Fred Blanding
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Frederick James Blanding, nicknamed "Fritz," was an American baseball player. He played five seasons as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1914. He pit
Fred Blanding in Cleveland, ca. 1912
Kansas City Packers
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The Kansas City Packers were a Federal League baseball club in Kansas City, Missouri from 1914 to 1915. They finished sixth in 1914 with a 67–84 record, and fourth in 1915 with an 81–72 record.
Fred Blanding
…placed into the middle of a baseball war between the established leagues and the outlaw Federal League. After signing a three-year contract with the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League, Blanding opted to return to the American League after Cleveland offered to pay him a salary reported to be in excess of $10,000…
C.C. Madison in 1915. He was the former owner of the Kansas City, Missouri baseball club of the Federal League.
Members of the Kansas City Packers, 1914.