Frank Schwindel #15

Resides in Ft. Worth, TX in the offseason... Played collegiately at the University of Virginia, where he earned second team All-ACC honors as a sophomore in 2015 and was named a freshman All-American and third team All-ACC in 2014... Recommended/signed by Oneri Fleita for the Tigers.

2019

Combined to play in 116 games between Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo in 2019... Hit a pair of home runs and had three RBI on May 4 vs. Bowie... Sidelined from August 20-27 with left knee inflammation.

2018

Named Omaha (AAA) Player of the Year for the second straight season, also being tabbed a Pacific Coast League mid-season All-Star and a MiLB.com Organization All-Star...collected two hits and two runs scored as the starting DH at the annual PCL All-Star game ... Set an Omaha single-season record with 38 doubles, which passed Steve Hammond (1983) and Clint Robinson (2012), who both had 37…his total ranked second in the PCL, while he was also third in hits (146), at-bats (510) and games (134) and fourth in RBI (93) ... Led Royals' farmhands in RBI and total bases (258), while his 24 homers were second to only Seuly Matias (31) ... After a slow start, batted .310/.364/.542 (63-for-203) with 20 doubles and nine homers after the All-Star break…that included hitting .328 (43-for-131) with 15 doubles, five homers and 21 RBI from Aug. 1 to the end of the season (33 games) ... Enjoyed a 20-game hitting streak, which was the longest by an Omaha player in 2018...batted .388 (33-for-85) with 12 doubles, six homers and 16 RBI (.741 SLG) between July 22 and Aug. 13 ... Recorded his only multi-homer game of the year and seventh of his career on June 1 at Oklahoma City, smashing a solo homer and a two-run shot in an 8-7 setback ... Did not commit an error in 514 chances at first base…no other Triple-A first baseman played error free with more than 400 chances ... Played in 34 games for Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League, batting .235 (28-for-119) with four doubles, two homers and 17 RBI.

2017

Tabbed George Brett Minor League Player of the Year as well as Omaha (AAA) Player of the Year... Opened the year at Northwest Arkansas (AA), but was promoted to Omaha on May 18…combined to hit .329/.349/.541 (174-for-529) with a career-high 43 doubles, 23 homers and 97 RBI... Led Royals' minor league players in doubles and RBI, while his 23 homers ranked second... From the time of his Triple-A debut (May 18) to the end of the year, led the Pacific Coast League in doubles (30), tied for first in hits (126), ranked second in total bases (207), tied for fifth in extra-base hits (47) and tied for seventh in RBI (72)... Hit safely in 47 of his final 50 games, batting .396 (82- for-207) with 17 doubles, 14 homers and 53 RBI in that stretch…enjoyed an 18-game hitting streak from July 15- Aug. 1, which matched the longest of the season by a Storm Chaser... One of two Omaha players (Raúl Mondesi) to hit multiple grand slams, hitting them July 16 vs. Nashville and Aug. 16 vs. Oklahoma City... Batted .337/.362/.561 (33-for-98) with seven doubles and five homers with runners in scoring position…also hit .326/.351/.527 (42-for-129) and 33 RBI with two outs.

2016

Named a Texas League midseason All-Star… ranked third among Royals' farmhands in home runs (20) and fifth in RBI (68), spending the entire year at Northwest Arkansas...also tied for sixth in the league in homers and tied for eighth in RBI.

2015

Split the season between Wilmington (A+) and Northwest Arkansas…tied for seventh in the Carolina League with 28 doubles.

2014

Tabbed a South Atlantic League All-Star as well as Lexington (A) Player of the Year…ranked third in the SAL with a .515 slugging percentage, while finishing fourth in homers (20) and ninth in total bases (209).

2013

In his first professional season, ranked sixth in the Pioneer League in hits (78) and seventh in at-bats (260), with Idaho Falls (Rookie).