Freddie Lindstrom was born on Tuesday, November 21, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois. Lindstrom was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1924, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Freddie Lindstrom baseball stats page.
"Freddie Lindstrom was a Hall of Fame third baseman and outfielder who primarily played for the New York Giants. He played in World Series on both ends of his 13-year career, in 1924 and again in 1935. Between those, he reached up some very impressive numbers: seven times, he topped .300, including a career-high .379 in 1930. In addition to his hitting accomplishments, he was considered one of the best third baseman of his time. A foot injury in 1931 led to a position switch to the outfield, where he continued to excel. The Hall of Fame came calling in 1972, a just reward for an outstanding career. He finished with 1,747 hits in 5,611 at-bats, good for a .311 clip. That still doesn't come close to his son's lifetime average however. Chuck Lindstrom is the second son of a major leaguer to make the one hit wonder club, Earle Brucker was the first." - Rose, George. Author. One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories: Chuck Lindstrom. iUniverse Publishing. 22 April 2004. Page 68.
Freddie LindstromFred Lindstrom Autograph on a Sheraton Inn Baseball Card (#23) |
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Freddie LindstromFreddie Lindstrom Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Freddie LindstromFreddie Lindstrom Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1924 | 19 | Giants | 52 | 79 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | .253 | .314 | .316 |
1925 | 20 | Giants | 104 | 356 | 43 | 102 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | - | .287 | .332 | .430 |
1926 | 21 | Giants | 140 | 543 | 90 | 164 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 2 | - | .302 | .351 | .420 |
1927 | 22 | Giants | 138 | 562 | 107 | 172 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 2 | - | .306 | .354 | .436 |
1928 | 23 | Giants | 153 | 646 | 99 | 231 | 39 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 107 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 2 | - | .358 | .383 | .511 |
1929 | 24 | Giants | 130 | 549 | 99 | 175 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 91 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | - | .319 | .354 | .464 |
1930 | 25 | Giants | 148 | 609 | 127 | 231 | 39 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 106 | 48 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .379 | .425 | .575 |
1931 | 26 | Giants | 78 | 303 | 38 | 91 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .300 | .355 | .429 |
1932 | 27 | Giants | 144 | 595 | 83 | 161 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 92 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .271 | .303 | .407 |
1933 | 28 | Pirates | 138 | 538 | 70 | 167 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .310 | .350 | .448 |
1934 | 29 | Pirates | 97 | 383 | 59 | 111 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .290 | .332 | .405 |
1935 | 30 | Cubs | 90 | 342 | 49 | 94 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .275 | .297 | .389 |
1936 | 31 | Dodgers | 26 | 106 | 12 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .264 | .295 | .302 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
13 Years | 1,438 | 5,611 | 895 | 1,747 | 301 | 81 | 103 | 2 | 779 | 334 | 6 | 276 | 146 | 4 | 13 | 73 | .311 | .351 | .449 |
Freddie LindstromFreddie Lindstrom Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1924 Giants | 2B | 23 | 6 | 162 | 56 | 2.4 | 51 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .911 | 8.50 |
1924 Giants | 3B | 11 | 10 | 216 | 37 | 3.4 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 4.50 |
1925 Giants | 2B | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.30 |
1925 Giants | 3B | 96 | 91 | 2,376 | 282 | 2.9 | 270 | 123 | 147 | 12 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 3.07 |
1925 Giants | SS | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 4.00 |
1926 Giants | 3B | 138 | 138 | 3,597 | 418 | 3.0 | 402 | 151 | 251 | 16 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 3.02 |
1926 Giants | RF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1927 Giants | 3B | 88 | 87 | 2,274 | 280 | 3.2 | 271 | 93 | 178 | 9 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 3.22 |
1927 Giants | LF | 50 | 50 | 1,188 | 95 | 1.9 | 92 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 2.09 |
1928 Giants | 3B | 153 | 153 | 4,413 | 506 | 3.3 | 485 | 145 | 340 | 21 | 34 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 2.97 |
1929 Giants | 3B | 128 | 128 | 3,276 | 406 | 3.2 | 392 | 134 | 258 | 14 | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 3.23 |
1930 Giants | 3B | 148 | 148 | 3,705 | 444 | 3.0 | 423 | 132 | 291 | 21 | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 3.08 |
1931 Giants | 2B | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 13.50 |
1931 Giants | RF | 73 | 73 | 1,920 | 158 | 2.2 | 154 | 150 | 4 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.17 |
1932 Giants | 3B | 15 | 15 | 381 | 30 | 2.0 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .867 | 1.84 |
1932 Giants | CF | 128 | 128 | 3,252 | 339 | 2.6 | 333 | 315 | 18 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.76 |
1932 Giants | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1933 Pirates | CF | 111 | 110 | 2,835 | 350 | 3.2 | 345 | 341 | 4 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 3.29 |
