The New York Giants: Baseball's 1st Dynasty

[Bill Burgess]

----------------------------------------------------The New York Giants: Baseball's 1st Dynasty

I'd like to showcase the game's 1st dynasty of the 20th Century, the New York Giants. I hope you all enjoy it.

From 1903 - 1931, a period of 28 years, the John McGraw-led New York Giants came in lower than 3rd only 5 times! An almost impossible record to beat! Came in 1st 12 times, 2nd 10 times.

[Bill Burgess]

----------------------------------------------------The New York Giants: Baseball's 1st Dynasty

1903 New York Giants; 84-55, .604; 2nd place, 6.5 g behind---BB Reference

Top Row, L-R: Roger Bresnahan (C), Dan MGann (1B), George Van Haltren (OF), Billy Gilbert (2B), George Browne (OF), Roscoe Miller (P), Charlie Babb (SS), Jack Cronin (P), John Warner (C).

Bottom Row, L-R: Frank Bowerman (C), Joe McGinnity (P), John McGraw (Mgr./UT), Christy Mathewson (P), Dummy Taylor (P), Billy Lauder (3B).


1903 New York Giants; 84-55, .604; 2nd place, 6.5 g behind---BB Reference

L-R: John McGraw (Mgr.), Roger Bresnahan (C), Billy Lauder (3B), Sam Mertes (LF), Dummy Taylor (P), George Browne (RF), Dan McGann (1B), Joe McGinnity (P), John Warner (C), George Van Haltren (CF), Christy Mathewson (P), Jack Cronin (P), Red Ames (P), Charlie Babb (SS), Jack Dunn (utility IF).


1904 New York Giants; 106-47, .693, 13 g ahead,---BB-Reference---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL) and Dto7.

Top Row, L-R: Roger Bresnahan (CF), George "Hooks" Wiltse (P), Luther "Dummy" Taylor (P), George Browne (RF), Art Devlin (3B), Jack Dunn (3B), Harry "Moose" McCormick (OF), unidentified.

Bottom Row L-R: Sam Mertes (LF), "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity (P), Dan McGann (1B), unidentified, John McGraw (Mgr./UT), Leon "Red" Ames (P), Frank Bowerman (C), Billy Gilbert (2B), Doc Marshall (UT).


1905 New York Giants; 105-48, .686, 9 g ahead, (WS W 4-1 over A's)---BB Reference---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top L-R: George "Hooks" Wiltse (P), Bill "Boileryard" Clarke (1B/C), Frank Bowerman (C), Christy Mathewson (P), Dan McGann (1B), Joe McGinnity (P).

Middle L-R: Fred R. Knowles (Secretary), Sammy Strang (2B/RF), Leon "Red" Ames (P), Bob Hall (OF), Mike Donlin (CF), Art Devlin (3B), Claude Elliott (P).

Bottom L-R: Billy Gilbert (2B), Sam Mertes (LF), Luther "Dummy" Taylor (P), John McGraw (Mgr.), Roger Bresnahan (C), Bill Dahlen (SS), George Browne (RF).


1905 New York Giants; 105-48, .686, 9 g ahead, (WS W 4-1 over A's)---BB Reference---(photo taken at the Polo Grounds. CF behind them, notice the flag.)---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL) and Mark Fimoff (bmarlowe).

L-R: Sam Mertes (LF), Bill 'Boileryard' Clark (1B/C), George Browne (RF), Hooks Wiltse (P), Art Devlin (3B), Claude Elliott (P), Dan McGann (1B), Mike Donlin (CF), Bill Gilbert (2B), Dummy Taylor (P), Billy Dahlen (SS), Sammy Strang (2B/RF), Joe McGinnity (P), mascot, Roger Bresnahan (C), Red Ames(P), John McGraw (Mgr.)


1905 New York Giants; 105-48, .686, 9 g ahead, (WS: W 4-1 over A's)---BB Ref---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top: Dummy Taylor (P), Joe McGinnity (P), Claud Elliott (P), Dan McGann (1B), Frank Bowerman (C), ? George Browne (RF), Hooks Wiltse (P), Art Devlin (3B) Sam Mertes (LF);

Front: Roger Bresnahan (C), Christy Mathewson (P), Mike Donlin (CF). Bill "Boileryard" Clark (1B/C), John McGraw (Mgr.), Mascot, Bill Dahlen (SS), Red Ames (P), unidentified (might be Sammy Strang), Billy Gilbert (2B).

[Bill Burgess]

1912 New York Giants; 103-48, .682, 10 g ahead, (WS L 4-3-1 to Red Sox)---BB Reference---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

#1 is Fred Merkle; 4 is Red Murray; looks like Art Fromme partially hidden behind #6;

In car: looks like Rube Marquard and Buck Herzog in back seat, Fred Snodgrass at the wheel, George Burns sitting on running board with hand on brim of cap; then McGraw, Matthewson, Jeff Tesseau; Ted Goulait (assuming that's him) with arm extended and Tillie Shafer partially hidden by Goulait's arm, #18 is Art Fletcher, and Wilbert "Uncle Robbie" Robinson on the far right.

1912 New York Giants; 103-48, .682, 10 g ahead, (WS L 4-3-1 to Red Sox)---BB Reference---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top, Standing: Tillie Shafer (UT), Jeff Tesreau (P), Doc Crandall (P), Fred Merkle (1B), Dave Robertson (UT), Red Murray (RF), Hooks Wiltse (P), 'Laughing' Larry Doyle (2B), Chief Meyers (C), Red Ames (P), Unidentified, Christy Mathewson (P), Buck Herzog (3B), Lore Bader (P), Fred Snodgrass (LF), John McGraw (Mgr.).

Middle, Kneeling: Wilbert Robinson (Coach), LaRue Kirby (P), Art Wilson (C), Al Demaree (P).

Front, Sitting: Heine Groh (IF), Moose McCormick (UT), Josh DeVore (OF), Unidentified, Art Fletcher (SS), George Burns (OF), Ted “Snooze” Goulait (P).
Dick Hennessy (mascot)

Unidentified player in top row may be Grover Hartley (C), and unidentified player in front may be Beals Becker (OF).


