Frank MacCormack

Frank MacCormack
Pitcher
Born: (1954-09-21) September 21, 1954
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 14, 1976, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
May 3, 1977, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Win–loss record0–5
Earned run average5.45
Strikeouts18
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Frank Louis MacCormack (born September 21, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1976) and Seattle Mariners (1977).

MacCormack was raised in Secaucus, New Jersey, and played baseball at Weehawken High School, graduating in 1971.[1][2] He then attended Rutgers University but was rejected as a walk-on for the Scarlet Knights baseball team. He signed with the Tigers in 1973 while pitching for a semi-pro team.[3]

MacCormack reached the majors in June 1976,[4] with an 0–5 record and 5.79 earned run average for the Tigers in eight starts and one relief appearance.[5] He threw a 96 mile per hour fastball in his debut.[6] The Mariners selected him in the 1976 MLB expansion draft.[7]

MacCormack began Seattle's inaugural season in the starting rotation but was sent down to the minors to work on his command.[3][8] He would never return to the majors, with Seattle releasing him in March 1979.[5] Ineffective and wild,[6][8] MacCormack has one of the highest rates of wild pitches and walks per nine innings pitched of any MLB pitcher.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Frank MacCormack, Baseball Almanac. Accessed November 14, 2022. "Place of Birth Data Born In: Jersey City, New Jersey... High School: Weehawken High School (Weehawken, NJ)"
  2. ↑ Noble, Marty. "Big Mac's big chance; Secaucus pitcher gets Coast shot", The Record, November 11, 1976. Accessed November 14, 2022. "The Weehawken High School Class of '71 holds its fifth-year reunion Dec. 3. Frank MacCormack will attend, but few of his classmates will realize he is there.... They'd be looking for a Secaucus resident, who, by his own admission, usually wore pants that were too short and funny-looking clothes."
  3. 1 2 1978 Seattle Mariners Media Guide. pp. 33–34.
  4. ↑ Zier, Patrick (June 20, 1976). "Rebuilding Tigers are struggling along". Lakeland Ledger. pp. 1C.
  5. 1 2 "Frank MacCormack Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Former promising Mariner is on the road back". Ellensburg Daily Record. UPI. March 17, 1979. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Seattle takes player off Kansas City list". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. November 5, 1976. p. 13.
  8. 1 2 "Ex L-Tiger MacCormack trying to find other side". Lakeland Ledger. Associated Press. June 29, 1977. pp. 5D.
  9. ↑ "Highest Base On Balls Per 9 Innings Rate With At Least 30 Innings Pitched In A Career". StatMuse. July 3, 2026. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Most Wp Per Ip At Least 35 Innings Pitched In A Career". StatMuse. July 3, 2026. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
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