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Charlie Segar
Charlie Segar (Sportswriter. Born, Liverpool, England, Oct. 29, 1903; died, Sun City West, AZ, June 2, 2001.) As the youngest member of the B.B.W.A.A. ever, Charles M. Segar later became its national president and then a long-time baseball executive. Segar emigrated to the U.S. as a youngster, becoming an active semipro baseball player before joining the […]
Ducky Medwick
Ducky Medwick (Baseball. Born, Carteret, NJ, Nov. 24, 1911; died, St. Petersburg, FL, Mar. 21, 1975.) While he gained his baseball stature with the St. Louis Cardinals (where he won the Triple Crown in 1937), Joseph Michael Medwick was under contract with all three New York teams during his career. Medwick came to Brooklyn with […]
George Magerkurth
George Magerkurth (Baseball. Born, McPherson, KS, Dec. 30, 1888; died, Rock Island, IL, Oct. 7, 1966.) Two incidents stand out in the memory of New York fans about the 19-year career of N.L. umpire George Levi Magerkurth. Thanks to a Daily News photo, the one most fans recall is his being attacked Sept. 16, 1940, […]
Warren Giles
Warren Giles (Baseball. Born, Tiskilwa, IL, May 28, 1896; died, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 7, 1979.) From 1918 to 1986, the National League had just four presidents, and Warren Crandall Giles had the longest term in N.L. history, over 18 years. A veteran of World War I, a minor league club operator and former general manager […]
Ford Frick
Ford Frick (Baseball. Born, Wawaka, IN., Dec. 19, 1894; Bronxville, NY, Apr. 8, 1978.) Although his impact on the events was minimal, Ford Christopher Frick left baseball dramatically different than he found it after 14 years as Commissioner. A graduate of Indiana’s DePauw University, and a former schoolteacher in Colorado, Frick came to New York […]
Cullen Cain
Cullen Cain (Baseball. Born, Warsaw, MO, Dec. 3, 1874; died, Coral Gables, FL, Nov. 26, 1958.) An itinerant newspaperman who became a baseball writer for the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Cullen Cain was the first publicity director for the National League. Cain sold the idea of opening a Service Bureau in New York to N.L. president John […]
