"a flair for bending players acquired from here, there and everywhere. [He was] a master at putting together a team better than the sum of its parts." In 1999, Selee was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee for his achievements as a manager. According to his bio at the Hall of Fame, "Contrary to the rough tactics of rival clubs like the Baltimore Orioles, Selee encouraged his players to play a more civilized style. His teams surpassed brawnier opponents by hitting behind runners, employing the bunt and utilizing the double steal." Selee is one of only two people from New Hampshire to be inducted into the Hall of Fame; the other is Carlton Fisk, who was enshrined in 2000. Selee appeared as a character in the 1991 episode "Batter Up" of the animated Back to the Future series, which involved Marty McFly and the Brown children traveling back to 1897 to help one of Marty's ancestors, a player for the Beaneaters, to improve his game. Selee was portrayed without his well-known mustache. Managerial record See also List of Major League Baseball managers by wins Honor Rolls of Baseball Notes References External links Baseball-Reference.com – managerial statistics and analysis 1859 births 1909 deaths National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Boston Beaneaters managers Chicago Orphans managers Chicago Cubs managers Minor league baseball managers People from Amherst, New Hampshire Tuberculosis deaths in Colorado 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis