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Frankie Cartoscelli(1932-1978) played 3rd base for the New York Yankees from 1955-1973. He died 1973 during a major league game getting hit by a line drive in the face. He was the 4th player to die on a field during a regulaur season game. His life time statistics were:

.305 Batting Average 267 Home Runs 3,085 Hits 2,875 Runs Batted In 432 Stolen Bases .965 Slugging Percentage 1967 MVP with .345 30 Home Runs 134 RBI 5 time All-star Won 12 World Series with the Yankees 2,876 games At Bats 12,586

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Cartoscelli is the only known man to hit a ball all the way out of Yankee Stadium, with the perspective of Josh Gibson in the Negro Leagues in the late 1940's.

In 1957, Cartoscelli married Taylor Robinson, and they had 2 boys named Mark and Sylvester. They had a home in the suburbs of Newark,New Jersey. Taylor died in 1994 of Lou Gehrig disease, and Mark and Sylvester went on to create the Gold Glove series of Rawlings baseball gloves