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((short description|American baseball player))
((External links|date=January 2022))
((For the|the football player|Ping Bodie (American football)))
((Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ping Bodie
|image=File:Ping Bodie in 1918.jpg
|caption=Bodie in 1918
|position=[[Outfielder]]
|birth_date=((birth date|1887|10|8))
|birth_place=[[San Francisco]], California, U.S.
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|death_place= San Francisco, California, U.S.
|bats=Right
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|debutdate=April 22
|debutyear=1911
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|finaldate=July 24
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'''Frank Stephen "Ping" Bodie''' (October 8, 1887 – December 17, 1961), born '''Francesco Stephano Pezzolo''',<ref name="mmonaganmlb">[https://www.mlb.com/news/yankee-and-ostrich-pasta-eating-contest Monagan, Matt. "A Yankee, an ostrich and 22 plates of pasta," MLB.com, Tuesday, April 6, 2021.] Retrieved April 7, 2021</ref> was an American [[center fielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played for the [[Chicago White Sox]] (1911–1914), [[Philadelphia Athletics]] (1917) and [[New York Yankees]] (1919–1921). Bodie batted and threw right-handed. He was born in San Francisco.

Bodie was nicknamed "Ping" for the sound made when his fifty-two-ounce bat crashed into the "dead" ball of his era. Another nickname given to him was "The Wonderful [[Wop]]."<ref>((cite news | first = C. Ray | last = Hall | title = Deathblow | date = 1990-08-19 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55261589 | work = [[The Courier-Journal]] | accessdate = 2020-07-12 ))</ref> He took the surname Bodie from the [[Bodie, California|California town]] he once lived in.

It said that Bodie provided much of the inspiration for [[Ring Lardner]]'s creation of the famous baseball fictional series ''[[You Know Me Al]]''. Appearing originally in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'', the piece was written in the form of letters written by a bush league baseball player to a friend back home.

==Career==
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In 1910, playing for the [[San Francisco Seals (PCL)|San Francisco Seals]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]], Bodie hit the then-fantastic total of 30 [[home run]]s, and quickly broke into the big leagues with the Chicago White Sox in 1911. Ping became a regular for four years with Chicago hitting .289 with 97 [[run batted in|RBIs]], .294, .265 and .229. After some clashes with [[manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Nixey Callahan|Jimmy Callahan]] in 1914, he was sold back to the San Francisco Seals.

In 1917, Bodie returned to the major leagues with the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. In that season he ranked among the [[American League]] top 10 in eight offensive categories: seven home runs (3rd) with 74 RBIs (6th), 233 [[total bases]] (5th), 46 [[extra base hit|extra-base hits]] (5th), 11 [[triple (baseball)|triples]] (8th), 28 [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (9th), a .418 [[slugging percentage]] (6th), and a .774 [[on-base plus slugging|OPS]] (10th). He also led AL [[outfielder]]s with 32 [[assist (baseball)|assist]]s.
[[File:Ping Bodie 1915.jpeg|thumb|left|160px|Ping Bodie in 1915]]

In 1918, the [[New York Yankees]] purchased [[first baseman]] [[George Burns (first baseman)|George Burns]] from the [[Detroit Tigers]] and immediately traded him to the Athletics for Bodie. With the Yankees he batted .256, .278 and .295 in three full seasons. It was during this time that Bodie became [[Babe Ruth]]'s first Yankee roommate. When asked about rooming with Ruth, Bodie said "''Room'' with him. Why, I room with the big monkey's baggage!"<ref>((cite news | first = Joe | last = Winkworth | title = 'I've Been the Sapiest of Saps' --- Ruth | date = 1925-11-12 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54690339 | work = Buffalo Labor Journal | accessdate = 2020-07-12 ))</ref>

Noted for a voracious [[appetite]], Bodie competed against a [[Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens|Jacksonville Zoo]] [[ostrich]] named Percy in an eating contest on April 3, 1919 which had been arranged by Yankees co-owner [[Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston|Cap Huston]] as a [[publicity stunt]]. Percy had previously been touted as the "world's greatest eater." The contest was structured similar to a [[boxing]] match, with Bodie selecting his favorite dish of [[spaghetti]] as the food to be devoured. He was declared the winner after finishing his 11th plate before Percy passed out while starting his.<ref name="mmonaganmlb"/>

Bodie was traded to the [[Boston Red Sox]] in August 1921. New York went on to win the American League pennant that year. When Bodie asked for a half share of the [[1921 World Series]] money, the Yankees turned him down. After the season was over, he refused to go back to the Red Sox and returned home.

