Frank Ringo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Ringo

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1860

Place of Birth: Parkville, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 12-Apr-1889

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Frank Ringo

  • Frank C.
  • Ringo (October 12, 1860 – April 12, 1889) was a professional baseball player whose career lasted from 1880 to 1888.
  • He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–84), Philadelphia Athletics (1884), Detroit Wolverines (1885), Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885–86), and Kansas City Cowboys (1886).
  • He committed suicide by morphine overdose in April 1889 at age 28.
  • His suicide is the earliest by a major league baseball player to be recorded in the Baseball Almanac.

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