Frankhouse was born on April 9, 1904 to Charles David “CD” and Jennie M Frankhouse in Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He had two sisters, Margaret and Martha, and two brothers, Melvin and Joseph. Frankhouse attended Port Royal Elementary school and Port Royal High School and was graduated from Lewistown High School. Frankhouse married St. Louis native, Mabel Skiles, on January 1, 1929. Frankhouse did not attend college, rather he began his professional baseball upon graduating high school.\n', '

Frankhouse began his baseball career in his teens by playing with local teams in Perry and Dauphin counties, and, from 1917 to 1923, he pitched for the minor league Harrisburg Senators. He was only 19 when a scout brought him from the lots of his home town of Port Royal, PA. He signed his first professional contract with St. Louis in 1922 and was farmed out to the Ottawa Senators (1922-1923), the Syracuse Stars (1923-1926), and the Houston Buffaloes (1927).\n', '

In 1927, Frankhouse was recalled by St. Louis, and played in his MLB debut on September 7, 1927. While with the Cardinals, Frankhouse knew such greats as Dizzy Dean and Pepper Martin. Also on the Cardinals with Frankhouse were Hall-of-Famers Frankie \'\'The Fordham Flash" Frisch and Walter "Rabbit" Maranville, both of whom Frankhouse later joined on the Braves. In 1928, Frankhouse went to the World Series with the Cardinals but never got a chance to pitch as his Cardinals were beaten in four games straight by the Yankees. He did, however, receive a World Series ring with the rest of his team. He remained with St. Louis until 1930 when he was traded to the Boston Braves.\n', '

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