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Bill DeWitt, Sr. : patriarch of a baseball family

Title: Bill DeWitt, Sr. : patriarch of a baseball family / Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman.
Author: Boxerman, Burton Alan, 1933-
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

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Additional Authors

Boxerman, Benita W.

Description

vi, 225 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees hired former Browns executive and owner William O. DeWitt as assistant to general manager George Weiss. "DeWitt," the paper announced, "was considered an astute baseball man who would have a definite role to play with the Yankees." Baseball fans had assumed that once the Yankees were no longer the American League's doormats, DeWitt would quietly retire. But DeWitt, a protege of Branch Rickey, was shrewd and intelligent and his years with the Browns were only the beginning of a long and fascinating career, including his years as owner and general manager of the Cincinnati Reds. This first ever biography focuses on the life and career of a baseball executive who contributed greatly to America's pastime"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9781476672601
1476672601
9781476643373 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2021033754

OCLC

on1198892953
SCSB-14044229

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library