Dodgers cut Ned Hanlon pay in half
On March 21 , 1905 Brooklyn Dodgers cut disgruntled manager and stockholder Ned Hanlon’s salary from $12,000.00 to 6000.00 but after a compromise is arranged he signs for 8000.00 for 1905.
The White Sox fire manager Nixey Callahan‚ replacing him with Fielder Jones.
The White Sox fire manager Nixey Callahan‚ replacing him with Fielder Jones.
New York Giants name future Hall of Famer John McGraw their manager
On July 16, 1903, the New York Giants name future Hall of Famer John McGraw their manager. The former Baltimore Orioles’ star will skipper the Giants for the next 30 years on his way to Cooperstown. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links Baseball-Reference Box Score
Detroit Tigers player-manager Win Mercer commits suicide by inhaling gas
On January 12, 1903, Detroit Tigers player-manager Win Mercer commits suicide by inhaling gas in a San Francisco hotel.. The Tigers had recently named Mercer, who won 15 games in 1902, their new field manager.
John McGraw starts his 30 year career with the Giants
Giants owner Andrew Freedman announces he has purchased controlling interest in the Baltimore club and releases Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin to sign with New York. Mike Donlin, Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to the Reds, where Kelley will take over as manager. At Cincinnati’s Palace of the Fans, John McGraw begins his 30-year tenure as manager of the Giants in another fallout from the takeover of the Orioles. “Little Napoleon”, the team’s third skipper of the season, loses his debut to the Reds, 7 – 2.
Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.
Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.
John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles and officially signs to manage the Giants
John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles and officially signs to manage the Giantsat $11,000 a year, although he has already secretly signed a contract several days earlier brought to Baltimore by Giants secretary Fred M. Knowles. McGraw says, “I wish to state that I shall not tamper with any of the Baltimore club’s players.” But conspiring with National League owners John Brush and Andrew Freedman, McGraw swings the sale of the Orioles their way, enabling them to release Orioles Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity and Jack Cronin for signing by the Giants. Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to Brush’s Cincinnati Reds.
The Baltimore Orioles of the American League club incorporates, with John McGraw as manager and part owner.
1901 – The Baltimore American League club incorporates, with John McGraw as manager and part owner.
Billy Barnie, veteran manager in the American Association and the National League, dies at the age of 47
Billy Barnie, veteran manager in the American Association and the National League, dies at the age of 47. He last managed the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, in 1898.
Buck Ewing resigns as manager of the last-place Giants and is replaced by SS George Davis
Buck Ewing resigns as manager of the last-place Giants and is replaced by SS George Davis. The Giants respond, as it seems they do with each managerial change, with a win over Brooklyn, 14 – 1.
