Where does Jack Fournier rank among baseball greats?
Jack Fournier ranks #41 among the Top 50 all-time at 1B. Rankings ⇒ Get the Married Men off the Infield Frankie Frisch used to like to tell the story of when Fournier was playing first base and a rookie pitcher asked him how to pitch to Rogers Hornsby. “Just feed him indise pitches,” Fournier told the young hurler. The kid followed orders and Hornsby smoked a ball down the left field line that almost killed the third baseman. The rookie trotted over to Fournier and said “I thought you said inside pitches were his weakness?” Fournier grunted “I said nothing of the kind. I just didn’t want him hitting outside pitches on a line toward me. After all, I’m a married man with a family.” Born John Frank Fournier was born on September 28, 1889, in AuSable, MI. Died September 5, 1973, Tacoma, WA Batted: Left Threw: Right Primary Position: 1B –> Primary Team: CHA –> Major League Debut 4 13, Nine Other Players Who Debuted in 1912 Rabbit Maranville Cy Williams Del Pratt Bobby Veach Ray Schalk Cas
