Frank Selee

Frank Gibson Selee (October 26, 1859 – July 5, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball manager in the National League (NL). In his sixteen-year Major League career, he managed the Boston Beaneaters for twelve seasons, and the Chicago Orphans/Cubs for four.

He was noted for his ability to assess and utilize talent, which gave his teams a great opportunity to be successful. His success is measurable in that he won five NL titles with the Beaneaters, including three years in a row from 1891 to 1893. After he left Boston, he went on to manage in Chicago where he built the basis for the Cubs' later success by signing and utilizing the talents of Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, and Johnny Evers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 for his managerial achievements.

Career

Selee was born in Amherst, New Hampshire.^[1] He has been described as a "balding little man with a modest demeanor and a formidable mustache that gave his face a melancholy cast",^[2] and shy and reticent in public. He left a factory job in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1884 to form a minor league team. His was success in the minors, which led his eventual move to the Major Leagues in 1890.

Noted for having a keen ability to assess talent,^[3] Selee managed the Boston Beaneaters (1890–1901) and the Chicago Cubs (1902–1905). His Beaneaters captured five NL pennants during his tenure (1891–93, 1897–98). His 1892 team, aided by the first 150-game schedule in history, became the first team to win 100 games in a season.

With the Cubs, he created the famous Tinker to Evers to Chance infield combination, by converting Frank Chance from catcher to first base, Joe Tinker from third base to shortstop, and Johnny Evers from shortstop to second base.^[2] In all, twelve of his players went on be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.^[2]

In June, 1905, he became too ill to manage and surrendered his team to Chance, who went on lead the Cubs to four National League titles and two World Series victories.^[4] The last Cubs' title under Chance in 1910,^[4] eight of top thirteen players from the 1905 team were still major contributors.^[2] In total, he had 1,284 victories in 2,180 games as manager during his 16-year career, with a winning percentage of .598.^[1]

Post-career

Selee died of consumption (tuberculosis) at the age of 49 in Denver, Colorado,^[3] and was interred at Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts.^[1] In 1999, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee for his achievements as a manager.^[5] He is one of only two people from New Hampshire to inducted into the Hall of Fame.^[6] The other was Carlton Fisk, who was enshrined in 2000.^[7]

Cultural references

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. He was portrayed without his well-known mustache.

References

1 2 3 "Frank Selee's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
1 2 3 4 "The Ballplayers: Frank Selee". baseballlibrary.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
1 2 "Frank Selee's Obituary". The New York Times, Tuesday. July 6, 1909. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
1 2 "Frank Chance's managerial statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "Frank Selee's Biography". baseballhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on August 29, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "New Hampshire Historical Society". nhhistory.org. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "Carlton Fisk's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

Frank Selee at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball-Reference.com – managerial statistics and analysis
Frank Selee at Find a Grave

Boston Beaneaters 1891 National League Champions

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Manager: Frank Selee

Boston Beaneaters 1892 National League Champions

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Manager: Frank Selee

Boston Beaneaters 1893 National League Champions

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Boston Beaneaters 1897 National League Champions

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Manager: Frank Selee

Boston Beaneaters 1898 National League Champions

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Manager: Frank Selee

Atlanta Braves managers

Harry Wright (1871–1881)
John Morrill (1882)
Jack Burdock (1883)
John Morrill (1883–1886)
King Kelly (1887)
John Morrill (1887–1888)
Jim Hart (1889)
Frank Selee (1890–1901)
Al Buckenberger (1902–1904)
Fred Tenney (1905–1907)
Joe Kelley (1908)
Frank Bowerman (1909)
Harry Smith (1909)
Fred Lake (1910)
Fred Tenney (1911)
Johnny Kling (1912)
George Stallings (1913–1920)
Fred Mitchell (1921–1923)
Dave Bancroft (1924–1927)
Jack Slattery (1928)
Rogers Hornsby (1928)
Emil Fuchs (1929)
Bill McKechnie (1930–1937)
Casey Stengel (1938–1942)
Bob Coleman (1943)
Casey Stengel (1943)
Bob Coleman (1944–1945)
Del Bissonette (1945)
Billy Southworth (1946–1949)
Johnny Cooney (1949)
Billy Southworth (1950–1951)
Tommy Holmes (1951–1952)
Charlie Grimm (1952–1956)
Fred Haney (1956–1959)
Chuck Dressen (1960–1961)
Birdie Tebbetts (1961–1962)
Bobby Bragan (1963–1966)
Billy Hitchcock (1966–1967)
Ken Silvestri (1967)
Lum Harris (1968–1972)
Eddie Mathews (1972–1974)
Clyde King (1974–1975)
Connie Ryan (1975)
Dave Bristol (1976–1977)
Ted Turner (1977)
Vern Benson (1977)
Dave Bristol (1977)
Bobby Cox (1978–1981)
Joe Torre (1982–1984)
Eddie Haas (1985)
Bobby Wine (1985)
Chuck Tanner (1986–1988)
Russ Nixon (1988–1990)
Bobby Cox (1990–2010)
Fredi González (2011–2016)
Brian Snitker (2016–)

