Frank Bates
Baseball
Bates was born in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1876. He started his professional baseball career in 1896 with the Columbus Babies and Mobile Blackbirds of the Southern Association. He had a combined win–loss record of 2-10 for the two clubs. The following year, he went 3-8 for the Southeastern League\'s Chattanooga Blues. However, in 1898, Bates started the season with the Interstate League\'s Dayton Old Soldiers and posted a winning record of 23-18. He then joined the major league Cleveland Spiders and went 2-1 with a 3.10 earned run average in four late-season starts.\n', '
In 1899, "syndicate baseball" was allowed in the National League, which meant that a single group could own more than one team. The Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis Perfectos were both owned by Frank and Stanley Robison, and in March 1899, Bates was "assigned" to St. Louis. He finished two games for the Perfectos early…
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