Frank Fernandez, a catcher with a big arm and home-run pop in his bat, played six big-league seasons with the New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators.
A three-sport star at Curtis High School, Fernandez averaged a home run every 18 at-bats in his major-league career, including five pinch-hit blasts for the 1970 A’s, three of them outright game-winners.
Class of 2000