Fred J. Mann (April 1, 1858 – April 6, 1916) was an American
center fielder in
Major League Baseball
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for six seasons, and played for five different teams.
He was born in
Sutton, Vermont and debuted with the
Worcester Ruby Legs
The Worcester Worcesters were a 19th-century Major League Baseball team from 1880 to 1882 in the National League. The team is referred to, at times, as the Brown Stockings or the Ruby Legs; however, no contemporary sources from the time exist tha ...
in 1882. In 1884, Mann's seven home runs was tied for fourth in the American Association.
After his baseball career was over, Mann ran a hotel in
Springfield, Massachusetts. He died of
prostate cancer and is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield.
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Major League Baseball center fielders
Worcester Ruby Legs players
Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players
Columbus Buckeyes players
Pittsburgh Alleghenys players
Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players
Baseball players from Vermont
1858 births
1916 deaths
Columbus Senators players
Charleston Seagulls players
Hartford (minor league baseball) players
19th-century baseball players
burials in Massachusetts
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