- Ed Barrow
Edward Grant Barrow (
May 10 ,1868 -December 15 ,1953 ) was an American manager and executive inMajor League Baseball who guided theBoston Red Sox to the1918 World Series title, then built theNew York Yankees into baseball's premier franchise and greatest dynasty as their top executive from 1921 to 1945. Barrow would use trades, the development of talent through a farm system and the outright purchase of players to build a Yankee team that would win 14 pennants and 10 World Series between 1921 and 1945.Born in
Springfield, Illinois , Barrow managed and co-owned the Toronto team in the Eastern League from 1900 to 1902, and got his first chance at managing in the major leagues with theDetroit Tigers in 1903, finishing fifth. He won the World Series in his first year with the Red Sox, but managed the team only two more years as ownerHarry Frazee began selling the contracts of star players.in 1892.
In 1930, while in charge of publicity for the Yankees, Barrow was demoted after assaulting New York sportswriter Bill Slocum. He was also directed to apologize in person and in writing for his actions. [
Mike Rodden , "The Globe",December 9 ,1930 , p. 8.]Barrow was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee in 1953. He died later that year inPort Chester, New York at age 85. Ed Barrow is interred inKensico Cemetery in Valhalla,Westchester County , New York.On
April 15 ,1954 , the Yankees dedicated a plaque to Barrow, which first hung on the center field wall atYankee Stadium , near the flagpole and the monuments toBabe Ruth ,Lou Gehrig andMiller Huggins , and later in the Stadium's Monument Park. The plaque called him "molder of a tradition of victory."Yankee's dynasty
After arriving with the Yankees Barrow created a Dynasty by finding players like,
Lou Gehrig ,Joe DiMaggio andBabe Ruth . He bought into the team when he arrived.References
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=ed_barrow_1868]
External links
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* "The Curse of Ed Barrow" - http://www.redsoxvyankees.com/timeline2a.html
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