1912 New York Giants; 103-48, .682, 10 g ahead, (WS L 4-3-1 to Red Sox)---BB Reference---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row, L-R: Art Fletcher (SS), Dave Robertson (OF), Chief Meyers (C), Al Demaree (P), Lore Bader (P), Fred Snodgrass (CF), Doc Crandall (P), Christy Mathewson (P), Rube Marquard (P), John McGraw (Mgr.), Jeff Tesreau (P), Red Murray (RF), Tillie Shafer (IF), LaRue Kirby (P), "Laughing" Larry Doyle (2B/Capt.), Beals Becker (OF).

Bottom Row, L-R: Buck Herzog (3B), Heine Groh (3B), Ted (Snooze) Goulait (P), George Burns (LF), Fred Merkle (1B), Grover Hartley (C), Hooks Wiltse (P), Willard "Uncle Robbie" Robinson (Coach), Art Wilson (C), Leon "Red" Ames (P), Josh Devore (CF), Moose McCormick (OF).


1912 New York Giants; 103-48, .682, 10 g ahead, (WS: L 4-3-1 to Red Sox)---BB Reference---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row, L-R: Lore Bader (RP), Heinie Groh (3B), Dave Robertson (UT), Ted Goulait (P), George Burns (OF), Fred Merkle (1B), Grover Hartley (C), Doc Crandall (P), Hooks Wiltse (P), Al Demaree (P), Robinson, Art Wilson (C), Red Ames (P), Moose McCormick (UT), La Rue Kirby (P), Tillie Shafer (IF).

Bottom Row, L-R: Art Fletcher (SS), Larry Doyle (2B), Chief Meyers (C), Fred Snodgrass (OF/1B), Buck Herzog (3B), Red Murray (RF/LF), John McGraw (Mgr.), Christy Mathewson (P), Rube Marquard (P), Jeff Tesreau (P), Josh Devore (OF), Beals Becker (CF/RF).
Dick Hennessy (mascot)


1913 New York Giants: 101-51, .664, 12.5 games ahead, (WS L 4-1 to A's)---BB Reference---Player identifications courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row, L-R: Al Demaree –standing, (P), George Burns (LF), unidentified, Heinie Groh (SS), Ferdie Schupp (P), Milt Stock (SS), Jeff Treseau (P), Buck Herzog (3B), Dave Robertson (1B), Harry Smith (C), Homer Thompson (C?), Joe Evers (UT).

2nd Row From Top, L-R: Chief Meyers (C), Fred Toney (P), Claude Cooper (OF), Jim Thorpe (OF), Christy Mathewson(P), Yank Robinson (coach), Ed Andrews (Coach?).

3rd Row From Top, L-R: Wilbert Robinson (Coach), Moose McCormack (OF?), Ted Goulait (P), Art Wilson (C), Hooks Wiltse (P), Red Ames (P), Art Fletcher(SS), LaRue Kirby (P), Josh DeVore (OF).

Bottom Row, L-R: Larry Doyle (2B), Fred Merkle (1B), Tillie Shafer (UT), John McGraw (Mgr), Grover Hartley (C), Red Murray (OF), Art Fromme (P), Doc Crandall (P).
Child may be son or daughter of Tillie Shafer.


1913 New York Giants; 101-51, .664, 12.5 g ahead, (WS L 4-1 to A's)---BB Reference---(Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Standing in back: Fred Snodgrass (CF).

Top Row, L-R: Bunny Hearn (P), Doc Crandall (P), Claude Cooper (OF), Red Ames (P), Al Demaree (P), Tilly Shafer (utility), Art Wilson (C), Chief Meyers (C), Larry Doyle (2B), Jeff Tesreau (P), Larry McLean (C)., Hooks Wiltse (P), Fred Merkle (1B), John McGraw (Mgr.).

Bottom Row, L-R: Rube Schauer(P), Rube Marquard (P), Red Murray (RF), Art Fletcher (SS), unidentified, George Burns (LF), Buck Herzog (3B), Christy Mathewson (P)(dark sweater), Eddie Grant (UT), Grover Hartley (C), Ferdie Schupp (P), Joe Evers (utility), Wilbert Robinson (coach).


1913 New York Giants; 101-51, .664, 12.5 games ahead, (WS L 4-1 to A's)---BB Reference

L-R: Rube Marquard (P), Chief Meyers (C), Tillie Shafer (3B/2B), Doc Crandall (RP), Red Ames (P), Jeff Tesreau (P), Baby Doll Jacobson (CF), Larry Doyle (2B), Ted Goulait (P), Grover Hartley (C), Robinson, Moose McCormick (OF), Fred Merkle (1B), Art Fletcher (SS), Gene Burns (LF), Ferdie Schupp (P), Red Murray (RF), Buck Herzog (3B), Art Wilson (C), Al Demaree (P), Jim Thorpe (OF), John McGraw (Mgr.), Christy Mathewson (P), Claude Cooper (OF), Hooks Wiltse (P), Smith, Fred Snodgrass (CF), Josh Devore (OF), Heine Groh (3B), Joe Evers, Dick Hennessey (mascot).


1913 New York Giants; 101-51, .664, 12.5 g ahead, (WS: L 4-1 to A's)---BB Ref---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL) and Mark Fimoff (bmarlowe).

Top, L-R: Doc Crandall (P), Larry Doyle (2B), Eddie Grant (1B), Al Demaree (P), Wilbert Robinson (Coach), Fred Merkle (1B), Harry (Moose) McCormick (RF), Claude Cooper (OF), Bunny Hearn (P) Larry McLean (C), Art Fromme (P), Hooks Wiltse (P), Art Wilson (C), Red Murray (RF), George Burns (LF).

Bottom, L-R: Art Fletcher (SS), Grover Hartley (C), Ferddie Schupp (P), Christy Matthewson (P), Chief Meyers (C), Jeff Tesreau (P), Jim Thorpe (OF), John McGraw (Mgr.), Rube Schauer (P), Rube Marquard (P), Fred Snodgrass (CF), Tillie Shafer (Ut).
Dick Hennessey (mascot)


Some 1913 New York Giants; 101-51, .664, 12.5 g ahead, (WS L 4-1 to A's)---BB Reference---Jim Thorpe (far right)

[Bill Burgess]

1915 New York Giants; 69-83, .454, 8th Place, 21 g behind,---BB-Reference---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row, L-R: Bobby Schang (C), unidentified, Rube Schauer (P), Sailer Stroud? (P), Rube Benton (P), Pol Perritt (P), Red Dooin (C), George "Highpockets" Kelly (UT), Fred Brainard? (CI), Charles Babington (OF), Fred Merkle (1B).

