Frank Oceak Autograph

Frank John Oceak (September 8, 1912 – March 19, 1983) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He was an infielder and manager in minor league baseball and served as a coach in Major League Baseball for 11 seasons between 1958 and 1972. A trusted confidant of four-time Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh, Oceak was coaching at third base on October 13, 1960, during Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, when Pirate second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit his dramatic walk-off home run to clinch the Series against the New York Yankees. Oceak, wearing uniform #44, can be seen in many of the films and still photos of the historic event, celebrating with Mazeroski as he rounds third base and following him to home plate. More about Frank Oceak

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Frank Oceak was born in Pocahontas, Virginia. He batted and threw right-handed, and stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg). Primarily a second baseman and shortstop, Oceak spent his entire playing career (1932–40; 1942–43; 1946–47) in the lower minor leagues, briefly as a member of the Yankees' farm system. He became a player-manager at age 25 in 1938 with the Lafayette White Sox of the Class D Evangeline League—which was, despite its nickname, an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns. Two years later, as manager of the Beaver Falls Browns of the Class D Pennsylvania State Association, Oceak was suspended by Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis for the entire 1941 season for an assault on an umpire. However, Oceak resumed his playing and managing careers in 1942 with the Oil City Oilers of the PSA, his first assignment in the Pirates' organization, where he would spend most of the rest of his baseball life.

The bulk of his managing career, as in his playing days, took place in the lower minors, until 1957 when he was named skipper of the Columbus Jets of the Triple-A International League, one of the Pirates' two top-tier farm clubs. The following season, he was named to Murtaugh's coaching staff, serving for seven seasons as the Bucs' third base coach before Murtaugh resigned because of ill health at the close of the 1964 campaign. Oceak then spent one season, 1965, with the Cincinnati Reds as a coach under Dick Sisler before returning to Pittsburgh as a minor league manager at the Class A and Double-A levels from 1966–69. Read even more about Frank Oceak at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Frank Oceak

The most expensive item with a signature of Frank Oceak (Frank Oceak 1960 Pirates 3rd Base Coach (d.1983) Signed 3X5 Index Card Auto M7) was sold in December 2019 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (FRANK OCEAK Signed 6x4 Photo COACH with BILL MAZEROSKI HR Signature PIRATES AUTO) found a new owner for $0.01 in June 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2015 with an average selling price of $40.99 for an autographed item of Frank Oceak. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with $149.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was June 2016. In average, an autographed item from Frank Oceak is worth $26.00.

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thumbnail1960 PIRATES (Coach): Frank Oceak, SIGNED 3x5 Card (REA), D.1983$49.99logo
thumbnail1960 Signed Coca-Cola Ball of Fame-FRANK OCEAK Autograph-1960,1971 Pirates WS$39.95logo
thumbnail1960 Topps Auto Signed Card Pirates Coaches Frank Oceak #467$102.50logo
thumbnail3x5 Index Card Signed Frank Oceak Deceased 1983 Pirates JSA LOA *READ Code 1550$14.01logo
thumbnailFrank Oceak 1960 Pirates 3rd Base Coach (d.1983) Signed 3X5 Index Card Auto M7$149.99logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 1959 COCA COLA BALL OF FAME 1960 PIRATES DIED-1983$28.09logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED INDEX CARD JSA/COA AUTHENTIC SIGNED LOW BID$52.00logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED PHOTO JSA/COA AUTHENTIC SIGNED RARE AUTO LOW BID$29.99logo
thumbnailFrank Oceak Autographed Index Card - Pittsburgh Pirates - Deceased 1983$20.50logo
thumbnailFrank Oceak autographed photo 4 X 5; Pittsburgh Pirates coach$7.00logo
thumbnailFrank Oceak Baseball Signed 3x5 Index Card - Leptich Collection z2433$27.00logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK D.1983 SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPH PSA GUARANTEE AUTO $16.15logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4X5.5 SUNDAY AUTOGRAPH PHOTO CARD$25.00logo
thumbnailFrank Oceak Signed / Autograph index card COA$12.00logo
thumbnailFRANK OCEAK Signed 6x4 Photo COACH with BILL MAZEROSKI HR Signature PIRATES AUTO$0.01logo