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Frank WakefieldLundgren first played a game for the Chicago Orphans on June 19, 1902. He pitched there for 8 years, with his last appearance on April 24th, 1909. He was 17-6 with a 2.21 ERA completing 21 of his 24 starts in 1906, and 18-7 with a 1.17 ERA completing 21 of 25 starts in 1907. But something must have happened, he's 6-9 in 15 starts with a 4.22 ERA in 1908.
I don't see where he was with Kansas City in 1909. Maybe he was sold to Kansas City and he failed to report. We need someone to look at Sporting Life at the end of April and early May of 1909. Lundgren did appear in 4 games for the Eastern League's Toronto Maple Leafs in 1909. In 1910 he posted a 6-3 record pitching in 10 games for the Hartford Senators of the Connecticut State League. He also pitched in 5 games for Toronto that year. Team-mates at Toronto included Moose Grimshaw, Joe Kelley, Jim McGinley, Doc Newton and Bill O'Hara. Lungren was with the Troy Trojans of the New York State League in 1911, appearing in 31 games and posting a 13-12 record. His final year of professional play was 1911, back with Hartford, he pitched in 16 games and was 6-3.
He had attended college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I think he coached college baseball 1921 through 1934, he succeeded Branch Ricky as Michigan's coach. He died August 21, 1934, and is buried in the Marengo City Cemetery in McHenry County, IL.