Bottom Row, L-R: Jeff Tesseau (P), George Burns (LF), Art Fletcher (SS), Chief Meyers (C), 'Laughing Larry' Doyle (2B), John McGraw (Mgr.), Christy Matthewson (P), Jim Thrope (OF), Dave Robertson (RF), Lew Wendell (C), Ferdie Schupp (P), Eddie Grant (3B).


1918 New York Giants; 71-53, .573, 2nd Place,---BB Ref---photo taken during spring training, April 4, 1918.

Top Row, L-R: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, John McGraw (Mgr.), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.

Middle Row, L-R: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.

Bottom Row, L-R: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.


1922 New York Giants; 93-61, .604, 7 g ahead, (WS: W 4-0-1 over Yankees)---BB-Ref---(photo taken September 26, 1922; Polo Grounds, NY)

Top Row: L-R: Mahlon Higbee (OF), Ralph Shinners (OF), Claude Jonnard (RP), George Kelley (1B) Jack Scott (P).

Second from Top; L-F: Emil 'Irish' Meusel (LF), Fred Johnson (P), Freddie McGuire (2B), Wilfred 'Rosy' Ryan (P), Carmen Hill (P), Jesse Barnes (P), Virgil Barnes (RP), Dave Robertson (OF), Frank Snyder (C).

Seated: L-R: Royce 'Ross' Youngs (RF), Art Nehf (P), Charles 'Casey' Stengel (CF), Hughie Jennings (coach), John McGraw (Mgr.), Albert 'Cozy' Dolan (reserves), Alex Gaston (C), Earl Smith (C), Frankie Frisch (2B).

Bottom Row: L-R: Hugh McQuilllan (P), Walter 'Waddy' MacPhee (3B), Dave Bancroft (SS), Clint Blume (P), Bill Cunningham (OF), Henry 'Heinie' Groh (3B), Lee King (1B), Johnny Rawlings (2B).


1923 New York Giants; 95-58, .621, 4.5 g ahead, (WS: L 4-2 to Yankees)---BB-Reference---In 1923, the Giants hired 2 black trainers to help round them into shape.

Top Row, L-R: George 'High Pockets' Kelley (1B), Jimmy O'Connell (CF/1B), Mule Watson (P), Travis Jackson (IF), Rosy Ryan (P), Jack Bentley (P), Freddie McGuire (2B), Hank Gowdy (C), Virgil Barnes (P), Joe Leete (P), Bill Cunningham (OF), Kent Greenfield (P), Bill Terry (1B), Frank Snyder (C).

Middle Row, L-R: Hack Wilson (OF), Casey Stengel (OF), Jack Scott (P), Art Nehf (P), Hughie Jennings (coach), John McGraw (Mgr.), Cozy Dolan (coach), Dave Bancroft (SS), Alex Gaston (C), Emil 'Irish' Meusel (LF), Emmett Parker (trainer).

Bottom Row, L-R: Walter Irwin (trainer), Mose Solomon (RF), Walt Huntzinger (P), Dennis 'Dinty' Gearin (P), Claude Jonnard (P), Frankie Frisch (2B), Ross Youngs (OF), Heinie Groh (SS), Hugh McQuillan (P), Ewell 'Turkey' Gross (SS).


1928 New York Giants; 93-61, .604, 2 g behind---BB Reference---Player Identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row L-R: Tommy Clarke (coach), 2nd: Leo Magum (P), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, 8th: Joe Genewith? (P), 9th: Jimmy Wlesh (OF), 10th: Bill Terry (1B), 11th: Freddie Lindstrom (3B), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, 15th: Carl Hubbell (P), unidentified, 17th: Lefty O'Doul, unidentified, 19th: Hans Lobert (Coach).

Middle Row, L-R: Tiny Chaplin (P), Les Man (OF), Bob O'Farrell (C), Dutch Henry (P), Larry Benton (P), Roger Bresnahan (Coach), John McGraw (Mgr.), Travis Jackson (SS), Mel Ott (RF), Bill Clarkson? (P), Ben Cantwell (P), Chick Fullis (UT), Freddie Fitzsimmons (P).

Bottom Row, L-R: unidentified, unidentified, 3rd: Al Spohrer (C), 4th: Edd Roush (CF), 5th: Andy Reese (OF), unidentified, unidentified, 8th: Chet Nichols? (P), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, 12th: Shanty Hogan (C).


1933 New York Giants; 91-61, .599, 5 g ahead, (WS W 4-1 over Senators)---BB Reference

Top Row, L-R: Watty Clark (P), Homer Peel (OF), Jack Salveson (P), Bill Shores (P), Dolf Luque (P), Lefty O'Doul (OF), Hi Bell (P), Harry Danning (C), Jo-Jo Moore (LF).

Second fr. Top Row, L-R: Gus Mancuso (C), Johnny Vergez(3B), Freddie Fitzsimmons (P), Kiddo Davis (CF), Carl Hubbell (P), Blondy Ryan (SS), Hal Schumaker (P), Joe Malay (1B), Mel Ott (RF), Roy Parmelee (P).

Second fr. Bottom Row, L-R: Hughie Critz (2B), Travis Jackson (SS/3B), Frank Snyder (coach), Bill Terry (1B/Mgr.), Tommy Clarke (coach), Chuck Dressen (3B), Bernie James (IF).

Bottom Row, L-R: William Schaeffer (trainer), Phil Weintraub (RF), Al Smith (P), Sam Troy (Mascot), Glenn Spencer (P), Paul Richards (C).


1933 New York Giants; 91-61, .599, 5 g ahead, (WS: W 4-1 over Senators)---BB Ref

Top Row, L-R: Watty Clark (P), Homer Peel (OF), Jack Salveson (P), Bill Shores (P), Dolf Luque (P), Lefty O'Doul (OF), Hi Bell (P), Harry Danning (C), Jo-Jo Moore (LF).

