Ping Bodie
Frank Stephen "Ping" Bodie, born Francesco Stephano Pezzolo, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees (1919–1921). Bodie batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco.
Background
- Born in
- San Francisco
- Educated at
- Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
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1887
Born
Birth1961
Died
Death
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