Jackie Robinson Career Highlights
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Jackie Robinson Career Highlights

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Jackie Robinson Career Highlights Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and First Baseman Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right 5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA Died: October 24, 1972 (Aged 53-267d) in Stamford, CT Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY High School: Muir Technical (Los Angeles, CA) Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) Debut: 1945 (9,801st in major league history) AL/NL Debut: April 15, 1947 vs. BSN 3 AB,…

The Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as their manager, replacing Christy Mathewson

The Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as their manager, replacing Christy Mathewson

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1919 – The Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as their manager, replacing Christy Mathewson. Cincinnati makes the decision after failing to hear from Mathewson during his winter trip to Europe. Moran will guide the Reds to 96 victories and the World Championship this season.

John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham, and Tammany Hall politician Judge Francis X. McQuade buy controlling interest in the New York Giants from the John Brush estate. Having drawn just 265,000 fans in 1918, the club is sold at a bargain price. The three will spend many days in courtrooms fighting among themselves, and fending off government charges about Stoneham’s business practices.

John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham, and Tammany Hall politician Judge Francis X. McQuade buy controlling interest in the New York Giants from the John Brush estate. Having drawn just 265,000 fans in 1918, the club is sold at a bargain price. The three will spend many days in courtrooms fighting among themselves, and fending off government charges about Stoneham’s business practices.

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1919 – John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham, and Tammany Hall politician Judge Francis X. McQuade buy controlling interest in the New York Giants from the John Brush estate. Having drawn just 265,000 fans in 1918, the club is sold at a bargain price. The three will spend many days in courtrooms fighting among themselves, and fending off government charges about Stoneham’s business practices.

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Wall Street tycoon Charles A. Stoneham, buys the New York Giants

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On January 14, 1919, a trio, led by Wall Street tycoon Charles A. Stoneham, buys the New York Giants. The other investors include manager John McGraw and politician Francis X. McQuade of New York. Stoneham rose from a job as a runner on Wall Street, to the president of a huge investment firm to make…