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b. October 13, 1914 · Philadelphia Athletics 1933–1934, 1936–1942, 1944–1945, St. Louis Browns 1942–1943, Cleveland Indians 1945–1946, Chicago White Sox 1946, Boston Red Sox 1947

Between 1943 and 1946 he caught 312 consecutive games, which is still the record for the position and is not a record anyone is likely to want. He caught 155 games in 1944 for a Philadelphia club that lost 90.

On April 30, 1946 he caught Bob Feller's no-hitter against the Yankees and hit the home run that won it 1-0, which is the only time a catcher has done both in the same game.

Fourteen seasons gave him 1,164 hits, 119 home runs, 628 runs batted in, 564 walks and a .259 average, with six All-Star selections. He worked in a Pennsylvania steel mill afterward and died of a heart attack in 1955, at forty. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	6	1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946
Baseball Magazine All-Star	2	1940, 1944

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1933	PHA	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1934	PHA	92	248	24	56	10	0	6	30	20	44	2	.226
1936	PHA	144	505	59	137	25	2	10	67	46	58	3	.271
1937	PHA	60	188	24	49	11	1	10	38	29	34	0	.261
1938	PHA	99	316	56	92	19	3	11	55	54	51	2	.291
1939	PHA	124	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	40	55	4	.283
1940	PHA	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	61	59	9	.308
1941	PHA	126	439	66	123	27	4	12	63	62	56	2	.280
1942	PHA/SLB	77	222	22	55	10	0	2	22	37	47	1	.248
1943	SLB	88	250	16	47	7	0	5	30	37	36	1	.188
1944	PHA	155	581	62	144	18	6	13	78	57	59	2	.248
1945	CLE/PHA	151	495	51	116	17	7	9	57	71	66	2	.234
1946	CHW/CLE	104	335	26	78	18	0	5	34	50	59	2	.233
1947	BOS	5	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.154
Career	—	1364	4493	545	1164	213	32	119	628	564	627	30	.259

On this day & linked events

1914

Born October 13, 1914

Jamesburg, NJ, USA

1955

Died June 22, 1955

1933

Major-league debut: Frankie Hayes

Frankie Hayes made a major-league debut on September 21, 1933.

1947

Final major-league game: Frankie Hayes

Frankie Hayes played a final major-league game on May 17, 1947.

Image: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, public domain