Jack Frye (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1864–1904)}}

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|name=Jack Frye

|image=John Frye Baseball.png

|position=First baseman

|birth_date=May 1864

|birth_place=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date=June 10, 1904

|death_place=Brandy Station, Virginia, U.S.

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|debutyear=1890

|debutteam=Cuban Giants

|finalyear=1896

|finalteam=Cuban Giants

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• York Inter-state Base Ball Club ({{by|1890}})
• Cuban Giants ({{by|1896}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdRUF6eWc0d0lYckk/edit "Genuine Cuban Giants" The Evening Times, Washington, DC, Saturday, May 23, 1896, Page 3, Column 5]

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John H. Frye (May 1864 - June 10, 1904) was an American baseball first baseman in the Negro leagues. Most of his uncovered records show he played for the Cuban Giants before 1900.

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There he played with many of the top-tier players of his day, including Sol White, John Patterson, Frank Grant, William Jackson, and Robert Jordan.