Middle Row, L-R: Gus Mancuso (C), Johnny Vergez (3B), Freddie Fitzsimmons (P), Kiddo Davis (CF), Carl Hubbell (P), Blondy Ryan (SS), Hal Schumacher (P), Joe Malay (1B), Mel Ott (RF), Roy Parmelee (P).

Second fr. Bottom Row, L-R: Hughie Critz (2B), Travis Jackson (SS/3B), Frank 'Pancho' Snyder (coach), Bill Terry (1B/Mgr.), Tommy Clarke (coach), Chuck Dressen (3B), Bernie James (2B).

Bottom Row, L-R: Doc Willie Schaeffer (trainer), Phil Weintraub (RF), Al Smith (coach), Sam Troy (mascot), Glenn Spencer (P), Paul Richards (C).


1938 New York Giants; 83-67, .553, 3rd place, 5 g behind---BB Reference

Top Row, L-R: Hank Leiber (CF), Harry Krause (C), Oscar Georgy (P), Harry Gumbert (P), Carl Hubbell (P), Cliff Melton (P), Clydell Castleman (P), Harry Danning (C), Sam Leslie (1B), Blondy Ryan (IF), Walter Brown (P), Dick Coffman (P).

Middle Row, L-R: Bill Lohrman (P), Jack McCarthy (1B), Jim Ripple (CF), Frank Snyder (coach), Bill Terry (1B/Mgr.), Tom Clarke (coach), Gus Mancuso(C), Hal Schumacher (P).

Bottom Row, L-R: Joe Moore (LF), Alex Kampouris (2B), Mel Ott (3B), Tom Troy (bat boy), Bob Seeds (OF), Lou Chiozza (IF), Dick Bartell (SS), William Schaeffer (trainer).

[Bill Burgess]

1941 Giants; 74-79, .484, 5th Place, 25.5 g behind,---BB-Reference

Top Row, L-R: Cliff Melton (P), unidentified1, Jumbo Brown (P), Harry Gumbert (P), Gabby Hartnett (C), unidentified, Bob Carpenter (P), Joe Orengo (P), Harry Danning (C), Carl Hubbell (P), William Schaeffer (Trainer).

Middle Row, L-R: Frank Demaree (CF), Billy Jurges (SS), Jo-Jo Moore (LF), Mel Ott (RF),Frank "Pancho" Snyder (Coach), Bill Terry (Mgr.), Dolf Luque (Coach), Burgess Whitehead (2B), Dick Bartell (3B), Morrie Arnovich (LF), unidentified2.

Bottom Row, L-R: Mickey Witek (2B), Johnny Wittig (UT), Johnny Rucker (CF), Bob Bowman (UT), unidentified, Ken O'Dea (C), Bill Lohrman (P).

unidentified1: might be Johnny McCarthy (1B); unidentified2: might be Babe Barna (LF) or possibly Babe Young (1B).


1944 New York Giants; 67-87, .435, 5th Place, 38 g behind---BB Reference

Top Row: Johnny Allen (P), Nap Reyes (1B/3B), Andy Hansen (P), Harry Feldman (P), Bill Voiselle (P), Buddy Kerr (SS), Ewald Pyle (P), Johnny Rucker (CF).

Middle Row: Joe Medwick (LF), Gus Mancuso (C), Ernie Lombardi (C), Bruce Sloan (RF), Billy Jurges (3B/SS), Jack Brewer (P), Hal Luby (3B), Rube Fischer (P).

Bottom Row: Johnny Gee (P), Red Treadway (OF), George Hausmann (2B), Adolph Luque (Coach), Mel Ott (Mgr.), Bubber Jonnard (Coach), Ace Adams (P), Ray Berres (C).


1946 New York Giants; 61-93, .396, 8th Place, 36 g behind,---BB-Reference---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top Row, L-R: Dave Koslo (P), Bill Rigney (3B), unidentified1, Bob Carpenter (P), Johnny Mize (1B), unidentified, Jack Kraus (P), unidentified2, Buddy Kerr (SS), Walker Cooper (C).

Middle Row, L-R: unidentified3, Ernie Lombardi (C), Grover Hartley (Caoch), Monty Kennedy (P), Johnny Gee (P), Bill Voiselle (P), unidentified, Buddy Blattner (2B), Mike Budnick (P), unidentified4.

Front Row, L-R: Mickey Witek (IF), unidentified5, Dick Bartell (SS), unidentified (Coach), Mel Ott (RF/Mgr.), Jack Graham (RF), Johnny Rucker (CF),Goody Rosen (RF), Hal Schumacher (P), Willard Marshall (CF).

Unknown1: might be Junior Thompson; Unknown2: might be Ken Trinkle (P); Unknown3: probably Morrie Arnovich (OF); Unknown4: might be Babe Young; Unknown5: probably Sid Gordon (LF).


1951 New York Giants; 98-59, .624, 1 g ahead, (WS: L 4-2 to Yankees)---BB Ref---Player identifications provided courtesy of Gary Livacari (GaryL).

Top, L-R: West Westrum (C), Jack Magurie (OF), Ray Noble (C), Sal Yvars (C), Dave Koslo (P), Jack Lohrke (IF), Davey Williams (IF), Don Mueller (RF), Al Corwin (P), Sheldon Jones (P).

Middle, L-R: Jack Hearn (P), Sal Maglie (P), Monte Irvin (LF), Whitey Lockman (1B), Larry Jensen (P), Clint Hartung (OF), Monte Kennedy (P), Bobby Thomson (3B), Alex Konikowski (P).

Bottom, L-R: Hank Thompson (3B), Al Dark (SS), Willie Mays (CF), Herman Franks (Coach), Leo Durocher (Manager), Freddie Fitzsimmons (Coach), Hank Schenz (UT), Bill Rigney (IF), Eddie Stanky (2B), Frank Bowman (trainer).
Batboy in front.

[Bill Burgess]

John Joseph McGraw:

Born: April 7, 1873, Truxton, NY
Died: February 25, 1934, New Rochelle, NY, age 60; Buried: New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.

Manager:
Baltimore Orioles, 1899, 1901 - 1902
New York Giants, 1902 - 1932

ML 3B, 1891-06: W/Connie Mack, greatest manager all time.