Bodie spent the next seven seasons in the [[minor league baseball|minors]] playing with the [[Vernon Tigers]] and [[San Francisco Missions]] in the Pacific Coast League, the [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] club in the [[Western League (1900–1958)|Western League]], and the [[Wichita Wranglers|Wichita Falls]] and [[San Antonio Missions]] in the [[Texas League]].

In a nine-season major league career, Bodie was a .275 hitter with 43 [[home run]]s and 514 RBIs in 1,050 games.

After his retirement from baseball, Bodie was an electrician for 32 years on Hollywood movie lots and a bit actor, mostly with [[Universal Studios]]. He is given credit for inspiring other [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] Italian American ballplayers who followed him – [[Tony Lazzeri]], [[Frank Crosetti]], and the brothers [[Joe DiMaggio|Joe]], [[Dom DiMaggio|Dom]] and [[Vince DiMaggio]], between others.

Bodie died of cancer in San Francisco, California, at the age of 74. He is a member of the [[List of members of the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame|Italian American Sports Hall of Fame]].

[[File:Ping Bodie grave.jpg|right|thumb|Bodie's grave at [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Colma, California]]]]

==See also==
* [[Chicago White Sox all-time roster]]

==Sources==
*[https://baseballbiography.com/ping-bodie Ping Bodie] - Baseballbiography.com
((baseballstats|br=b/bodiepi01))
*[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/712236b9 The Baseball Biography Project]
*[http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Bodie.Ping.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
*[http://www.vintagecardtraders.org/virtual/t207/t207-018.jpg Vintage Card Traders]

