Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball primarily as an infielder (although he played every position, even pitcher, at some point in his career) for 10 seasons (1898, 1901-1909) with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Played in 45 games for the Cubs (pitching in 14 of them) in 1898, but went to Charlie Comiskey's St. Paul, Minnesota minor league team, where he played for the next three years. When Comiskey moved the team to Chicago, renamed it the White Sox, and joined the brand new American League, Frank Isbell went with it, and became a White Sox fixture for the next 8 years. On May 18, 1902 he set an record for first basemen (since tied) with 26 fielding chances. In 1906 he led the White Sox team known as the "Hitless Wonders" in batting average with .279. That team won the AL Pennant despite being last in hitting in the League. In the 1906 World Series against the NL cross town rival Cubs, he was one of the Sox's offensive stars. He batted .308 and set World Series records for most hits, two consecutive games (7) and most doubles and extra base hits in a game (4). Both of these records still stand today. His 4 doubles in Game 5 helped the Sox win the game and take the Series lead. His "Hitless Wonders" would defeat the Cubs 4 games to 2, stunning the Cubs who had won a still-record 116 games that year. After three more years with Chicago he retired in 1909. After his playing days were over he was a prominent figure in his native Wichita, Kansas, becoming a county commission and an owner and manager of a number of Western League baseball teams in Iowa and Kansas. His career numbers were 1,119 games played, 1,056 hits, 501 runs, 13 home runs, 455 RBIs, and a .250 career batting average. In addition, he had a pitching record of 4 wins-7 losses, 19 strikeouts and a 3.59 career earned run average. He was entirely bald, and had a nickname of "The Bald Eagle", which he disliked.
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball primarily as an infielder (although he played every position, even pitcher, at some point in his career) for 10 seasons (1898, 1901-1909) with the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Played in 45 games for the Cubs (pitching in 14 of them) in 1898, but went to Charlie Comiskey's St. Paul, Minnesota minor league team, where he played for the next three years. When Comiskey moved the team to Chicago, renamed it the White Sox, and joined the brand new American League, Frank Isbell went with it, and became a White Sox fixture for the next 8 years. On May 18, 1902 he set an record for first basemen (since tied) with 26 fielding chances. In 1906 he led the White Sox team known as the "Hitless Wonders" in batting average with .279. That team won the AL Pennant despite being last in hitting in the League. In the 1906 World Series against the NL cross town rival Cubs, he was one of the Sox's offensive stars. He batted .308 and set World Series records for most hits, two consecutive games (7) and most doubles and extra base hits in a game (4). Both of these records still stand today. His 4 doubles in Game 5 helped the Sox win the game and take the Series lead. His "Hitless Wonders" would defeat the Cubs 4 games to 2, stunning the Cubs who had won a still-record 116 games that year. After three more years with Chicago he retired in 1909. After his playing days were over he was a prominent figure in his native Wichita, Kansas, becoming a county commission and an owner and manager of a number of Western League baseball teams in Iowa and Kansas. His career numbers were 1,119 games played, 1,056 hits, 501 runs, 13 home runs, 455 RBIs, and a .250 career batting average. In addition, he had a pitching record of 4 wins-7 losses, 19 strikeouts and a 3.59 career earned run average. He was entirely bald, and had a nickname of "The Bald Eagle", which he disliked.
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