From 1903 - 31, 28 yrs., came in lower than 3rd only 5 times! Almost impossible record to beat! Came 1st 12 times, 2nd 10 times. Abrasive, colorful, dictatorial.

--------------------1911 World Series------Managing Record---Wikipedia: John McGraw---John McGraw Thread


--- John J. shakes with Connie Mack before the 1911 World Series.


Source: Top: American Baseball: Volume 1, by David Quentin Voigt, 1990, pp. 240. (New York Public Library)
Source: Bottom: Pitching In A Pinch, by Christy Mathewson, 1912, republished 1994, pp. 107.
Source: Baseball: Hall of Fame: Stories of Champions, by Sam/Beryl Epstein, 1966, pp. 31.

John J. McGraw, Giants' Mgr., 1908, age 35-----------------------------------McGraw/Mathewson, 1911 World Series.


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Source: Left: The Last Days of Mr. McGraw, by Joseph Durso, 1969, page (Introduction)
Source: Right: Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon, by Neal McCabe/Constance McCabe, 1993, pp. 188.
Source: Bottom: The Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection: by Richard Cahan/Mark Jacob, 1996, pp. 26-27.

John McGraw/Babe Ruth, October 5, 1922, World Series----------similar shot, but not quite.


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------1905 World Series-----------------------------------------------------------------------September 26, 1912.

McGraw's Views on Pitching/Catchers:


A mere 2 weeks before his death on February 25, 1934, John J. McGraw was interviewed by Sporting News. He gave his views on his top pitcher/catcher batteries. Following here are his selections as his top batteries.

1. Christy Mathewson / Roger Bresnahan - Giants - 1902-1908

2. Lefty Grove / Mickey Cochrane - Athletics - 1925-1933

3. Walter Johnson / Gabby Street - Senators - 1908-1911

4. Mordecai Brown / Johnny Kling - Cubs - 1904-1911

5. Sadie McMahon / Wilbert Robinson - Orioles - 1889-1896

6. Rube Waddell / Ossie Schreckengost - Athletics - 1902-1907

7. Addie Joss / Harry Bemis - Indians - 1902-1910

8. Joe McGinnity / Roger Bresnahan - Giants - 1902-1908

9. Rube Marquard / Chief Meyers - Giants - 1909-1915

10. Carl Hubbell / Gus Mancuso - Giants - 1933-1938 (McGraw saw Gus 1 yr.)

11. Tim Keefe / Buck Ewing - Giants - 1880-82, 1885-1891

12. Amos Rusie / Buck Ewing - Giants 1891-92

13. John Clarkson / Michael "King" Kelly - Boston Nationals - 1888-1892

14. Kid Nichols / Charlie Bennet - Boston Nationals - 1890-1893

15. Nap Rucker / Bill Bergen - Dodgers - 1907-1911

16. Ted Breitenstein / Heinie Peitz - Reds - 1897-1900

17. Cy Young / Lou Criger - Red Sox - 1901-1908

18. Ed Walsh / Bill Sullivan - White Sox - 1904-1914

19. Chief Bender / Doc Powers - Athletics - 1901-1909

20. Eddie Plank / Jack Lap - Athletics - 1908-1914

21. Cy Young / Chief Zimmer - Cleveland -1890-1898


McGraws Top Pitchers:

1. Christy Mathewson

2. Lefty Grove

3. Walter Johnson

4. Rube Waddell

5. Rube Marquard

6. Carl Hubbell

7. Joe McGinnity

8. Sadie McMahon

9. Nap Rucker

10. Mordecai Brown

11. Addie Joss

12. Ed Walsh


McGraw's Top Catchers:

1. Roger Bresnahan

2. Mickey Cochrane

3. Johnny Kling

4. Buck Ewing

5. Bill Dickey

6. Wilbert Robinson

7. Michael "King" Kelly

8. Charlie Bennett

(Sporting News, February 8, 1934, pp. 4, column 3.)
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My only surprise here is that he ranked Mordecai Brown only 10th as an individual pitcher and 4th as a battery. And he rated Buck Ewing 4th here, but had him #1 in 1922.

In 1919, John McGraw had this to say about Buck. "Roger Bresnahan was the greatest catcher I ever saw, always excepting Buck Ewing." (Baseball Magazine, May, 1919, pp. 14.)

"Roger Bresnahan was a close second to Ewing in all that goes to make a great catcher." (John J. McGraw, My Thirty Years in Baseball, by John J. McGraw, as told to Bozeman Bulger, 1923, pp. 214.)

[Honus Wagner Rules]

I thought the Cubs were baseball's first dynasty of the 20th century? Great photos by the way.

[Bill Burgess]

I thought the Cubs were baseball's first dynasty of the 20th century? Great photos by the way.

No. The Cubs' years of greatnest, 1906-12, didn't last long enough to establish a true dynasty.

[Ubiquitous]

What is a definition of a dynasty then?



The Chicago team of the National League from 1876 to 1891 won the pennant 6 times and finished second or third 6 other times. Appeared in two World Series and won one of them.

The 1903 to 1920 Cubs team finished first 5 times, came in second or third 8 times and finished lower than third 5 times. Plus that team had the greatest 1 year run, 2 year run, 3 year run, 4 year run, 5 year run, 6 year run, 7 year run, 8 year run, 9 year run, and 10 year run.

[Paul Wendt]

Appeared in two World Series and won one of them.

won none of them

St Louis had a claim to the 1885 series that is commonly recognized as a draw. The clubs split the prize. (The seven game results were St Louis 3, Chicago 3, one tie, with one of the Chicago wins by forfeit.)
St Louis clearly won the 1886 series (games St Louis 4, Chicago 2).


On the other hand, I credit the Cubs with "greatness" 1903-1912, the seasons under Frank Selee and Frank Chance except 1902. The New York Giants were also "great" in 1903, the first full season under John McGraw. Selee and McGraw were very successful piloting them back to the top. The Chicago and New York owners made a couple of good hires there.

Chance, Tinker, Sheckard, and Brown all moved on following the 1912 season, so it's in the spirit of "1902-1907" and "1909-1914" to consider them practically a new team. The prominence of Plank 1901-1914 and Bender 1903-1914 may actually lend more continuity to the Athletics.

