Fred Mitchell (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fred Mitchell (baseball)

American baseball player, coach, manager

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1878

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1970

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Fred Mitchell (baseball)

  • Frederick Francis Mitchell, born Frederick Francis Yapp (June 5, 1878 – October 13, 1970), was an American right-handed pitcher, catcher, first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball.
  • After pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and Brooklyn Superbas from 1901 to 1905, he returned to the major leagues as a catcher for the New York Highlanders in 1910.
  • He was noted for relieving Hall of Famer Cy Young in the first-ever Red Sox game. Mitchell was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • In 1917, he joined the Chicago Cubs as team president, and was later hired as manager.
  • In his second year at the helm, he won the 1918 National League pennant, losing to the Red Sox in the 1918 World Series.
  • However, in the middle of the 1919 season, he was relieved of his president duties and one year later, he was out of a job.
  • The Boston Braves hired him as manager for the 1921 season, but his success in Chicago did not follow him to his hometown Braves, where he lost 100 games twice.
  • After he was fired by the Braves, he returned to Harvard University where he had previously coached baseball in 1916.
  • He remained at Harvard for thirty years until his retirement.
  • Mitchell was best known for his excellence in coaching. Mitchell died in Newton, Massachusetts at age 92.
  • He is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Stow, Massachusetts.

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