Frank Truesdale

{{Short description|American baseball player (1884–1943)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Frank Truesdale

|image=Frank Truesdale.jpg

|caption=Truesdale in 1914

|position=Second baseman

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1884|3|31}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1943|8|27|1884|3|31}}

|death_place=Albuquerque, New Mexico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 27

|debutyear=1910

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 30

|finalyear=1918

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.220

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=40

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns (1910–1911)
• New York Yankees (1914)
• Boston Red Sox (1918)

}}

Frank Day Truesdale (March 31, 1884 – August 27, 1943) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from {{mlby|1910}} through {{mlby|1918}} for the St. Louis Browns (1910–1911), New York Yankees (1914) and Boston Red Sox (1918). Listed at {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m}}, 145 lb., Truesdale was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

In a four-season career, Truesdale was a .220 hitter (147-for-668) with one home run and 40 RBI in 216 games, including 68 runs, 12 doubles, two triples, 41 stolen bases, and a .318 on-base percentage.

He was a member of the 1918 American League champion Red Sox, although he did not play in the World Series.

Truesdale died at the age of 59 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.