:Frank Wurm

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Wurm

|image=Frank Wurm.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{birth date|1924|4|27}}

|birth_place=Cambridge, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|9|19|1924|4|27}}

|death_place=Glens Falls, New York, U.S.

|bats=Switch

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 4

|debutyear=1944

|debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=108.00

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1944}})

}}

Frank James Wurm (April 27, 1924 – September 19, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher.

Wurm grew up in Salem, New York and attended Salem Central School. In September 1941, he signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers and began pitching in their farm system. At age 18 in 1942, he pitched for the Olean Oilers and tied the PONY League record for strikeouts in a game. The following February, he was inducted into the United States Army and was shipped out to Sicily by the summer.{{cite news |title=Salem Boy Overseas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star/72739699/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=The Post-Star |date=5 August 1943 |pages=10}} According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wurm, then 19 years old, "was one of the first Americans to enter Cassino" but was medically discharged shortly thereafter due to "battle fatigue." He described a friend and fellow soldier dying in his arms after they were both hit by a German artillery shell.{{cite news |title=Wurm, 20, Southpaw, Product of Olean, N.Y., Veteran of Cassino |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/72740670/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=10 August 1944 |pages=12}}

He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 season. He started the game,{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 4 (2) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1944/B09042BSN1944.htm |website=retrosheet.org |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=September 4, 1944}} giving up four runs while only getting one out, a strikeout.{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Dodgers vs Boston Braves Box Score: September 4, 1944 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BSN/BSN194409042.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=7 June 2023 |language=en}}

By 1945, he was a member of the men's basketball team at Middlebury College in Vermont.{{cite news |title=Dodger Hurler On Middlebury Court Squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-barre-daily-times-dodger-hurler-on-m/126013809/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=The Barre Daily Times |date=7 December 1945 |page=2}} He eventually captained that team.

After a brief return to the minors in 1946, Wurm voluntarily retired from baseball due to arm injuries.

In July 1967, Wurm, then living in Lake George, New York, was hired as an area scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite news |title=Name Socko Wurm Scout for Pirates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-glens-falls-times-name-socko-wurm-sc/126014641/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=The Glens Falls Times |date=12 July 1967 |pages=19}}

Born in Cambridge, New York, Wurm died in Glens Falls, New York.