In 1965, he played one year of minor league baseball for the Triple-A Columbus Jets and Single-A Batavia Pirates.

[7] He went 12–9 with a 3.81 earned run average his rookie season,[7] including three shutouts in a row against the Philadelphia Phillies,[8] New York Mets[9] and Chicago Cubs,[10] respectively.

[7] Following the season, he was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Laxton, Don Money and Harold Clem for Jim Bunning.

[14] After a complete-game victory against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 1968,[15] Fryman's record stood at 10–5 with a 1.61 ERA, and he was named the Phillies' sole representative at the 1968 All-Star Game.

[7] The fact that Fryman played for poor teams over his 18 seasons affected his total career win–loss record of 141–155 to his detriment, and is not indicative of how well he actually pitched.

[3] The Detroit Tigers were battling the Boston Red Sox for first place in the American League East when they claimed Fryman off waivers on August 2, 1972.

He was 9–3 with a 2.21 ERA when the Red Sox came to Detroit for a three-game set to end the season, a half game up on the Tigers.

[citation needed] Detroit manager Billy Martin handed the ball to Mickey Lolich for the first game of the set.

However, Oakland's pitching was even better, as Odom and Vida Blue combined to allow just one unearned run to send the A's to the 1972 World Series.

[22] Fryman spent two more seasons with the Tigers before being dealt to the Montreal Expos for Terry Humphrey and Tom Walker on December 4, 1974.

[1] Along with Dave McNally from the Baltimore Orioles, he was the second left-handed pitcher acquired that day by the Expos, a team devoid of southpaws for all but three weeks of the 1974 campaign.

[1] He and Reds manager Sparky Anderson did not get along,[citation needed] and Fryman's record stood at 5–5 with a 5.38 ERA[7] when he announced his retirement midway through the 1977 season.

[1] Fryman made just 13 appearances and was 2–4 with a 5.17 ERA for the Cubs[7] when he was dealt to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later (Jerry White) on June 9 of the 1978 season.

[27] In the 1981 National League Championship Series, he gave up four earned runs to the Los Angeles Dodgers in one inning pitched.