Frank Wickware (March 18, 1888 – November 2, 1967), nicknamed "Rawhide" and "The Red Ant", was a baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues from 1909 to 1925.

[6] Wickware explained that his decisions were influenced by the financial instability faced by Black players, as he sought better compensation for his talents.

[7] Despite the controversy, his pitching prowess kept him in high demand, cementing his status as one of the premier pitchers in early Black baseball.

[8] In a nationally syndicated article written in 1915, it was said that Wickware "is another negro pitcher who would rank with the Walter Johnsons, Joe Woods or Grover Alexanders if he were a white man.

[11] At age 64, Wickware received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.