february november american professional baseball player shortstop played major_league_baseball mlb played new_york_yankees washington senators chicago_white_sox discovered high school student signed professional contract debuted traded yankees managed yankees games team captain remainder time club senators acquired continued play final season spent playing career managed indians minor league baseball manager served office indians considered excellent defensive shortstop strong leader managed yankees youngest manager mlb history named played world series times winning world series senators losing world series yankees losing world series senators early life amateur career born ohio child frank father played semi professional baseball young age moved cleveland attended played american football basketball baseball lived neighborhood discovered signed contract salary month current dollar terms graduated high school playing career new_york_yankees started professional career assigning class promoted major_league_baseball mlb debut september playing games age assigned class pacific coast league entire season appeared games batting giving starting shortstop position traded new_york_yankees soon regretted trade yankees emerged team leader named captain manager chance resigned weeks remaining season served player manager remainder season age youngest manager mlb history finished season fifth stolen bases hired yankees manager offseason offseason considered leaving yankees join received offers considering offer chicago chose stay yankees received year contract worth current dollar terms season resigned yankees tied fourth runs scored players eighth home runs season season players remaining yankees time purchased team yankees reached world series losing new_york_giants set mlb record assists game shortstop washington senators chicago_white_sox traded twice offseason december yankees traded current dollar terms boston_red_sox bullet january involved team trade involving joined senators went athletics acquired current dollar terms team owner indicated serve player manager time trade named player manager season instead distracted injuries limited performance chance managing boston_red_sox attempted acquire senators season remaining washington rebounded season timely hitting solid fielding appointed manager season harris considered assistant manager key contributor world series senators defeated giants won league award valuable player small margin world series pittsburgh_pirates committed errors seven game series mlb record january senators traded chicago_white_sox playing time limited leg injury acted advisor manager season retired player managerial executive career named manager cleveland_indians season indians fell fifth place season indians fired replacing considered managerial vacancy offseason took manager class american association season professional baseball joined nationwide baseball tours involved viewing movie technical demonstrations applied manager season job given returned professional baseball manager class southern association indians manager signing year contract team president fired promised cooperation minimal interference season promoted vice president later serving cleveland general manager president bought indians july brought serve office bradley resigned succeeded harris international_league offseason fired season team directors felt sufficiently develop farm system personal considered calm baseball player manager let temper best end baseball career worked manufacturer representative retired age suffering cancer heart disease brought hospital respiratory condition died november cleveland buried ohio wife died years earlier sons survived sons
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