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Frank Gibson Selee (October 26, 1859 - July 5, 1909) was a successful Major League Baseball manager in the National League. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

Selee managed the Boston Beaneaters (1890-1901) and the Chicago Cubs (1902-1905). His Beaneaters captured five NL pennants during his tenure (1891-93, 1897-98). His 1892 team, aided by the first 150-game schedule in history, became the first team to win 100 games in a season. With the Cubs, he created the famous Tinker to Evers to Chance infield combination, primarily by converting Chance from a catcher to a first baseman. Although he had to retire early due to illness, he had built the foundation of a baseball dynasty, and the Cubs won the pennant four times in the five seasons after he left.

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An animated representation of Selee appeared, as a speaking role, by name, in the 1991 episode "Batter Up" in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, which involved Marty and the Brown children traveling back to 1891 to help one of Marty's ancestors, a player for the Beaneaters, to improve his game.

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