Ken Frailing

Who is Ken Frailing?

Kenneth Douglas Frailing is an American former professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 116 Major League games for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs.

Drafted by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft after graduating from Marion High School, the 6 ft, 190 lb Frailing spent seven seasons in the ChiSox farm system before his recall in the closing weeks of the 1972 season. He appeared in four games as a relief pitcher that year, then ten more in 1973 during a year largely spent with the Triple-A Iowa Oaks. However, his success in the minor leagues that season — he won 11 of 14 decisions with a stellar 2.86 earned run average and was named to the official American Association All-Star Team — attracted the attention of the crosstown Cubs, who asked that Frailing be included in the blockbuster Ron Santo trade that off-season.

Frailing made the 1974 Cubs' Major League roster and appeared in 55 games in as a "swing" man, making 16 starts and compiling a 6–9 record and a 3.88 earned run average in 125⅓ innings pitched.