Charlie Frye

Charles Andrew Frye (July 17, 1913 May 25, 1945) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed.

Born in Hickory, North Carolina, Charlie Frye was one of many baseball players whose professional career was interrupted during World War II.

Frye started in organized baseball in 1937 for the Mooresville Moors of the Class D level North Carolina State League. He later played for Class-B Evansville (Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, 1938), returning to Class-D with Snow Hill Billies (Coastal Plain League, 1939) and Martinsville Manufacturers (Bi-State League, 1939–40) before joining the Phillies, appearing for them in July 1940 in a span of fifteen games.

Frye posted a 0–6 record (five starts) and a 4.65 earned run average, allowing 32 runs (26 earned) on 58 hits and 26 walks while striking out 18 in 50 innings of work.

Shortly after being discharged in 1945, Frye died at his home of Hickory, North Carolina, at the age of 31.