The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front Office

by G. Richard McKelvey

Overview

Since the early 1930s "MacPhail" has been a big name in baseball. Three generations of this one family have provided leadership, innovation and vision for the sport. Larry, Lee and Andy MacPhail, representing very different eras of American life, have each addressed baseball's needs and opportunities in his own way.

During the 1930s and 1940s Larry MacPhail served as general manager and vice president of the Cincinnati Reds, executive vice president and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and part owner and president of the New York Yankees. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Larry's son, Lee, worked for 13 years in the Yankee organization before serving as general manager and president of the Baltimore Orioles. Lee later served two five-year terms as president of the American League and two years as president of the Player Relations Committee. Lee was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, becoming the only son ever to join his father in the Hall. Lee's son, Andy, worked in management positions for the Chicago Cubs, the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins before becoming president and CEO of the Cubs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786406395
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/15/2000
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late G. Richard McKelvey was chairman of the department of philosophy and religion at Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts) and longtime coach of the Deerfield baseball and basketball teams. The author of several books about baseball, he lived in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Introduction     

PART I: LARRY
1. Larry Explodes on the Scene; Baseball Is on the Radio and Lighted Up     
2. Raising Brooklyn     
3. Larry, Leo, Reese, Reiser and Red     
4. The Exciting Ebbets Field Experience and Other of Larry’s Doings     
5. The Dodgers Capture the Pennant; The Yankees Claim the World Series     
6. The End of the Line in Brooklyn     
7. Larry Returns to New York; Welcome to the Bronx, Not Brooklyn     
8. A Season with the Bronx Bombers     
9. MacPhail, Rickey and Durocher; A Prescription for Fireworks     
10. The Yankees Win It All; Larry Quits and Walks Away     
11. The Retirement Years and the Hall of Fame, Posthumously     

PART II:
12. Lee Follows Larry into the Game     
13. Lee's Minor League Career Is Over; Welcome to New York     
14. Moving Up the Organization; Lee Meets New Responsibilities     
15. Building Baltimore     
16. Ups and Downs with the Orioles     
17. Life with Spike; Shepherding the Commissioner     
18. Back to the Bronx with a Five-Year Plan     
19. The General Manager Builds the Bronx Bombers and Meets "the Boss"     
20. A Move to the American League Once     
21. The Business of Baseball; Owners and Players     
22. MacPhail, Finley and Veeck; Challenging the System     
23. MacPhail and Miller; 50 Days Without the Game     
24. Ten Years and Out     
25. The Final Position; The Player Relations Committee     

PART III: ANDY
26. Andy Follows the Family Tradition     
27. Andy Moves to Minnesota; A Quick Trip to the Fall Classic     
28. Collusion, Salaries and a Lockout     
29. Andy Rebuilds and the Twins Capture Another Crown     
30. The Twins Falter and a Strike Stops the Game     
31. Andy Heads to Chicago; From Small Market to Big Hopes     
32. A Season to Forget     
33. The Cubs Have a Year to Remember; Baseball Has a Career to Remember     

Chapter Notes     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

an insightful account of a key baseball family”—Library Journal; “if there’s a royal family of baseball, the MacPhails could be it...copious”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “covers three generations of MacPhails who have impacted baseball throughout the years”—The SABR Bulletin; “details how the MacPhail family since the early 1930s have placed their imprint on major league baseball”—Sports Collectors Digest.

From the Publisher

covers three generations of MacPhails who have impacted baseball throughout the years

The SABR Bulletin

if there's a royal family of baseball, the MacPhails could be it...copious

USA Today Sports Weekly

an insightful account of a key baseball family

Library Journal