december american manager office executive major_league_baseball served field manager detroit_tigers boston_red_sox served business manager facto general manager new_york_yankees team president credited building yankee dynasty elected born covered wagon springfield illinois worked journalist soap salesman entering business baseball selling concessions games purchased minor league baseball teams serving team manager served president managing tigers returning minor leagues baseball left game operate hotel returned baseball president seven year tenure managed leading team victory world series owner began sell star players joined yankees quarter century baseball operations chief yankees won world series titles early life born springfield illinois oldest children male born father fought ohio american_civil_war following war parents john mother brothers sisters traveled covered wagon nebraska born plantation belonging relatives trip lived nebraska years moving iowa middle grant bestowed honor civil war general worked clerk receiving promotion circulation manager year reporter leader graduating high school city editor earning week current dollar terms years living established baseball team included future baseball stars moved pittsburgh worked soap salesman believing money business lost money business went work desk clerk pittsburgh hotel baseball career early career partnered sell concessions baseball games helped form class minor league stevens purchased served field manager collapse league season team continued rest year bought class atlantic league managing rest season discovered throwing coal railroad station pennsylvania signed professional contract sold wagner national_league year current dollar terms poor attendance brought professional draw play base umpired hired woman professional baseball pitch innings game served president time winter established movie theater richmond virginia managed league folded season money earned sale richmond movie theater purchased quarter share served team manager hired manager brought talented players rebuilding acquired talented players team improved fifth place finish place finish second place finish won league championship lost talented players including american_league managed major leagues finishing fifth thirteen game improvement finish tigers feuded shortstop tigers owner sold team season managed tigers unable secretary treasurer resignation managed rest season managed indianapolis indians class toronto baseball finishing place hired manage toronto signing rest team players manager toronto return baseball returned baseball managing montreal hired president year giving annual salary current dollar terms served role engineered change international_league season league president contended creation competed major league established franchises international_league cities including newark new_jersey buffalo new_york baltimore maryland attempted gain major league status league unsuccessful collapsed league president outlaw players playing league season attempted organize compete major league merging international_league clubs teams international_league owners opposed policies including attempt form felt close personally league owners voted cut pay season current dollar terms resigned manager boston_red_sox team lost better players world war encouraged owner purchase bullet current dollar terms season feuded assistant undermined leadership won world series recognizing star pitcher great power hitter pinch hit days wasn scheduled pitch told pitch hit decided bat useful pitching transitioned pitcher outfielder public dispute july reported press intending leave situation soon season debt began selling contracts star players traded new_york_yankees obtaining cash sold yankees season struggled finishing sixth sold yankees season warnings finished fifth new_york_yankees season resigned business manager yankees replacing deceased took control building roster usually field manager responsibility days yankees handled signing player contracts owner personally handled contracts installed yankees infrastructure owner manager frequently criticized told manager second job win players need win suspended indefinitely august misconduct playing field current dollar terms supported yankees brought coach new_york scout purchased share club discovered executive orchestrated series trades club mainly afloat trades yankees stars bullet argued trades looked favor yankees players sent boston suffered injuries fact certainly knew coming new_york deals managed nearly boston yankees sought develop players buying teams especially investment current dollar terms convinced approve purchase considered potential successor president declared interested job died chose replace manager passing wanted opportunity player manager prevented managing teams departed yankees suggesting executives teams equipped manage baseball team season gotten sporting news named executive year death left yankees assets trust descendants named president yankees authority team day day operations named executive year second time won award estate sold team group sold stake team group remained chairman board informal adviser signed year contract remain team exercised clause contract free december order officially retire baseball president offered job commissioner baseball succeed declined felt old health decline personal life known uncle friends according writer referred treating butler english drawing room comedy resided new_york married discuss writings second marriage january raised year old daughter previous marriage daughter able boxer fought exhibition rounds hospitalized july new_york died december age body kept interred new_york legacy executive numbers player uniforms announced retirement uniform number number retired executive allow fans foul balls entered stands require playing star banner national anthem game holidays exhibition game played honor managing team retired stars elected april yankees dedicated plaque hung center field wall yankee stadium near monuments miller plaques later moved stadium monument park
Ed Barrow