Frank Richard Papish (October 21, 1917 – August 30, 1965) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 149 games pitched, games in Major League Baseball, 64 as a starting pitcher, over six seasons as a member of the Chicago White Sox (1945–48), Cleveland Indians (1949) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1950). The native and lifelong resident of Pueblo, Colorado,"Frank Richard 'Pap' Paish," Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame
/ref> threw left-handed and was listed as tall and . Papish entered pro baseball in 1936 after his graduated from Central High School (Pueblo, Colorado), Pueblo Central High School and toiled in the minor leagues for nine seasons until the White Sox gave him an opportunity in 1945, the final season of the World War II manpower shortage. As a 27-year-old MLB rookie, Papish pitched effectively in 19 games, 14 of them in relief pitcher, relief, and tossed two complete games among his five starts. In , with many players returning to the majors after their war service, Papish held onto his job with Chicago, with a 7–5 win–loss record (pitching), won–lost record and a nifty 2.74 earned run average in 31 games; among his 15 starts, he threw six complete games and two shutout (baseball), shutouts. Then, in , he won a career-best 12 games, with an ERA of 3.26. His performance fell of in 1948, however; pitching for a White Sox team that lost 101 games and finished in last place, Papish won only two of ten decision (baseball), decisions, and his ERA climbed to 5.00 in 95 innings pitched. He was traded to the defending 1948 World Series, World Series champion Cleveland Indians in December. Papish spent only one campaign with the pitching-rich Indians, and his 1949 workload declined to 62 innings pitched, his lowest total yet in MLB, in 25 appearances. He made only three starts, but registered his 18th and final MLB complete game with an 8–1 thrashing of the Detroit Tigers on July 5 at Briggs Stadium.Retrosheet]
box score (5 July 1949): "Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 1"
/ref> That off-season, Cleveland sold his contract to the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization, where, in 1950, Papish spent most of the year with Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, Indianapolis and was treated rudely in four June appearances that concluded his big-league career. All told, he posted a 26–29 career won–lost mark, three shutouts and nine save (baseball), saves, with a 3.58 earned run average. In his 149 career games and 581 innings pitched, Papish allowed 541 hit (baseball), hits and 319 bases on balls, strikeout, striking out 255. After his professional career ended in 1953 in its 18th season, Papish was active in youth baseball in his home city, worked for a trucking firm, and was a deputy sheriff. He died in Pueblo in 1965, aged 47.

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