Freddie Lindstrom

Infobox MLB retired
name=Freddie Lindstrom
position=Third Baseman/Outfielder


bgcolor1=#fd5a1e
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=November 21, 1905
deathdate=death date and age|1981|10|1|1905|11|21
debutdate= April 15
debutyear= 1924
debutteam= New York Giants
finaldate=May 15
finalyear=1936
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.311
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=103
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=779
teams=
* New York Giants (1924-1932)
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-1934)
* Chicago Cubs (1935)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)
highlights=
*National League pennant: 1924, 1935
*Led NL in hits in 1928 with 231
*Ranks 94th on all-time batting average list (.311)
*Ranks 100th on all-time at bats per strikeout list (20.3)
hofdate=by|1976
hofmethod=Veteran's Committee

Frederick Charles Lindstrom (November 21 1905 - October 4 1981) was a Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s. A third baseman and outfielder, Lindstrom was best known for his bat as he hit over .300 in seven of his thirteen seasons.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 16 Lindstrom had tryouts with both the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. Signed by the Giants, Lindstrom dropped out of Loyola Academy in Chicago after his sophomore year to play for the Toledo Mud Hens. He was there for a season when he was called up in 1924 for the New York Giants. That was the year that the Giants went to the World Series. Lindstrom, having played in this series is the youngest player ever to play in a World Series (18 years old). That series was notable for the ball in game seven, in the bottom of the twelfth inning, which hit something hard on the field and bounced over Lindstrom's head, allowing the series winning run to score.

Lindstrom broke into the major leagues in 1924 with the New York Giants, a team he would play for until 1932. During this time he established himself as a consistent, disciplined hitter. Arguably his best seasons were 1928, when he batted .358 with 14 home runs and 107 RBI, and 1930, when he batted .379 with 22 home runs and 106 RBI. He scored 99 runs both years and finished second in MVP voting to Jim Bottomley in 1928.

On December 12 1932, Lindstrom was the centerpiece of a three-team trade between the Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies. As a member of the Pirates, he hit .300 for the seventh and final time in his career in 1933. On November 22, 1934, he was traded again, this time to the Chicago Cubs. After an ineffective season there and the next year with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Lindstrom retired.

Lindstrom finished his career with a .311 batting average, 895 runs, 103 home runs, 779 RBI and 84 stolen bases. He appeared in two World Series, in 1924 and 1935. On July 25, 1928, he became the first National League player to collect nine hits in a doubleheader, a record which stands today.

Lindstrom was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

Lindstrom's son, Chuck Lindstrom, played briefly for the 1958 Chicago White Sox.

ee also

* Hitting for the cycle

References

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