Frank Fanovich

{{Short description|American baseball player (1923–2011)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{No footnotes|date=December 2010}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Fanovich

|image=Frank Fanovich.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1923|1|11}}

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

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|8|27|1923|1|11}}

|death_place=New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 25

|debutyear=1949

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 16

|finalyear=1953

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–5

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.49

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=64

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1949}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1953}})

}}

Frank Joseph "Lefty" Fanovich (January 11, 1923 – August 27, 2011) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander played for the Cincinnati Reds during the {{Baseball year|1949}} season and the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1953}} season. During his MLB career, the {{convert|5|ft|11|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}} Fanovich appeared in 55 games, 51 in relief, and posted a career record of 0–5. He allowed 106 hits in 105 innings pitched, with 65 bases on balls and 64 strikeouts.