He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey & was part of the 1988 Little League World Champions dubbed the "beasts from the East".
The team had won the state Championship getting to the Williamsport Little League World Series where they went undefeated, beating the International-champion Kashima Little League from Kashima, Japan.
Frazier was the star of the team & that final game where he was the winning pitcher, sealing the 12-9 win with a strike out. He had started the game at short stop & went 4-4 at the plate, leading off with a HR.
He spent five seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, debuting on May 11th 2011. Two games later he doubled & drove in three runs for his first career RBIs. In 2012 he came in third in the NL Rookie of the Year voting with 19 HRs 67 RBIs & batting .273. In a May series against the New York Mets he belted two HRs at Citi Field one off Johan Santana & one off DJ Carasco thrilling his family & friends in attendance. He had a great August winning him the NL Rookie of the Month award.
He would spend five seasons with the Reds making the 2014 All Star Team & getting to two post seasons. In 2012 he drove in a run going 1-6 in the NLDS loss to the San Francisco Giants. In 2013 he doubled going 1-4 in the Wild Card game loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.2014 All Star Game: He was a huge hit for the fans, in the 2015 Mid Summer Classic playing for the Reds, while starting at third base as the game was held at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
He was the All Star Game spokesperson & won the HR Derby as well. He was the first hometown player to win the derby since Ryne Sandberg did it in 1990. He won the NL bracket of the derby the year before, losing to his now Mets team mate; Yoenis Cespedes. Frazier went 0-3 in the 6-3 NL All Star loss. That year he hit his first grand slam HR, while slugging his way to a career best up to that point, 35 HRs with 89 RBIs & a career high 43 doubles. Frazier has always put up decent on base % & slugging %, that year he had a career high .498 slugging %.
In December of 2015 he was part of a three team trade that landed him with the Chicago White Sox. In Chicago in 2016 he hit a career high 40 HRs & had career highs in RBIs (98) & runs scored (89). The slugger once again was a star in the HR derby coming in second place to Giancarlo Stanton.
After the season he signed a one year deal to play with the White Sox again. In late July he was traded to the AL New York team whom he had grown up being a fan of. For the year his average fell to .213 but hit 27 HRs with 19 doubles & 76 RBIs in 147 games. He ended up getting to the ALCS where he hit a three run HR in Game #3. He & the team would eventually lose to the World Champion Houston Astros.
Mets Career: Frazier got the Opening Day start playing third & batting fifth. He got one hit in the Mets Opening Day win. The next day, he delighted the fans with a 1st inning two run double, then added a sac fly RBI later in the Mets 9-4 win at Citi Field. He would collect two hits & drive in a run two days later in the Mets 2-0 win over the Phillies.
Trivia: He is the originator of the Mets salt & pepper trademark, the twisting of both hands as turning a pepper grinder, after reaching base with a key hit. Unfortunately there wasn't much more of that as the dismal season went on.
He peaked at .313 but then his hitting fell off. He closed out April with 4 HRs &17 RBIs.
In July he suffered a rib cage injury & went down again, missing almost another full month of action. After his return he had a nine game hit streak, where he drove in ten runs. On August 15th in the Mets 16-5 blow out of the Orioles at Camden Yards, he collected three hits, a HR & drove in four runs. By mid August his batting average fell almost below .200.
In late August Frazier hit HRs in three of four games, then on August 29th, he hit a grand slam HR at Wrigley Field in Chicago in a 10-3 Mets win. He had two hits with five RBIs on the day. An uneventful September had him have another multi RBI game (4) but hit just two HRs in the month.
2019: He started out the year
He would struggle thru the early part of May when his average fell to a low of .143. He got back into the line up more & began to hit, where he was able to get to the .250 mark by the end of the month.
On July 25th, he led a four run Mets 1st inning, with a two run double, helping Jacob deGrom & the bullpen in a shut out of the San Diego Padres. The next day he homered in a win over the Pirates.In August he had three hits & three RBIs in a 13-2 Mets win at Pittsburgh. His biggest hit of the year came on August 9th at Citi Field. After the Mets fell behind the Washington Nats 6-3, they rallied in the 9th inning.
On August 30th, Frazier hit two HRs & drove in a career high six runs in an 11-5 win at Philadelphia. He would have another multi HR game on September 11th, as the Mets swept Arizona in a three game set at Citi Field. Frazier drove in all three runs the night before in the Mets 3-2 win & hit a HR in the third game as well. In that series he had five hits, three HRs with seven RBIs.
The Mets faded from the race but had a productive year, Frazier was not in their future plans as he was let go to free agency. In his 2019 season he batted .251 with 21 HRs 19 doubles 67 RBIs & a .329 on base % with 63 runs scored, playing primarily at third base (120 games). In his two years with the Mets he struck out 218 times in 855 at bats.
With the slugging comes 1037 career strikes outs. He has played in 1186 games, 1037 at third base & 97 at first base. He has turned 193 double plays at third base (79th all time most).
In January of 2020 he signed a deal with the Texas Rangers.
Family: Frazier has two brothers who have played minor league baseball with his one brother Jeff playing nine games at the big league level with the Detroit Tigers.Todd married his long time girlfriend Jackie a Jersey girl & former Rutgers gymnast.
Trivia: Todd is a big fan of fellow Jersey Boy, Frank Sinatra & has Sinatra music play when he usually comes to the plate.
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