frank Elmer Gleich [Inch] (March 7, 1894 - March 27, 1949) was a backup outfielder

Outfielder

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played from through for the New York Yankees

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. Listed at 5' 11.5", 175 lb., Gleich batted left-handed

Left-handed

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 and threw right-handed. He was born in Columbus, Ohio

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In a two-season career, Gleich was a .133 hitter (6-for-45) with six runs

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 and four RBI

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 in 29 games. He did no hit an extrabase. He made 19 outfield appearances at left field (12), center (5) and right (2), committing four errors

Error (baseball)

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 in 23 chances

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 for a collective .826 fielding percentage

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Gleich later played in the Pacific Coast League

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. Following his baseball career, he worked as a police lieutenant for the Pennsylvania Railroad

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. He also served in the military during World War I

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. Gleich died in his homeland of Columbus, Ohio at age 55.

Fact

• On July 20, 1920, Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
   drove his new car on a Yankee road trip. About 3 A.M., he was driving near Wawa, Pennsylvania
  Wawa, Pennsylvania
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  , with wife Helen, team's coach Charley O'Leary
  Charley O'Leary
  Charles Timothy O'Leary was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers , St. Louis Cardinals , and St. Louis Browns ....
  
  , Gleich and teammate Fred Hofmann
  Fred Hofmann
  Fred Hofmann , nicknamed "Bootnose," was a catcher , coach and scout in Major League Baseball, as well a player and manager in the Minor Leagues. Listed at , , Hofmann batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.Hofmann began his baseball career as a grade school catcher in...
  
  . When Ruth turned dangerously around a curve, the auto skidded out of control. As the machine went off the road, Helen and O'Leary were thrown clear as it flipped over. Incredibly, no one was hurt as Babe's group proceeded on to Philadelphia. RUTH REPORTED KILLED IN CAR CRASH was the headline they found in one local paper, but Ruth was supposedly well enough to purchase a new version of the identical car when he returned to New York.