1933 Pirates | LF | 20 | 19 | 519 | 50 | 2.5 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.60 |
1934 Pirates | LF | 92 | 92 | 2,361 | 191 | 2.1 | 189 | 181 | 8 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 2.16 |
1935 Cubs | 3B | 33 | 31 | 813 | 70 | 2.1 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 4 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 2.19 |
1935 Cubs | CF | 50 | 49 | 1,221 | 144 | 2.9 | 141 | 136 | 5 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 3.12 |
1936 Dodgers | CF | 6 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.08 |
1936 Dodgers | LF | 22 | 22 | 540 | 53 | 2.4 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.60 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
3B Totals | 810 | 801 | 21,051 | 2,473 | 3.1 | 2,371 | 835 | 1,536 | 102 | 135 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 3.04 | |
CF Totals | 295 | 291 | 7,383 | 836 | 2.8 | 822 | 795 | 27 | 14 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 3.01 | |
LF Totals | 184 | 183 | 4,608 | 389 | 2.1 | 383 | 365 | 18 | 6 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.24 | |
RF Totals | 75 | 74 | 1,950 | 159 | 2.1 | 155 | 151 | 4 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 2.15 | |
2B Totals | 28 | 11 | 216 | 78 | 2.8 | 70 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .897 | 8.75 | |
SS Totals | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 4.00 | |
13 Years | 1,393 | 1,361 | 35,235 | 3,941 | 2.8 | 3,805 | 2,177 | 1,628 | 136 | 150 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 2.92 |
Freddie LindstromFreddie Lindstrom Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1924 Giants | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 12 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.9 | 19.8 | - | - | - |
1925 Giants | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2 | 4 | n/a | 89.0 | 17.8 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
1926 Giants | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 60.3 | 25.9 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
1927 Giants | 10 | 8 | .556 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 80.3 | 14.1 | 9.7 | - | - | - |
1928 Giants | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 46.1 | 30.8 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1929 Giants | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 36.6 | 19.6 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1930 Giants | 15 | 8 | .652 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 27.7 | 18.5 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1931 Giants | 5 | 9 | .357 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 60.6 | 25.3 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1932 Giants | 6 | 5 | .545 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 39.7 | 21.3 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1933 Pirates | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 107.6 | 24.5 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
1934 Pirates | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 1 | n/a | 95.8 | 18.2 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
1935 Cubs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 114.0 | 26.3 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
1936 Dodgers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 15.1 | 10.6 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
13 Years | 84 | 46 | .646 | 33 | 18 | n/a | 54.5 | 20.3 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
Freddie LindstromFreddie Lindstrom Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1924 New York Giants | n/a | $3,600.00 | n/a | Stats |
1925 New York Giants | n/a | $6,000.00 | n/a | - |
1926 New York Giants | n/a | $7,200.00 | n/a | - |
1927 New York Giants | n/a | $9,000.00 | n/a | - |
1928 New York Giants | n/a | $12,000.00 | n/a | - |
1929 New York Giants | n/a | $15,000.00 | n/a | - |
1930 New York Giants | n/a | $15,000.00 | n/a | - |
1931 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1932 New York Giants | 3 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
1935 Chicago Cubs | 7 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1936 Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | Undetermined | - | - |
Freddie Lindstrom Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Frederick Charles Lindstrom was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Giants (1924-1932), Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-1934), Chicago Cubs (1935), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1936). On October 4, 1924, Lindy, his nickname, took the field during Game 1 of the 1924 World Series and set the record, still unbroken, for youngest player to ever appear in a World Series game — Lindstrom was only 18 years, 10 months, 13 days old!
Did you know that Freddie Lindstrom had nine hits in a doubleheader (Game 1 / Game 1) on June 25, 1928, a Major League record that was set first by Wilbert Robinson in 1892, tied several time since (Most Hits in a Doubleheader), but never broken?
Freddie Lindstrom Record | The Tribune | 26 June 1928
Freddie Lindstrom (1928 & 1930), Rogers Hornsby (1921 & 1922) and George Sisler (1920 & 1922) were once the only players in baseball history with two 230+ hit seasons. Seventy-four years after Freddie joined this elite set, Ichiro Suzuki (2001 & 2004) tied the hall of fame trio, then in 2007, he became the first (and to date only) player with three 230+ hit single seasons.
Freddie Lindstrom | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1976 (HOF)