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27-494: The Springfield Giants won three consecutive championships in 1959, 1960 (co-champs) and 1961 under manager Andy Gilbert , all leading the way to San Francisco's National League pennant in 1962 . Some Springfield Giants players with Major League experience include: This article about a baseball team in Massachusetts is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Manager (baseball) In baseball ,

54-693: A formidable mustache that gave his face a melancholy cast", and was shy and reticent in public. Selee left a job at a watch manufacturer in Waltham, Massachusetts , in 1884 to form a minor league team in the Massachusetts State League. In 1885 and 1886, he managed the Haverhill team in the New England League . The following year Selee managed the Oshkosh, Wisconsin based Oshkosh Indians franchise in

81-670: A master at putting together a team better than the sum of its parts." In 1999, Selee was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee for his achievements as a manager. According to his bio at the Hall of Fame, "Contrary to the rough tactics of rival clubs like the Baltimore Orioles , Selee encouraged his players to play a more civilized style. His teams surpassed brawnier opponents by hitting behind runners, employing

108-476: A name after the team fired famed manager Cap Anson , although they were also known as "Remnants"). Selee managed them to a 68–69–6 record, finishing in fifth place (34 games behind the Pirates), which was an improvement from the team's 53–86 record the previous year. The following year the team (in their first season referred to as "Cubs" in print) improved to an 82–56–1 record, finishing in 3rd place, eight games behind

135-626: A player (often the catcher ) to make some or all of these decisions. Some managers choose to act as their team's first base or third base coach while their team is batting in order to more closely communicate with baserunners , but most managers delegate this responsibility to an assistant. Managers are typically assisted by two or more coaches. In many cases, a manager is a former professional, semi-professional or college player. From 1901 to 1981, 21% of MLB managers had played catcher during their playing career--the most common. Outfielders made up 16.6% and second basemen made up 13% of managers. Over

162-528: A team's general manager . The manager chooses the batting order and starting pitcher before each game, and makes substitutions throughout the game – among the most significant being those decisions regarding when to bring in a relief pitcher . How much control a manager takes in a game's strategy varies from manager to manager and from game to game. Some managers control pitch selection, defensive positioning , decisions to bunt , steal , pitch out , etc., while others designate an assistant coach or

189-761: A winning percentage of .598. Twelve of his players went on to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . Selee was noted for his ability to assess and hire talented players, which helped earn him five NL titles with the Beaneaters. He 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. Baseball historian David Nemec wrote that Selee had "a flair for bending players acquired from here, there and everywhere. [He was]

216-515: The National League (NL). In his 16-year Major League career, he managed the Boston Beaneaters (1890–1901) and Chicago Orphans / Cubs (1902–1905), winning 1,284 games. Selee managed the Beaneaters during their 1890s run of five NL championships. His 1892 and 1898 teams each won 100 games , becoming the first teams to ever achieve the mark in baseball history (only one other team achieved

243-612: The Pittsburgh Pirates . The 1894 season was a disappointment. Though the team had a winning record (83-49), they finished in third place, eight games behind the Baltimore Orioles . The following year, the team went 71–60–2 while finishing in a tie for fifth place with the Brooklyn Grooms and 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the Orioles. The team rebounded a bit the following year, finishing 74-57-1 and in fourth place, although it

270-575: The Pueblo Indians of the minor league Western League from 1906 to 1908. The team had a losing record each year and never finished higher than fifth place. In 1909, Selee died of consumption (tuberculosis) at the age of 49 in Denver, Colorado , and was interred at Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts . In total, Selee had 1,284 victories in 2,180 games as a manager during his 16-year MLB career, with

297-516: The St. Louis Cardinals to acquire a rookie pitcher named Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown ; Brown became a major factor in the Cubs' post-Selee success and went on to a Hall of Fame career. The 1905 season was Selee's last in the majors, as he resigned in June due to illness; at the time, the Cubs had a record of 37–28, and Chance would lead them to a 92–61 record. It was the third straight season they had finished in

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324-512: The bunt and utilizing the double steal ." Selee is one of only two people from New Hampshire to be inducted into the Hall of Fame; the other is Carlton Fisk , who was enshrined in 2000. 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,

351-495: The field manager (commonly referred to as the manager ) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction. Managers are typically assisted by a staff of assistant coaches whose responsibilities are specialized. Field managers are typically not involved in off-field personnel decisions or long-term club planning, responsibilities that are instead held by

