Frank Gibson Selee was an American Major League Baseball manager in the National League.
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14 Facts About Frank Selee
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Frank Selee was described as a "balding little man with a modest demeanor and a formidable mustache that gave his face a melancholy cast", and was shy and reticent in public.
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Frank Selee left a job at a watch manufacturer in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1884 to form a minor league team in the Massachusetts State League.
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The following year Frank Selee managed the Oshkosh franchise in the Northwest League.
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Frank Selee was a rare 19th century major league manager who did not double as a player or rise from the ranks of former players.
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Frank Selee traded two players to the St Louis Cardinals to acquire a rookie pitcher named Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown; Brown became a major factor in the Cubs' post-Frank Selee success and went on to a Hall of Fame career.
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Frank Selee managed the Pueblo Indians of the minor league Western League from 1906 to 1908.
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In 1909, Frank Selee died of consumption at the age of 49 in Denver, Colorado, and was interred at Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts.
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Frank Selee was noted for his ability to assess and hire talented players, which helped earn him five NL titles with the Beaneaters.
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Frank Selee repeated the feat in Chicago, where he built the basis for the Cubs' later success by signing and developing the talents of Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, and Johnny Evers, among others.
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In 1999, Frank Selee was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee for his achievements as a manager.
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Frank Selee's teams surpassed brawnier opponents by hitting behind runners, employing the bunt and utilizing the double steal.
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Frank Selee appeared as a character in the 1991 episode "Batter Up" of the animated Back to the Future series, which involved Marty McFly and the Brown children traveling back to 1897 to help one of Marty's ancestors, a player for the Beaneaters, to improve his game.
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