[Beady]

If we're really looking for the first dynasty without qualifying the title by century, then I'd say it's Boston. They won five pennants between 1872 and 1878, and over the entire course of the first thirty years of professional league baseball, they were the premier franchise.

If you're willing to be a little more broadminded, though, then the first dynasty would probably be the Atlantics, the perennial champions of the 1860's.

As for the Giants, is it just me, or is it true that the older John McGraw got, the more he resembled W.C. Fields?

[Beady]

My mistake, Boston won six pennants between 1872 and 1878.

[ItsOnlyGil]

Well, I guess it depends on how each of us classify a dynasty.
To me, winning four consecutive pennants achieves that status.
Sounds simple, and it was done right off in the NA by Boston.
Then St. Louis AA achieved that performance level ten years later.
But NY NL did not get their piece of the pie until near the end of the career of the Big Train. Thanks for the pictures Bill. As always, they are great !
The Yanks did not score their four year dynasty requirement until after Ruth was gone - during Gehrig's last four years.
So, not so easy.
But then the Yanks established a dynasty record including five consecutive WS trophies, and a much greater series of pennants than anyone really hopes to equal.

[Victory Faust]

I define "dynasty" as...















... a crappy TV show from the '80s.

[Bill Burgess]

I judge a 'dynasty' by length of duration.

The Cubs were wonderful for a relatively short window. By contrast, the McGraw Giants were great for 30 years. That's 3 decades.

The Yankees, 1920-64, were great for 4 decades. That's how I judge 'dynasty'. For me, it's not enough to be a decade team. You must endure longer than that, for me.

[Ubiquitous]

Okay then, from 1876 to 1938 nobody in baseball had more wins than the Cubs. In that time they went to 11 World Series. Won the pennant 15 times,finished 2nd or 3rd 21 times, and had the greatest stretch of consecutive seasons 1 through 10 years. That is 63 seasons stretching over 7 different decades.

[Bill Burgess]

Okay then, from 1876 to 1938 nobody in baseball had more wins than the Cubs. In that time they went to 11 World Series. Won the pennant 15 times,finished 2nd or 3rd 21 times, and had the greatest stretch of consecutive seasons 1 through 10 years. That is 63 seasons stretching over 7 different decades.

Wish you'd post that on the 1906-12 Cubs thread. I was looking for this kind of statistical analysis there and no one stepped up.

Nice stats, Ubi.

[Bill Burgess]

Charles Abraham Stoneham:

Owner: New Yorks Giants, 1919-1936

Born: July 5, 1876, Jersey City, NJ
Died: January 6, 1936, age 59, lived in NYC, but died at Hot Springs, Arkansas of Bright's disease.

Charles's bio (below)/photo (side, left) as they appeared in 1933's
Who's Who in Major League Baseball, edited by Harold (Speed) Johnson


1930-32: L-R: unidentified, James J. Tierney, Charles Stoneham, John McGraw, Eddie Brannick.


L-R: McGraw, Charles Stoneham, Eddie Brannick?, 1926-27-------------McGraw/Stoneham


1926-27: Charles Stoneham, John McGraw, unidentified, James J. Tierney

[Bill Burgess]

John Tomlinson Brush:

Owner: New York Giants, 1903 - 1912

Born: June 15, 1845, Clintonville, NY
Died: November 26, 1912, St. Charles, MO, age 67

Originally owned Cincinnati BB franchise & was a stock holder of the New York Giants BB franchise. He also owned Indianapolis of the minor American League.
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John T. Brush: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Tomlinson Brush was an American sports executive who was the owner of the New York Giants franchise in Major League Baseball from 1890 until his death. He also owned the Indianapolis Hoosiers in the late 1880s, and the Cincinnati Reds from 1891 to 1902. Under his leadership, the Giants were revived as a franchise after a decline during the 1890s. Brush was also a leader in the formation of the rules that govern the modern World Series. He was one of 11 executives who were honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame on a Roll of Honor in 1946.

Born in Clintonville, New York, Brush was orphaned at age 4 and was raised by his grandfather until he left to enter business college at age 17. During the Civil War he enlisted in the First New York Artillery in 1863, and after the war's end he went into business running clothing stores in Albany, Troy and Lockport, New York. He moved to Indianapolis in 1875, eventually opening a department store, and became involved in local baseball as a means of promoting his store. He built a ballpark in 1882, and it became home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association for their only major league season in 1884; they played in the Western League before that circuit folded after the 1885 campaign.

When the National League put the St. Louis Maroons franchise up for sale after the 1886 season, Brush bought it and relocated the team to Indianapolis. He renovated his ballpark, adding a special celebrity box which attracted such figures as President Benjamin Harrison, poet James Whitcomb Riley, and future novelist Booth Tarkington. In 1888 he offered a tryout to Bud Fowler, but ultimately decided not to challenge the sport's color line. Brush also devised a salary scale system which was designed to curtail player salaries, a move which helped contribute to the breakaway Players League in 1890.

When the Indianapolis team folded after the 1889 season, Brush was compensated with $67,000 and a share of the Giants franchise, along with a promise of the next available team; he quickly acquired the Reds club after its financial collapse during the three-league competition of 1890. Instead of relocating, he kept the team in Cincinnati, and survived a challenge from a short-lived American Association competitor, the Cincinnati Porkers. Brush frequently was at odds with sportswriter Ban Johnson of the city's Commercial Gazette, and in an attempt to reduce the writer's local influence he helped Johnson become president of the new Western League – a move which eventually backfired when the league achieved major status as the American League in 1901, with Johnson remaining as president.

As chairman of the NL's executive committee, Brush took a lead role in combating the AL, joining with Giants majority owner Andrew Freedman to sabotage the AL's Baltimore club by offering the managing jobs of the New York and Cincinnati teams to John McGraw and Joe Kelley respectively; Baltimore was forced to relocate to New York after 1902, eventually becoming the New York Yankees. The acrimony also contributed to controversy in the selection of a new NL president in 1902, as the Giants supported incumbent president Nicholas Young against Albert Spalding, who favored better relations with the AL; in the deadlock, both candidates were forced to withdraw, with Harry Pulliam being selected as a compromise choice. Freedman left baseball shortly thereafter, with Brush taking over as majority owner and team president, selling his interest in the Reds for $180,000 to a group headed by Garry Herrmann. When the Giants won the 1904 NL pennant, Brush refused to allow the team to meet Boston's defending champions in the World Series due to his animosity toward Johnson; a permanent agreement between the leagues was eventually made after meeting some of Brush's conditions, and the Giants won the 1905 World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics.

