Frank J. Leonard was a longtime minor league baseball manager, with a career lasting from 1887 to 1913. He first managed the Manchester Farmers of the

New England League The New England League was a mid-level league in American minor league baseball that played intermittently in five of the six New England states (Vermont excepted) between 1886 and 1949. After 1901, it existed in the shadow of two Major League B ...

in 1887. In 1888, he led the New England League's Portsmouth Lillies. He next managed the New England League's

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team in 1891, the Lewiston-Auburn Gazettes in 1892 and then the League's Dover team in 1893. In 1894, he managed the Pawtucket Maroons of the New England League. In 1895, he led the Salem/Haverhill team in the

New England Association The New England Association was an Independent level minor league baseball league that played in the 1877 season and briefly in the 1895 season. The league franchises were based in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The New England Ass ...

as well as the Portland team in the New England League (which he managed until 1896). In 1898, he managed the Taunton Herrings. He led the

Worcester Farmers The Worcester Farmers were a minor league baseball team that played from 1899 to 1900 in the International League, Eastern League. Under manager Frank Leonard (baseball), Frank Leonard in 1899, they went 58-51, and in 1900 they went 62-63. They w ...

of the Eastern League from 1899 to 1900. In 1901, he led the Syracuse Stars/ Brockton B's in the Eastern League, and in 1902 he led the

Worcester Hustlers The Worcester Farmers were a minor league baseball team that played from 1899 to 1900 in the Eastern League. Under manager Frank Leonard in 1899, they went 58-51, and in 1900 they went 62-63. They were renamed the Worcester Quakers in 1901 and ...

. Leonard managed the

Columbus Senators The Columbus Senators Minor league baseball team was created in as a founding member of the Tri-State League. After that, the Senators played in the Western League (1897-1899), Interstate League (1900), Western Association (1901), and America ...

of the

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in 1903. From 1905 to 1908, he managed the New England League's

Lynn Shoemakers The Lynn Shoemakers were an early minor league baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts. The "Shoemakers" and other Lynn teams played as members of the New England League beginning in 1877 and continuing through the 1915 season. Lynn played the ...

and from 1911 to 1912 he managed the Lynn Leonardites. He last managed the New Brunswick-Maine League's St. John Marathons.BR Minors
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