Frank Sylvester "Silver" Flint (August 3, 1855 – January 14, 1892) was a
catcher in
Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons of major league baseball for the
St. Louis Red Stockings The St. Louis Red Stockings were a professional baseball team in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (National Association or NA) for the 1875 season.
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,
Indianapolis Blues and
Chicago White Stockings.
Biography
Flint began his career at age 19 with the
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St. Louis (NA), in the standard short-form identification used for America ...
of the
National Association, and he played one year for the
Indianapolis Blues before joining the
Chicago White Stockings in
1879
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, where he would remain for the rest of his playing career, eleven seasons almost exclusively as a catcher.
In his first season with the White Stockings, Flint and
Cap Anson split duties piloting the team, which finished 5–12 under Flint and 41–21 under Anson. That was Flint's only opportunity as field manager.
Flint married Eva de la Motta, the ex-wife of
minstrel show performer Lew Benedict, in 1879.
[Mrs. Flint's Suit]
''Saint Paul Daily Globe'', January 4, 1891.[Crime and Casualty]
''Adams County Union'', May 24, 1894, p. 6. Flint died in Chicago of
tuberculosis in 1892.
["Silver" Flint Dead: Remarkable Record of the Celebrated Ball Player](_blank)
'' The New York Times'', January 16, 1892.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball player–managers
References
External links
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1855 births
1892 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball catchers
Major League Baseball player-managers
St. Louis Red Stockings players
Indianapolis Blues players
Chicago White Stockings players
Chicago White Stockings (original) managers
Indianapolis Blues (minor league) players
Springfield (minor league baseball) players
Baseball players from Philadelphia
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Illinois