december second baseman manager major_league_baseball highest paid player major_league_baseball rated contemporary modern sources greatest overall second baseman 19th century earned nickname sure shot strength accuracy throws base referred 1880s king second played secured reputation best players game rookie led national_league doubles ranked second extra base hits playing cleveland compiled batting averages led league assists second baseman range factor formed lured play highest paid player baseball batting average highest recorded time major_league_baseball points higher player major leagues lack talent years sold helped team win national_league pennant baseball career ended broke leg sliding base went construction business bet horses 1890s living boarding house died consumption december body unidentified policeman recognized body baseball star early years born philadelphia pennsylvania parents died age attend school parents died spent youth playing baseball lacking formal education remained life began playing semi pro baseball age new_jersey started season new_jersey joined played chester start season joining wilmington delaware pitcher began playing professional baseball second baseman auburn new_york played teams albany new_york remained albany major_league_baseball cleveland blues began year career major_league_baseball season immediately established game best players season led national_league doubles ranked second extra base hits times base serving team hitter strong debut defense leading national_league assists second baseman remained seasons consistently ranked leading hitters defensive second national_league compiled total bases second national_league batting average slugging percentage ranking fifth national_league categories led national_league second assists range factor final year cleveland batting average base percentage slugging percentage ranking league leaders categories defensively led league second ranked assists fielding percentage star cleveland team early 1880s key blues writer observed like play hamlet melancholy sure shot known baseball career nicknames sure shot king second accounts indicate sure shot nickname arose powerful accurate throws base king kelly reportedly gave sure shot nickname watching throw account described throwing prowess follows practice adept monkey grabbing ground ball hand firing spot seized throws clear grass half foot lose inch saw play wrote chase ball outfield throw home plate fearful speed accuracy ball sing flew known range getting balls era reportedly able dive ball throw lying ground velocity sting baseman hand able catch throw baseball skill accuracy hand reportedly wore glove source gives entirely different account obtained sure shot nickname book history home run wrote nickname dated game july won straight games hit walk run home run ninth inning according shot heard round cleveland won nickname sure shot november signed contract play new biggest star lured new league contract paid salary including paid advance highest salary paid baseball player time remained highest paid baseball player year played second base served team manager portions seasons season dominated team compiled record led new league significant offensive defensive categories batting average points higher player national_league led league base percentage slugging percentage runs scored hits total bases home runs extra base hits assists second baseman second baseman range factor second base fielding percentage second base batting average highest recorded major leagues time runs scored remains highest single season totals major league history baseball historians suggested accomplishments season discounted lesser talent pool disbanded year joined national_league batting average dropped points continued best defensive second major leagues led national_league second fielding percentage ranked second assists range factor spent season hit cycle financial distress rumors spread team early august sold expensive purchase price time addition sum paid grant release detroit team signed contract pay season seasons advance day november respectively mid season sale led concerns transfer detroit small thing bearing entire base ball world great present order things king pin sale makes certainty dissolution detroit management praised enterprise making bold business stroke sporting news wrote time joined team fly league pennant sure time flies world grows day old team went existence favorite world willing greatest second baseman america known expressed delight noting tried seasons away reaction acquisition overwhelmingly positive detroit expressed concern reputation maker season led national_league career high assists national_league player position defensive play second base helped lead national_league pennant record led national_league second fielding percentage ranking second range factor played games world series champions detroit won series games end season praised contributions detroit championship team king second class round player fielding average ranking season ranks active men field great value team account ability game world series played rumors spread detroit amassed star lineup payroll negotiations high salary selling pittsburgh announced november consent detroit club paid half sum receive pittsburgh secure release said time sick tired sold gaining time bank account benefited transfers told reporter new_york_times refuse play demands met told reporter detroit club choices half money secured release allow fulfill contract year january finally sale received sales price paid detroit total annual compensation signing pittsburgh making highest paid player baseball history time congratulated pittsburgh team acquisition king second baseman country pittsburgh played served manager portion season years pittsburgh offensive performance declined batting average went time remained leading defensive second game ranked second league second fielding percentage range factor season major leagues fielding percentage led national_league career high start season engaged protracted salary negotiations president late march reported sides reached resolution certain play old position league club said time long talk agreed terms play season course terms year play sign contract reasons satisfactory know good player willing remain games season batting average fell result released aside batting average disagreements pittsburgh manager reportedly contributed decision quoted manager saying certainly worst man met everybody hot water entire western trip speculated release motivated salary fact pittsburgh backup second baseman signed salary giants jumped new_york_giants late time washington correspondent predicted bring bad luck new team wrote fred great player shadow felt number people vicinity watched course ordinary interest declare appeared game giants announced july play spend remainder summer new_jersey plans return play game life concluded baseball career appeared games breaking leg sliding base april early june washington management notified salary payments returned notice filed continued half pay disabled sliding base washington refused pay played professional baseball life baseball legacy retired baseball reported savings went building business philadelphia 1890s owned properties city reported dropped game follow racing game lost respectable fortune accumulated base ball account indicated lost stock market investments july reported clean broke december died age according years life spent poverty mental philadelphia boarding house according accounts policeman saw body believed called confirmed body funeral poorly attended baseball colleagues player attend observed friends funeral bury hack drivers list active following death editor wrote passed great man salary figure marked high water limit long ago gone ball player artist getting fat salaries real type popular years ago solid style able pass wave hot ones goodbye graceful ease occasion demanded gloves use aid bigger wonder rated contemporary modern sources greatest overall second baseman 19th century book history baseball founder seen great second free far away greatest second baseman lived owned managed major league teams cleveland went greatest second baseman departments game greatest player lived contemporaries picked greatest second baseman newspaper column published crane wrote acknowledged best second baseman day excellent angle think excelled hall_of_fame played published article greatest baseball history picking shade better ward observed king record average games detroit club ease grace player tendency handed catches stops got big favorite showed book modern methods author concluded best offensive second baseman second best defensive second baseman best overall second baseman 19th century career range factor second base ranks fifth highest history major_league_baseball book new bill james historical baseball abstract ranked greatest second baseman time 8th best played majority careers 19th century james wrote legitimate star legitimate major league good second baseman hitter
Fred Dunlap