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{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1859β1902)}} {{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Fred Dunlap |image=Fred Dunlap 0559fu.jpg |caption=1888 baseball card of Dunlap |position=[[Second baseman]] |birth_date={{birth date|1859|5|21}} |birth_place=[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1902|12|1|1859|5|21}} |death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 1 |debutyear=1880 |debutteam=Cleveland Blues |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 20 |finalyear=1891 |finalteam=Washington Statesmen |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat1value=.292 |stat2value=41 |stat3value=366 |teams= '''As player'''<br> *[[Cleveland Blues (NL)|Cleveland Blues]] ({{Baseball year|1880}}β{{Baseball year|1883}}) *[[St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers|St. Louis Maroons]] ({{Baseball year|1884}}β{{Baseball year|1886}}) *[[Detroit Wolverines]] ({{Baseball year|1886}}β{{Baseball year|1887}}) *[[Pittsburgh Alleghenys]] ({{Baseball year|1888}}β{{Baseball year|1890}}) *[[New York Giants (PL)|New York Giants]] ({{Baseball year|1890}}) *[[Washington Statesmen (1891)|Washington Statesmen]] ({{Baseball year|1891}}) '''As manager'''<br> *[[Cleveland Blues (NL)|Cleveland Blues]] ({{Baseball year|1882}}) *[[St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers|St. Louis Maroons]] ({{Baseball year|1884}}β{{Baseball year|1885}}) *[[Pittsburgh Alleghenys]] ({{Baseball year|1889}}) |highlights= *Union Association [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|batting champion]] (1884) *Union Association [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|home run leader]] (1884) }} '''Frederick C.''' "'''Sure Shot'''" '''Dunlap''' (May 21, 1859 β December 1, 1902) was an American [[second baseman]] and [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 1880 to 1891. He was the highest paid player in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1889. He has also been rated by some contemporary and modern sources as the greatest overall second baseman of the 19th century. He earned the nickname "Sure Shot" for the strength and accuracy of his throws to first base, and was also sometimes referred to in the 1880s as the "King of Second Basemen." Dunlap played for the [[Cleveland Blues (NL)|Cleveland Blues]] from 1880 to 1883, where he secured his reputation as one of the best players in the game. As a rookie in 1880, he led the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in [[Double (baseball)|double]]s and ranked second in [[extra base hit]]s. While playing for Cleveland, he also compiled [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]]s of .325 and .326 in 1881 and 1883 and led the league in [[Assist (baseball)|assist]]s by a second baseman and [[range factor]]. When the [[Union Association]] was formed in 1884, Dunlap was lured to play for the [[St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers|St. Louis Maroons]] where he became the highest paid player in baseball. His .412 batting average in 1884 was the highest ever recorded to that time in Major League Baseball and 56 points higher than any other player in the major leagues in 1884 due to the lack of talent in the UA. After three years in St. Louis, Dunlap was sold to the [[Detroit Wolverines]] and helped that team win the 1887 National League pennant. Dunlap's baseball career ended in 1891 when he broke his leg [[Slide (baseball)|sliding]] into a base. He went into the construction business and bet on horses in the 1890s. At the time of his death in 1902, Dunlap was penniless and living in a rundown boarding house.
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