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Frank Edward Hankinson (April 29 1856 - April 5 1911) was an early baseball player. He was a right-handed third basemen (mostly) in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Stockings (1878-1879), Cleveland Blues (1880), Troy Trojans (1881), New York Gothams (1883-1884), New York Metropolitans (1885-1887), and the Kansas City Cowboys (1888). The Metropolitans and the Cowboys were members of the American Association, while his previous teams were all members of the, still existing, National League.

Born in New York, New York, Hankinson was, for the most part, a third basemen, but he also could play outfield when necessary and he did pitch in 32 games, 28 of them starts. Almost all of his pitching came in 1879 with the White Stockings. He was 16-12 with a solid 2.50 ERA in 266 2/3 innings pitched in his career. Hankinson completed all 28 of his starts, 2 of them shutouts.

In a 10-season career, Hankinson batted .228 with 13 home runs and 344 RBIs. He had 122 doubles and a total of 747 hits in 3272 at bats.

Twenty-four days before his 55th birthday, he died in Palisades Park, New Jersey.

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