Fred J. Mann (April 1, 1858 – April 6, 1916) was an American

center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball and softball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the ...

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for six seasons, and played for five different teams. He was born in

Sutton, Vermont Sutton is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 913 at the 2020 census. History Sutton was chartered on February 26, 1782, by the Vermont Legislature. Chartered as Billymead to Dr. Jonathan Arnold of Rhode Isl ...

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 ...

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 Springfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ea ...

. He died of

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and is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield.

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