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1904 left 12 september 1931 pasadena , california normal , illinois 1899 october 8 .252 1 116 first baseman brooklyn superbas batting average home runs runs batted in september 8 17 october 1873 pop dillon.jpg pop dillon
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frank edward dillon -lrb- october 17 , 1873 -- september 12 , 1931 -rrb- was a major league baseball first baseman with the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1899 -- 1900 -rrb- , detroit tigers -lrb- 1901 -- 1902 -rrb- , baltimore orioles -lrb- 1902 -rrb- , and brooklyn superbas -lrb- 1904 -rrb- .
born in normal , illinois , dillon played in 312 major league games with a .258 batting average .
dillon shares with jim greengrass the record for the most doubles hit on the opening day of the major league baseball season , with four doubles for the tigers on the 25th of april , 1901 .
after his major league career ended , dillon was a player and manager for many years with the los angeles angels of the pacific coast league .
dillon managed the angels to pennants again in 1905 , 1907 , and 1908 .
dillon was a cousin of hall of famer clark griffith .
dillon was the player-manager for the 1903 los angeles angels who went 133 -- 78 .
dillon at age 29 hit .364 -lrb- for a team that hit .266 -rrb- and led the league in batting .
starting as a professional player in 1894 , he played through 1912 and managed through 1915 .
he had a batting average of .295 in over 2,000 minor league games .
after his playing and managing days he was an officer of the association of professional ball players of america .
dillon died in pasadena , california at age 57 in 1931 .
he was inducted posthumously in the pacific coast league hall of fame .
