Arthur Ehlers

Arthur Ehlers

Arthur H. Ehlers (January 22, 1897February 7, 1977) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. He was the first general manager in the history of the modern Baltimore Orioles, serving as their front-office boss during their return to the American League as the former St. Louis Browns in 1954.

A former minor league player, Ehlers began his front-office career as an executive with several minor league teams and circuits, including a stint as part owner of the Reading, Pennsylvania, "Chicks" of the Class B Interstate League, president of the Interstate loop (1941-45) and promotions director of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.

Between 1947 and 1950, Ehlers served as the farm system director of the Philadelphia Athletics. In September 1950, a tumultuous year for that franchise, Ehlers succeeded Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane as general manager of the A's upon an ownership reorganization involving two warring branches of the Connie Mack family. As a consequence of that restructuring, Cochrane, GM for only four months, stepped down; Connie Mack Jr. and his mother, the elder Mack's second wife, lost their bid for control of the franchise to Roy and Earle Mack, Connie Sr.'s children from his first marriage; and the elder Mack, 87 years of age and celebrating his 50th year at the helm of the A's, was forced into retirement.

Ehlers ran the Athletics' front office from 1951-53, with veteran Jimmy Dykes as his manager. Dykes and American League Most Valuable Player Bobby Shantz wrung one last over-.500 season out of the club in 1952, but the Athletics lacked both talent and financial backing and had been supplanted by the National League Phillies as the city's top baseball team.

After the 1953 campaign, the newly-relocated Orioles lured Ehlers and Dykes to Baltimore as general manager and field manager. Each lasted only one season. Paul Richards, skipper of the Chicago White Sox, was hired to replace both men on September 14, 1954. Dykes became a coach for the Cincinnati Redlegs, while Ehlers became Richards' assistant general manager. He eventually became a scout for the Orioles, retiring in 1973. He died from cancer, age 80, in Baltimore on February 7, 1977.

References

*http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Ehlers.Arthur.Obit.html
*Baseball America Executive Database
*Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., "The 1950 Official Baseball Guide." St. Louis:The Sporting News, 1951.


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