Chicago Cubs managers

Albert Spalding (1876–1877)
Bob Ferguson (1878)
Cap Anson (1879)
Silver Flint (1879)
Cap Anson (1880–1897)
Tom Burns (1898–1899)
Tom Loftus (1900–1901)
Frank Selee (1902–1905)
Frank Chance (1905–1912)
Johnny Evers (1913)
Hank O'Day (1914)
Roger Bresnahan (1915)
Joe Tinker (1916)
Fred Mitchell (1917–1920)
Johnny Evers (1921)
Bill Killefer (1921–1925)
Rabbit Maranville (1925)
George Gibson (1925)
Joe McCarthy (1926–1930)
Rogers Hornsby (1930–1932)
Charlie Grimm (1932–1938)
Gabby Hartnett (1938–1940)
Jimmy Wilson (1941–1944)
Roy Johnson (1944)
Charlie Grimm (1944–1949)
Frankie Frisch (1949–1951)
Phil Cavarretta (1951–1953)
Stan Hack (1954–1956)
Bob Scheffing (1957–1959)
Charlie Grimm (1960)
Lou Boudreau (1960)
College of Coaches: Vedie Himsl (1961), Harry Craft (1961), El Tappe (1961–1962), Lou Klein (1961–1962, 1965), Charlie Metro (1962), Bob Kennedy (1963–1965)
Leo Durocher (1966–1972)
Whitey Lockman (1972–1974)
Jim Marshall (1974–1976)
Herman Franks (1977–1979)
Joey Amalfitano (1979)
Preston Gómez (1980)
Joey Amalfitano (1980–1981)
Lee Elia (1982–1983)
Charlie Fox (1983)
Jim Frey (1984–1986)
John Vukovich (1986)
Gene Michael (1986–1987)
Frank Lucchesi (1987)
Don Zimmer (1988–1991)
Joe Altobelli (1991)
Jim Essian (1991)
Jim Lefebvre (1992–1993)
Tom Trebelhorn (1994)
Jim Riggleman (1995–1999)
Don Baylor (2000–2002)
Rene Lachemann (2002)
Bruce Kimm (2002)
Dusty Baker (2003–2006)
Lou Piniella (2007–2010)
Mike Quade (2010–2011)
Dale Sveum (2012–2013)
Rick Renteria (2014)
Joe Maddon (2015–)

Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1999

BBWAA Vote	George Brett (98.2%) Nolan Ryan (98.8%) Robin Yount (77.5%)

Veterans Committee	Orlando Cepeda Nestor Chylak Frank Selee Joe Williams

J. G. Taylor Spink Award	Bob Stevens

Ford C. Frick Award	Arch McDonald

Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Pitchers	Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Cummings Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Seaver H. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young

Catchers	Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Piazza Santop Schalk D. White

First basemen	Anson Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas

Second basemen	Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Grant Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst

Third basemen	Baker Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Santo Schmidt Traynor J. Wilson

Shortstops	Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Jr. Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Vaughan Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount

Outfielders	Aaron Ashburn Averill Bell Brock W. Brown Burkett Carey Charleston Clarke Clemente Cobb Combs Crawford Cuyler Dawson Delahanty DiMaggio Doby Duffy Flick Goslin Griffey Jr. Gwynn Hafey Hamilton Heilmann Henderson Hill Hooper Irvin R. Jackson Kaline Keeler Kelley K. Kelly Kiner Klein Mantle Manush Mays T. McCarthy Medwick Musial O'Rourke Ott Puckett J. Rice S. Rice F. Robinson Roush Ruth Simmons Slaughter Snider Speaker Stargell Stearnes Thompson Torriente L. Waner P. Waner Wheat B. Williams T. Williams H. Wilson Winfield Yastrzemski Youngs

Managers	Alston Anderson Cox Durocher Hanlon Harris Herzog Huggins La Russa Lasorda López Mack J. McCarthy McGraw McKechnie W. Robinson Selee Southworth Stengel Torre Weaver D. Williams

Executives / pioneers	Barrow Bulkeley Cartwright Chadwick Chandler Comiskey Dreyfuss R. Foster Frick Giles Gillick Griffith Harridge Hulbert B. Johnson Kuhn Landis La. MacPhail Le. MacPhail Manley O'Malley Pompez Posey Rickey Ruppert Schuerholz Selig Spalding Veeck Weiss S. White Wilkinson G. Wright H. Wright Yawkey

Umpires	Barlick Chylak Conlan Connolly Evans Harvey Hubbard Klem McGowan O'Day

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