Tag Archives: Lee MacPhail
Phyllis Merhige
Phyllis Merhige (Baseball. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 2, 1947.) Among the highest-ranking women ever in major league sports, Phyllis K. Merhige started as a secretary to A.L. president Lee MacPhail July 1, 1974. Merhige became the assistant public relations director in 1979 and succeeded Bob Fishel in 1979 when Fishel became the league’s executive vice […]
Lee MacPhail
Lee MacPhail (Baseball. Born, Nashville, TN, Oct. 25, 1917.) Son of one of baseball’s most flamboyant and influential characters, Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr., was mainly understated and soft-spoken but nonetheless influential. Lee MacPhail was part of the Yankees organization twice and later president of the American League (1974-83). A graduate of Swarthmore, he started as […]
Bob Fishel
Bob Fishel (Baseball. Born, Cleveland, OH, May 15, 1914; died, New York, NY, June 30, 1988.) Robert O. Fishel was one of the most popular and respected baseball executives of his day, having served as public relations director of the Yankees for almost 20 years and was with the American League for another 15 years. […]
Marty Appel
Marty Appel (Baseball. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 7, 1948.) Martin Eliot Appel spent nearly a decade with the Yankees, first as assistant public relations director (1968-73) before succeeding Bob Fishel as public relations director when the latter moved to the American League office. Appel left in 1977 to become public relations director of the New York […]
