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width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Winning %</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.530</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Worcesters" title="Worcester Worcesters">Worcester Worcesters</a> (1880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Wolverines" title="Detroit Wolverines">Detroit Wolverines</a> (1881–1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Blues_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Blues (NL)">Cleveland Blues (NL)</a> (1883)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Providence_Grays" title="Providence Grays">Providence Grays</a> (1884–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(American_Association)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)">Philadelphia Athletics</a> (1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Maroons_/_Indianapolis_Hoosiers" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Maroons / Indianapolis Hoosiers">Indianapolis Hoosiers</a> (1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (1902)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1884_World_Series" title="1884 World Series">1884</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis Carter Bancroft</b> (May 9, 1846 – March 30, 1921) was an American <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> for the <a 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His greatest success came with the Grays, when he won the <a href="/wiki/1884_World_Series" title="1884 World Series">1884 World Series</a> with a record of 84–28 (.750 winning percentage). His stops with teams were short, usually in an interim role, with his last stop being with the Reds after <a href="/wiki/Bid_McPhee" title="Bid McPhee">Bid McPhee</a> left the job as manager. Bancroft was 56 years old at the time. </p><p>Bancroft served in the <a href="/wiki/8th_New_Hampshire_Infantry_Regiment" title="8th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment">8th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Deadball_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadball-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Drummer_(military)" title="Drummer (military)">drummer</a>, and was wounded in New Orleans. After recovering, he returned to his regiment and achieved the rank of <a href="/wiki/Musician_(rank)#United_States" title="Musician (rank)">bugler</a>. 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