| 词条 | Frank Lane |
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| name = Frank C. Lane | image = Bill McGill and Frank Lane.jpeg | image_size= | caption = Lane (right) shaking the hand of Bill McGill after he signed with the Chicago Packers in May 1962 | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|02|01}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|03|19|1896|02|01}} | death_place = Dallas, Texas, United States | position = Guard | college = | playing_years1 = c. 1910–1919 | playing_team1 = Cincinnati Celts |module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes |allegiance={{flagu|United States|1912}} |branch={{Naval|United States|navy-1864}} |serviceyears = 1942–1946 |rank = |unit = |battles = World War II |awards = }}}} Frank C. Lane (February 1, 1896 – March 19, 1981) was an American executive in professional baseball, most notably serving as a general manager in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers. BiographyBorn in Cincinnati, Lane's first involvement with professional sports came in American football, where he played guard for a number of "Ohio League" teams prior to the creation of the National Football League. After his attempt at playing professional baseball fell short, Lane shifted to officiating, serving as a referee in both football and basketball. Baseball front officesIn 1933 he was named as traveling secretary for the Cincinnati Reds, while continuing to spend his offseasons as an official. After later spending one season as general manager of the team's Durham, North Carolina minor league club, Lane was elevated to assistant general manager for the Reds under Warren Giles on November 17, 1936. After the U.S. entered World War II, Lane joined the Navy and spent the next four years in the service before returning in 1946 as general manager of the Kansas City Blues, a top farm club of the New York Yankees. One year in that position led to a two-year stretch as president of the minor league American Association. Lane then resigned that post in 1948 to become general manager of the White Sox. Over the next seven years, he would shape the team into a contender after nearly two decades of mediocrity. In seven years with the White Sox, he made 241 trades.[1] After resigning in September 1955, Lane quickly found work again in St. Louis.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} In May 1956, he traded Bill Virdon, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award the previous season, to the Pirates for Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield.[2] Lane later referred to the trade as "the worst trade [he] ever made".[3] As General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, he tried to trade popular superstar hitter Stan Musial to the Philadelphia Phillies for star pitcher Robin Roberts. When news of the proposed transaction was leaked to the radio, Cardinals' owner August Busch stopped the deal.[4] Lane moved on to Cleveland in November 1957. While in Cleveland, Lane gained infamy by trading popular star slugger Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for excellent hitter Harvey Kuenn, resulting in the so-called "Curse of Colavito." He left Cleveland in January 1961 for an executive position with the Kansas City Athletics, but the combination of Lane and volatile owner Charlie Finley led to an early end to his employment just eight months later. The lingering feud between the two over compensation would result in a lawsuit that took over three years to settle. Due to his uncertain contract status Lane was forced out of baseball during this period, but found employment on May 7, 1962 as general manager of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Zephyrs. On January 8, 1965, Lane settled his lawsuit with Finley, accepting $113,000 plus the freedom to take another baseball front-office position. Early reports of his being part of an ownership group to buy the Boston Red Sox, as well as potentially serving as president of the Texas League, proved to be unfounded. Instead, the Baltimore Orioles hired him as a special assistant to general manager Lee MacPhail on March 7, serving primarily as a scout, a post he would hold for nearly six years. Shortly before his 75th birthday, Lane was hired as general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers. Following that stint, he ended his career as a scout for both the California Angels and Texas Rangers. Death and reputationLane would gain fame (and sometimes infamy) for his many transactions,[5] earning nicknames such as "Trader Frank", "Frantic Frank", "Trader Lane" and "The Wheeler Dealer" for the more than 400 trades he made in his career, including 241 with the White Sox alone. Lane traded star players, such as Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito and Roger Maris, as well as future Hall of Famers Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst and Early Wynn. Yet players were not the only people involved in Lane's transactions – in 1960, during his tenure with the Indians, he dealt manager Joe Gordon in exchange for Detroit Tigers skipper Jimmy Dykes. He died in a Dallas, Texas nursing home at 85 years of age. In Bobby Bragan's book You Can't Hit the Ball With the Bat On Your Shoulder, Bragan wrote that he was asked by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's office to represent Major League Baseball at the funeral. He was the lone baseball official to attend. References1. ^Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p.93, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4165-8928-0}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0a3985c3|title=Bill Virdon|publisher=Society of American Baseball Research|accessdate=February 26, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19740923&id=Qn4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=21EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7033,2179911|work=The Dispatch|via=Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=February 26, 2016}} 4. ^Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.39, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-8027-1745-0}} 5. ^Neyer, Rob. Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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