november july american professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb new_york_giants described best defensive time credited originating double play originating style playing base foul line deep modern career compiled batting average runs scored hits home runs runs batted rbi games played born georgetown massachusetts players enter league graduating college served left handed catcher signing spent seasons team including year managerial stint december traded giants man deal years playing new_york signed boston club played managed team retiring baseball worked death boston july early life born georgetown massachusetts children née attended served 50th massachusetts regiment civil war nearly died intense suffering growing fred led class drawing reportedly started playing baseball career played professional game going single played catcher seasons team record selected national champions night senior dinner received telephone message manager asking play game team catcher injuries players boston mlb debut june removed game fifth inning fractured finger throwing hand foul tip finger addressed owner offered contract worth month day later writing day stated thought trying little joke concluded little thought bluff asking advance money courage asked signed contract advance money asked wanted thought mention big sum order bluff good strong said consulted director said money right asked like cash check replied half cash half check immediately wrote check counted cash contract sign laying cash check returned team month later finished year batting games following season moved outfield erratic throwing arm plate according manager season hit games playing minor league baseball caught played outfield hit nearly double games previous year despite playing minors springfield moved base replace aging according weeks evident finest game seen june game cincinnati_reds turned double play mlb history led mlb plate appearances tied lead bats boston club national_league champions record boston won hit rbis collected hits fifth mlb recorded triples good fourth best mlb age batted games played began streak seven consecutive seasons led assists holds record seasons leading league assists including suspended games fighting manager finished season second sacrifice hits majors average seasons received contract offers worth cleveland detroit decided remain boston named captain club season hit rbis home runs led team walks best base percentage mark squad led team walks base percentage tied team lead runs named manager team receive additional pay offered bonus team didn lose money tried sign african american middle harvard_university contract later retracted offer pressure mlb players defensively led majors errors committed baseman finished second position led record second straight year boston team lost games record manager december traded giants cecil trade called biggest deals history national_league baseball new_york_giants season giants led mlb plate appearances finished runs scored game chicago_cubs september play attack game play season took spot base game tie ninth hitting single outs singled center field hank day called touched second base day ruled game tie darkness teams finishing season record replay game played determine win national_league pennant game held october cubs winning batting career low released giants spent season player manager minor league leading team record good fourth teams return boston december signed year contract season hit games released braves march record season paid manage second year contract bought international_league mayor declared april half holiday city newark indians opening day played games indians hitting seven hits bats managed team record personal life death married october couple children born july born december early career refused play baseball sundays religion later changed mind known major league level unpopular college players professional served journalist new_york_times painted winter retiring baseball worked continued writing new_york_times vice president usher shoe manufacturing company massachusetts later formed shoe company partnership received votes receiving total ballots cast died july long illness interred georgetown
Fred Tenney