==References==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
* [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19100925.2.114&srpos=109&e=-------en--20--101-byDA-txt-txIN-%22ping+bodie%22-------1 "'Ping' Bodie a Sandlot Product; Home Run Champion Native Son"]. ''The San Francisco Call''. September 25, 1910.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53410856/the-buffalo-times/ "Ping Bodie Not His Name"]. ''The Buffalo Times''. June 14, 1911.
* [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130449/m1/10/zoom/?q=%22ping%20bodie%22%20franceto&resolution=4&lat=3567.5&lon=2786 "Italian Player on Chicago Team"]. ''The El Paso Herald''. May 14, 1912.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=GMc4AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22ping+bodie%22&pg=PA310 "Bodie's Humor Surely Saved Him"]. ''Harper's Weekly''. September 25, 1915.
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RewbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2530%2C252778&dq=frank-pezzola "Ping Bodie Just Laughs at Knockers"]. ''The Pittsburgh Press''. September 1, 1916.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53211337/san-francisco-chronicle/ "These Boys Move Up to the Majors; Early History of Men About to Leave Coast: Ping Bodie"]. ''San Francisco Chronicle''. September 19, 1916.
* [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89064695/1917-08-02/ed-1/seq-4/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bfranceto "Ping Bodie Is Lionized by Phillie Baseball Fans"]. ''The White Earth Tomahawk''. August 2, 1917.
* Ballard, Wood (March 19, 1918). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-03-19/ed-1/seq-12/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bpizzola "Ping Bodie and His Old War Club Reach Yankee Camp; Fence-Buster Springs Joke On Maconites; Town Fails to Identify Francesco Pizzola as Great Player"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* MacBeth, W. J. (May 7, 1918). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-05-07/ed-1/seq-12/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bpizzola "Yankees Humble Red Sox; Ping Bodie Brings Glory to Yankee Escutcheon; Leads Huggins' Men to Attack That Smothers Red Sox, 10 to 3, the Third Straight Defeat Here for League Leaders"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* Ballard, Wood (May 12, 1918). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-05-12/ed-1/seq-24 "Francisco Pezzolo, Snapped on the Ball Field, Known as Ping Bodie; Bodie Proves Big Asset to Huggins's Team"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (April 6, 1919). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-04-06/ed-1/seq-23/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bpizzola "Ping's Big Battle (or Overcoming the Ostrich)"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (June 15, 1919). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-06-15/ed-1/seq-11//;words=%22ping+bodie%22+pizzola "Yankees Trounce Browns; Thormahlen Scores Sixth Straight with Bodie's Aid; Ping Makes Timely Hits and Startling Catches in 7 to 2 Victory Over St. Louis"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (September 21, 1919). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-09-21/ed-1/seq-20//;words=%22ping+bodie%22+pizzola "Yankees Again Defeat Tigers in Easy Game; Four-Run Rally Nets Thormahlen Victory; Bodie's Wallop Starts Drive That Sends Ehnke to Defeat by 6 to 3; Signor Pizzola Also Makes Great Throw That Cuts Down Cobb at Plate"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (March 29, 1920). "In All Fairness: Rules Will Cause Disputes; [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-03-29/ed-1/seq-12//;words=%22ping+bodie%22+pizzola The Revolt of Pizzola"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (June 27, 1920). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-06-27/ed-1/seq-16/#date1=1910&index=0&rows=20&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1960&y=15&x=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 "Yankees Overwhelm Red Sox, 14 to 0; Collins, Recruit Pitcher, Yields One Scratch Hit; Bodie Makes Desperate but Futile Effort to Give Youngster No-Hit, No-Run Game before 37,000 Customers"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* McGeehan, W. O. (July 19, 1920). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-07-19/ed-1/seq-8/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bpizzola "Yankees Again Defeat White Sox; Ping Bodie, Wonderful Wop, Whole Show in Ball Game"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* Taylor, Charles A. (June 6, 1921). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-06-06/ed-1/seq-10/#words=%22ping%2Bbodie%22%2Bpizzola "Yankees Nose Out Browns; Bodie's Triple in the Seventh Scores Winning Run for Locals"]. ''New York Tribune''.
* Kemp, Abe (August 27, 1927). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53212321/the-san-francisco-examiner/ "The Smile That Cheats the Baseball Wolf: Bodie Day at Recreation Park; Veteran Slugger To Be Honored"] ''San Francisco Chronicle''. 
* Brenner, I. C. (February 27, 1933).[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1933-02-27/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&words=BODIE+BRENNER+Past+PING+Shadows&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=shadows+past+brenner+%22ping+bodie%22&y=5&x=6&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 "Shadows of the Past: Ping Bodie"]. ''The Washington Star''.
* Kemp, Abe (July 16, 1935). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53215081/the-san-francisco-examiner/ "Di Maggio and Bodie---Two Italian Greats"]. ''San Francisco Examiner''.
* Kemp, Abe (January 2, 1937). [http://www.mediafire.com/view/p9vyeeuc6mfqm3u "Signor Ping Bodie—He Could Bust 'Em"]. ''The San Francisco Examiner''.
* Kemp, Abe (February 17, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53211777/the-san-francisco-examiner/ "On the Nose"]. ''San Francisco Chronicle''.
* [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89060136/1941-08-22/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&words=Bodie+Ping+Remember&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&y=14&x=18&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 "Remember Ping Bodie? He's Now in Hollywood"]. ''The Midland Journal''. August 22, 1941.
* Hernon, Jack (April 24, 1951). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3yUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2447%2C6076020&dq=bodie-francito-sanguenitta-pizzola "Roamin' Around: All the Dope in New Baseball Book"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''.

==External links==
((commons category))
((Wikiquote))
* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/712236b9 Ping Bodie] at [[Society_for_American_Baseball_Research#Research_committees|Baseball Biography Project]]
*[http://favaleconnection.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I6952&tree=1 Francesco Stephano Pezzolo] at The Favale Connection

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