Harry Koch "Dutchman" Fritz (September 30, 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 – November 4, 1974 in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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) was a third baseman

Third baseman

A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...

 for Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 teams the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Whales

Chicago Whales

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Fritz was born in Philadelphia PA in 1890. Fritz played three years in professional baseball, mostly in the Federal League

Federal League

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. He played for Wilmington from 1911–1913 and also with the Athletics late in the season for five games for the 1913 world series

1913 World Series

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 winning team. In 1914, he played 65 games for the Chicago Chi-Feds under manager Joe Tinker

Joe Tinker

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. While Rollie Zeider

Rollie Zeider

Rollie Hubert Zeider was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees , Chicago Chi-Feds/Chicago Whales in the Federal League from -, and lastly the Chicago Cubs...

 was the everyday third baseman, Fritz was the most utilized backup infielder on the second place team. He was the everyday third baseman for the 1915 Chicago Whales

Chicago Whales

The Chicago Whales were a professional baseball team based in Chicago. They played in the Federal League, a short-lived "third Major League", in 1914 and 1915. They originally lacked a formal nickname, and were known simply as the "Chicago Federals" to distinguish them from the Chicago Cubs and...

. He finished his career at Syracuse in 1916.

He died in Columbus OH on November 4, 1974.