:Fred Mann (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1858–1916)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Mann

|position=Outfielder

|image=Fred Mann.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{birth date|1858|4|1|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Sutton, Vermont

|death_date={{death date and age|1916|4|6|1858|4|1}}

|death_place=Springfield, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear={{baseball year|1882}}

|debutteam=Worcester Ruby Legs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 10

|finalyear={{baseball year|1887}}

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.262

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=12

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=388

|teams=

• Worcester Ruby Legs (1882)
• Philadelphia Athletics (1882)
• Columbus Buckeyes (1883–84)
• Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885–86)
• Cleveland Blues (1887)
• Philadelphia Athletics (1887)

}}

Fred J. Mann (April 1, 1858 – April 6, 1916) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for six seasons, and played for five different teams.

He was born in Sutton, Vermont and debuted with the Worcester Ruby Legs 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. He died of prostate cancer and is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Springfield.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmannf101.htm|title=Fred Mann's career statistics|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-14}}