Ned Hanlon

Long before the term "small ball" became popular, manager Ned Hanlon was among the first to recognize that a team could generate just as many runs with its legs as it could with its bats. Hanlon began as a fine outfielder in 13 professional seasons in Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Though he was a career .260 hitter, Hanlon stole 329 bases - all of them coming after stolen bases were first recorded in 1885, six years into his career.

Edward Hugh "Ned" Hanlon , also known as "Foxy Ned",[2] and sometimes referred to as "The Father of Modern Baseball,"[3][4][5] was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1876 to 1914. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996 by vote of the Veterans Committee.

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The Connecticut native was to baseball what Socrates was to philosophy, what Eclipse was to thoroughbred racing, what Claude Monet was to Impressionism.

Many pundits believe that Ned Hanlon created the position of manager as we know it today. Read bio and statistics for this Hall of Fame manager.

Ned Hanlon managed 19 seasons in the major leagues--12 in the 19th century, when he compiled a .586 winning percentage, and seven in the Deadball Era, when his winning percentage fell to .449. "Foxy Ned" guided five National League pennant-winners, the 1894-95-96 Baltimore Orioles and the 1899-1900 Brooklyn Superbas, but never finished higher than second in the Deadball Era. Some say that by that time the game had passed him by, but another possible explanation for his lack of Deadball Era success is that he was focusing most of his attention on returning big-league baseball to his beloved Baltimore.

Career: 30 HR, .260 BA, 329 SB, CF, HOF in 1996, Wolverines/Pirates/... 1880-1892, b:L/t:R, born in Unite. 1857, died 1937

Edward Hugh "Ned" Hanlon (August 22, 1857 – April 14, 1937), also known as "Foxy Ned",[2] and sometimes referred to as "The Father of Modern Baseball,"[3][4][5] was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1876 to 1914. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996 by vote of the Veterans Committee.