Ed Barrow
Edward Grant "Ed" Barrow (born May 10, 1868 in Springfield , Illinois , † December 15, 1953 in Port Chester , New York ) was an American baseball manager and official in Major League Baseball .
Life
Ed Barrow was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1868. His first position as a manager in the American League he got in 1903 and 1904 with the Detroit Tigers . His teams took fifth and seventh place.
He was more successful in his second station with the Boston Red Sox . In his first nyear he led his team to the championship in the American League. In the World Series , the Red Sox won against the Chicago Cubs in six games. However, he only stayed in Boston for another two years. The owner of the team Harry Frazee sold many of the team's star players during these years, which made further success difficult.
In 1921 he moved to the New York Yankees as a functionary . Here he should be largely responsible for building the most formidable team in baseball for the next three decades. By 1945, his New York team had won fourteen championships in the American League and ten times the World Series. Through skillful transfers, a good scouting system and good development of talented players in minor league baseball , he succeeded in building this dynasty.
One of his early discoveries was the future Hall of Famer as shortstop Honus Wagner , who made his debut in Major League Baseball in 1896.
In 1953 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee as an official and pioneer of baseball . He died that same year at the age of 88 in Port Chester, New York. A year later, the Yankees erected a plaque on the wall of the centerfield of the Yankee Stadium , which can now be found in Monument Park . The board calls him Moulder of a tradition of victory (founder of a victory tradition ).
His stations as a manager
- 1903-1904 Detroit Tigers
- 1918-1920 Boston Red Sox
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference (Minor League )
- Data as a manager (English)
- Ed Barrow in the Hall of Fame (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrow, Ed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrow, Edward Grant (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball manager and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1953 |
| Place of death | Port Chester , New York |