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Frank Schulte

Chicago N.L.

 

1911: .300 BA, 21 HR's (#1 Major Leagues), 121 RBI's, 21 Triples, Slugging Pct. .534 (#1 NL)

1906,1910: HR Leader (#1 NL)

1906 Won Chalmers Award (Dead Ball Era version of the MVP Award)


FRANK SCHULTE Schulte, Frank M. "Wildfire" b: 9/17/1882, Cohocton, N.Y. d: 10/2/49, Oakland, Cal. BL/TR, 5'11", 170 lbs. Deb: 9/21/04 ============================================================================== YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1904 Chi-N 20 84 16 24 4 3 2 13 2 .286 1905 Chi-N 123 493 67 135 15 14 1 47 32 .274 1906 *Chi-N 146 563 77 158 18 13 7 60 31 .281 1907 *Chi-N 97 342 44 98 14 7 2 32 22 .287 1908 *Chi-N 102 386 42 91 20 2 1 43 29 .236 1909 Chi-N 140 538 57 142 16 11 4 60 24 .264 1910 *Chi-N 151 559 93 168 29 15 10 68 39 57 .301 1911 Chi-N 154 577 105 173 30 21 21 107 76 71 .300 1912 Chi-N 139 553 90 146 27 11 12 64 53 70 .264 1913 Chi-N 132 497 85 138 28 6 9 68 39 68 .278 1914 Chi-N 137 465 54 112 22 7 5 61 39 55 .241 1915 Chi-N 151 550 66 137 20 6 12 62 49 68 .249 1916 Chi-N 72 230 31 68 11 1 5 27 20 35 .296 Pit-N 55 177 12 45 5 3 0 14 17 19 .254 Yr 127 407 43 113 16 4 5 41 37 54 .278 1917 Pit-N 30 103 11 22 5 1 0 7 10 14 .214 Phi-N 64 149 21 32 10 0 1 15 16 22 .215 Yr 94 252 32 54 15 1 1 22 26 36 .214 1918 Was-A 93 267 35 77 14 3 0 44 47 36 .288 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 15 1806 6533 906 1766 288 124 92 792 545 ?515 .270

Wildfire was one of the premier power hitters of his day. He led the NL twice in home runs and in 1911 hit an incredible Pre-Ruthian total of 21. This feat included 4 grand-slams which was a record broken 44 years later by another Cub, Hall of Fame inductee, Ernie Banks.