:Frank Biscan

{{short description|American baseball player (1920-1959)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Biscan

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1920|3|13}}

|birth_place=Mount Olive, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|5|22|1920|3|13}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 3

|debutyear=1942

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1948

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=7–9

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.28

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=64

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1942}}, {{mlby|1946}}, {{mlby|1948}})

}}

Frank Stephen Biscan (March 13, 1920 – May 22, 1959) was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns in parts of three seasons (1942; 1946; 1948). Nicknamed "Porky", he was listed at {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall and {{convert|190|lb}}.

In 74 MLB games (all but four as a relief pitcher) and 148{{frac|1|3}} innings pitched, Biscan allowed 170 hits and 104 bases on balls, with 64 strikeouts. He recorded one complete game and four saves. In the minor leagues, Biscan won 26 of 30 decisions for the 1940 Lima Pandas of the Class D Ohio State League, and won 17 games for three consecutive seasons (1950–52).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=biscan001fra Minor league record from Baseball Reference]

From 1942 to 1945 Biscan served in the United States Navy[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime] during World War II.{{cite book|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|pages=1078}} He died from heart disease at the age of 39 in St. Louis, Missouri.