However, Brush's health deteriorated quickly after becoming majority owner in 1902, as he suffered from locomotor ataxia, a nervous system affliction, as well as rheumatism. The Giants won another pennant in 1911, the same year in which he oversaw the reconstruction of the Polo Grounds. Brush attended World Series games as the team again advanced in 1912, but his failing health was apparent, particularly in the aftermath of an auto accident that September 11 in which his car was struck by a truck and overturned, causing two broken ribs. After the Series he left by train to recuperate in California, but died in his private car near Louisiana, Missouri; his car was detached and rerouted to St. Louis, and his body was returned to Indianapolis. His funeral was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, with accompanying Masonic rites. He was succeeded as Giants president by his son-in-law, Harry Hempstead.

References
Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (2000). Kingston, NY: Total/Sports Illustrated. ISBN 1-892129-34-5.
Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide (1913). Philadelphia, PA: A.J. Reach Co.
Allen, Lee. The National League Story (1961). New York, NY: Hill & Wang.
Allen, Lee. The American League Story (1962). New York, NY: Hill & Wang.

BaseballLibrary
SABR biography
New York Times obituary
Indiana Historical Society: John T. Brush Collection
John T. Brush - A Power in BaseballPDF (34.3 KiB) - by John B. Foster
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article: John Brush by John Saccoman

A sufferer from locomotor ataxia, a painful disease of the nervous system that caused him to walk with two canes, John T. Brush was a successful retail magnate who owned the New York Giants from 1903 until his death in 1912. Though the Giants became the most valuable franchise in professional sports during his tenure, and he was generally regarded as the most influential magnate in the National League's executive sessions, Brush was not well-liked by players or the press. "Chicanery is the ozone which keeps his old frame from snapping," wrote one critic, "and dark-lantern methods the food which vitalizes his bodily tissues."

John Tomlinson Brush (some suggested the T stood for "Tooth") was born in Clintonville, New York, on June 15, 1845. Orphaned at age four, John lived with his grandfather until going to Boston at age 17 to seek his fortune in the clothing business. After serving with the First New York Artillery during the Civil War, he opened a department store in Indianapolis when he was only 30 years old. Brush's first contact with baseball came in 1887 when he bought into the upstart Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League as a means of advertising his store. In 1889 he formulated the "Brush Classification Plan," under which players were placed into one of five groupings based on both on- and off-field performance. Each class had a corresponding salary cap—Class A players could earn $2,500 annually, and the salaries decreased $250 in each lower class so that Class E players could earn $1,500. The plan, which was approved by Brush's fellow owners, caused a backlash among the players, leading directly to the formation of John Montgomery Ward's Players League.

The NL dropped Indianapolis in 1890 so Brush bought stock in the New York Giants and became owner of the Cincinnati Reds the following year. In Cincinnati he came under fire from Ban Johnson, then a local sportswriter. When the newly formed Western League was searching for a president in 1894, Brush interceded to make sure Johnson got the job, thus ending criticism from the young reporter's pen. The two continued to lock horns, however. Brush still owned stock in the Indianapolis franchise of the American Association, and Johnson criticized his shady dealings involving the rosters of the AA Hoosiers and the NL Reds. The upshot was that the Cincinnati owner was forced to divest himself of his stock in the Indy club. Prior to the 1898 season Brush floated another "Brush Rule" past his fellow owners, this one stating that any player who addressed an umpire or fellow player in a "villainously filthy" manner would be brought before a three-man disciplinary board and banished for life if found guilty. The players received the rule about as well as Brush's 1889 edict limiting their salaries, and it had about the same lasting impact.

In 1901 Brush attended a meeting with fellow NL owners Andrew Freedman of New York, Frank Robison of St. Louis, and Arthur Soden of Boston at Freedman's estate in Red Bank, New Jersey. Earlier this quartette had decried syndicate baseball, but now they were formulating a plan for an even larger syndicate, the National League Base Ball Trust, which would hire all managers and assign players to teams that would no longer be individually owned. The four robber barons proposed that the former owners would hold shares in the trust, with Freedman receiving a 30% share, his three compatriots receiving 12% each, and the others not present receiving less (the Brooklyn ownership would receive only 6%). The syndicate plan died on the vine because, not surprisingly, it didn't gain the fifth vote necessary for approval.

On August 12, 1902, Giants owner Freedman announced, "I will turn the inside affairs of the business over to Mr. Brush, as I have little or no time to give to baseball, while Mr. Brush will be able to devote practically all his time to the game." In retrospect it seems clear that Brush had favored New York all along. In 1900 the Giants purchased Christy Mathewson from Norfolk of the Virginia League. When the rookie did nothing to distinguish himself in three games, Freedman sent him back to Norfolk where he went 21-2. After the season Brush drafted him for the Reds, then "traded" him to the Giants for sore-armed Amos Rusie, who hadn't pitched since 1898. Mathewson, of course, went on to win 372 games for New York, while Rusie didn't win a single game for Cincinnati.

Brush purchased the Giants outright from Freedman in 1903. At the time the department-store mogul still owned the Reds and also owned the American League's Baltimore Orioles, and the rash of personnel transactions that preceded the sale of his Cincinnati and Baltimore shares positioned New York to be a juggernaut for the first third of the twentieth century. The most important of those moves was the signing of John McGraw away from his own Orioles to manage the Giants, but he also released from their Baltimore contracts future Hall-of-Famers Roger Bresnahan and Joe McGinnity, both of whom signed with New York. When the loaded Giants ran away with the NL pennant the following year, Brush (with prodding from McGraw) became responsible for the cancellation of the 1904 World's Series. "There is nothing in the constitution or playing rules of the National League which requires its victorious club to submit its championship honors to a contest with a victorious club in a minor league," he announced.