378-520: The 24 Hall of Fame managers, 20 were Major League players before becoming managers (the exceptions being Jim Leyland , Joe McCarthy , Frank Selee , and Earl Weaver ). The most recent manager to be elected was Leyland, who was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee in 2024 . Frank Selee Frank Gibson Selee (October 26, 1859 – July 5, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball manager in

405-554: The Beaneaters finished with a 76–57–1 record, 12 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms . In the following year , the schedule increased to 140 games. His team finished 87–51–2, while winning the National League pennant by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 games over the Chicago Colts , their first pennant since 1883. In 1892, the schedule increased to 150 games, while having a split season. The Beaneaters went 102–48–2 overall while winning

432-464: The Beaneaters in 1901 with a 69–69–2 record and a fifth place finish ( 20 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the Pirates). On September 20, he won his 1,000th career game, doing so in the second game of a doubleheader with the Chicago Orphans, winning 7–0. During his years with Boston, he won 1,004 games and lost 649, with 24 ties. In 1902, Selee was hired to manage the Chicago Orphans (which served as

459-637: The Northwest League, winning the league championship. In 1888 he was hired to manage at the Omaha Omahogs in the Western Association . In 1889 he led Omaha to the pennant while posting the highest team winning percentage in all of organized baseball, after signing a teenage Kid Nichols to the Omaha roster. Selee's managerial success in the minor leagues propelled him to the major leagues in 1890. Selee

486-409: The Orioles. This was the fifth and final pennant for Selee and the Beaneaters. As it turned out, it was the peak of his tenure with the team. The following year the team went 95–57–1, placing second behind Brooklyn. The team finished the 1900 season in fourth place with a record of 66–72–4, the first sub-.500 season under Selee's reign and the first for the team since 1886. He closed out his tenure with

513-565: The feat in the 19th century); their 102 wins in each season would not be surpassed by a National League team until 1902. After joining the Orphans, he helped build the team that would become the Cubs dynasty of the 1900s. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. Selee was born in Amherst, New Hampshire . He was described as a "balding little man with a modest demeanor and

540-471: The first half of the season, with the Cleveland Spiders winning the second half; the two teams played a "World's Championship Series" at the end of the season, with Boston winning five of the seven games played. They were the first team to ever win 100 games in a single season . In 1893, the Beaneaters went 86–43–2 while winning the league pennant for the third consecutive year, winning by five games over

567-586: The general manager is often called the GM. This usage dates back to the early days of professional baseball when it was common practice for teams to have just one "manager" on their staff, and where GM duties were performed either by the field manager or (more commonly) by the owner of the team. Some owners (most famously, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics ) carried out both GM and field managerial duties themselves. Major League Baseball managers differ from

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594-452: The head coaches of most other professional sports in that they dress in the same uniform as the players and are assigned a jersey number. The wearing of a matching uniform is frequently practiced at other levels of play, as well. The manager may be called " skipper " or "skip" informally by his players. There have been 24 people who have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum primarily for their careers as managers. Of

621-544: The pennant-winning Pirates. They improved to a 93–60–3 record in Selee's third season, finishing in second place, 13 games behind the New York Giants . With the Cubs, Selee developed 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 . Selee also traded two players to

648-450: The same period, managers who were second basemen had the highest winning percentage. The manager's responsibilities normally are limited to in-game decisions, with off-field roster management and personnel decisions falling to the team's general manager . The term manager used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager (essentially equivalent to the head coach in other North American professional sports leagues), while

675-492: The top three in the National League, which was the first time they had three consecutive seasons of first division finishes since the 1885–1891 seasons. Chance would lead the Cubs to four National League titles and two World Series victories during his tenure. The last Cubs' championship under Chance was in 1910; eight of the top thirteen players from the 1905 squad were major contributors on that 1910 club. Selee managed

702-454: Was 17 games back of the Orioles. The 1897 season was a return to prominence as they went 93–39–3 while winning the National League pennant by two games over the Orioles. This was their fourth league pennant. After the season, the two teams played in the Temple Cup , with Boston losing in five games. The 1898 team went 102–47–3 while winning the league pennant once again, doing so by six games over

729-458: Was a rare 19th century major league manager who did not double as a player or rise from the ranks of former players. His only experiences playing professional baseball were brief roster appearances with minor league teams in Waltham and Lawrence, Massachusetts , in 1884. Thereafter his only professional role was as manager. In Selee's first season , he signed Kid Nichols to a major league contrac and

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