Frank Saucier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 28-May-1926
Place of Birth: Leslie, Missouri, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Frank Saucier
- Francis Field Saucier (born May 28, 1926) is an American former professional baseball player, an outfielder who played two months of the 1951 baseball season for the St.
- Louis Browns.
- He is known for being replaced by the shortest player in baseball history, Eddie Gaedel, who pinch-hit for him in a stunt devised by Browns' owner Bill Veeck in 1951, Saucier's only season in the big leagues.In his eighteen-game Major League career, Saucier had one hit in 14 at-bats, giving him a .071 batting average.
- Saucier also had three walks, scored four runs, and had one RBI.
- He was much more prolific in the minor leagues, however, hitting .348 in 1948, his first pro season, at Belleville in the Illinois State League, and followed that with a .446 average at Wichita Falls in 1949, which led all of professional baseball.
- This attracted the attention of Veeck, who signed him in July 1951, paying him a substantial bonus to return to baseball.
- In 1950, Frank batted .343 for the San Antonio Missions in the (Texas League-batting champion) and was named the Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year.
- An injury in 1951 and two years in the U.S.
- Navy-Lt.
- during the Korean War (in addition to 38 months in World War II) short-circuited his playing time, and he never played in the majors again.Saucier graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri with a degree in math and physics; the baseball field there is named after him.
- The site is named Frank Saucier Field, a reflection of his full name Francis Field Saucier.
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