Brush lived to see his Giants play in three World's Series (1905, 1911, and 1912). Shortly after the last of those fall classics, he was thrown from an automobile in Harlem and sustained a serious hip injury. On November 26, 1912, while en route to a sanatorium in Southern California for recuperation, Brush died aboard a train as it was passing through Missouri. He was survived by his second wife, stage actress Elsie Lombard, who was 25 years his junior. Brush's obituary in The New York Times described him as "one of the wisest and ablest counselors in the National League."

Note: A slightly different version of this biography appeared in Tom Simon, ed., Deadball Stars of the National League (Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, Inc., 2004).

Sources
Nemec, David. The Great Encyclopedia of 19th Century Major League Baseball. Donald Fine, 1997.
Solomon, Burt. Where They Ain't. pp. 217-218. The Free Press, 1999.
Sowell, Mike. July 2, 1903. Macmillan, 1992.
Total Baseball. Total Sports, 1989
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. Baseball: An Illustrated History. Knopf, 1994.
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[Bill Burgess]

Harry N. Hempstead:

New York Giants' President, November 27, 1912 - January 14, 1919

Born: June 25, 1868, Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 26, 1938, age 69,---d. stroke

Following the 1912 World Series, Giants' owner, John Brush headed to California to regain his health. He died in his private car in Louisiana, Missouri. The team passed to his heirs; his wife Elsie Lorraine (b. February 19, 1889, Kansas City, MO) and daughters, Eleanor B. (b. March 18, 1872, Albany, NY) and Natalie. Eleanor's husband, Harry Hempstead, who had served as the team's vice-president, assumed control over the team's day to day affairs, and rose to team President. He sold most of his stock to a group headed by New York broker Charles A. Stoneham on January 14, 1919.

[Bill Burgess]

Horace Charles Stoneham:

Owner: New York Giants: 1936 - 1976

Born: April 27, 1903, Newark, NJ
Died: January 7, 1990, Scottsdale, AZ, age 86

Wikipedia: Horace C. Stoneham (April 27, 1903 - January 7, 1990) was the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York/San Francisco Giants from the death of his father, Charles Stoneham, in 1936 until 1976. During his ownership, the team won National League pennants in 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954 and 1962, a division title in 1971, and World Series titles in 1933 and 1954.

New York baseball fans and media vilified Stoneham and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley when they moved their clubs to California after the 1957 season. Stoneham was alarmed by a dramatic post-1954 drop-off in attendance at his team's historic ballpark, the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan. Impressed by the success of the Braves after their 1953 shift from Boston to Milwaukee, Stoneham decided to move his Giants to Bloomington, Minnesota, where a stadium had just been constructed for his AAA farm team, the Minneapolis Millers.

When Stoneham confided his plan to O'Malley, the Dodger chief informed him that he (O'Malley) was negotiating to move his club – the Giants' bitter rival – to Los Angeles. He suggested that Stoneham contact San Francisco mayor George Christopher and explore moving his team there to preserve the rivalry. Stoneham then abandoned his Minnesota plan and shifted his attention, permanently, to San Francisco.

At the New York Giants' last home game, Stoneham was confronted by fans both angry — one sign read: "We want Stoneham! (With a rope around his neck!)" — and grief-stricken. After meeting with a group of weeping youngsters who begged the team to stay, Stoneham was moved, but said: "I feel badly for the kids, but we haven't seen too many of their fathers [i.e. paying fans] around here lately."

Writer Roger Kahn said years later, during promotional tours for his book The Era 1947-57, that the Giants' deteriorating ballpark and shrinking fan base made it necessary for Stoneham to abandon New York. He noted, however, that the Dodgers – a year removed from the 1956 pennant and two from Brooklyn's first world championship – were still profitable and O'Malley's move West was motivated by a desire for even greater riches.

While their early years in San Francisco produced only one pennant, the Giants of the late 1950s and 1960s were one of the most talented assemblages in the National League. They included five Hall of Famers — Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda and Gaylord Perry — and many other stars. The Giants were the first major league team to heavily scout and sign players from the Dominican Republic.

But the NL was so powerful and competitive — it had far outpaced the American League in signing African-American and Latin American players — the Giants had only one pennant to show for a decade-plus of contention. Stoneham was partially to blame for this, as he squandered the resources of his productive farm system through a series of poorly advised trades, and hired as his manager from 1961-64 Alvin Dark, who had a brilliant baseball mind but a poor relationship with at least some of his minority players. Dark was fired after the '64 Giants fell just short in a wild, end-of-season pennant race but, more notably, he had made derogatory remarks to the press about Latin ballplayers during the season. (He later said he was misquoted.)

After their initial success, Stoneham's Giants fell on hard times during the 1970s. Attendance at cold and windy Candlestick Park plummeted, and Stoneham faced financial hardship. Finally, in 1976, he put the team up for sale. The Giants very nearly moved back east, to Toronto. In addition, it was briefly rumored they considered a return to the metropolitan New York area, perhaps to a new baseball stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. But local businessman Bob Lurie stepped in as the buyer, and the Giants remained in Northern California.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Stoneham died at age 86 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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At the age of 33, he inherited team from his father Charles upon his death January 7, 1936. Had become club executive (1929). Plucked Dodger manager, Leo Durocher, from cross-town rivals in mid-season 1948. Bad attendance (1956-57), caused him to give up on his long-time home in NYC in favor of milder climes in San Francisco.
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L-R: Bob Carpenter (Phillies' owner),
Horace Stoneham (Giants' owner),
Warren Giles (NL Pres.),
Walter O’Malley (Dodgers).
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[Bill Burgess]

James J. Tierney

Born: 1882?, Mineville, NY
Died: December 30, 1958, Troy, NY, age 76---d. in a Roman Catholic nursing home. Had stroke 5 years earlier.

New York Giants' business manager, 1921 - February 15, 1936

[Bill Burgess]

Edward Thomas Joseph Brannick

Born: July 22, 1890, New York City
Died: July 18, 1975, Palm Beach, FL, age 84

New York Giants' Assistant Secretary, 1911 - 1970

[Bill Burgess]

William Schaeffer---AKA Doc Schaeffer

Born:
Died:

New York Giants' trainer,

[Bill Burgess]

Thomas Aloysius Clarke

Born: May 9, 1888, New York City
Died: August 14, 1945, Corona, NY

New York Giants' coach, 1932 - 1935, 1938