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Tom Yawkey - Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox (Hardcover)
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Tom Yawkey - Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox (Hardcover)
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2019 SABR Baseball Research Award Few people have influenced a team
as much as did Tom Yawkey (1903-76) as owner of the Boston Red Sox.
After purchasing the Red Sox for $1.2 million in 1932, Yawkey
poured millions into building a better team and making the
franchise relevant again. Although the Red Sox never won a World
Series under Yawkey's ownership, there were still many highlights.
Lefty Grove won his three hundredth game; Jimmie Foxx hit fifty
home runs; Ted Williams batted .406 in 1941, and both Williams and
Carl Yastrzemski won Triple Crowns. Yawkey was viewed by fans as a
genial autocrat who ran his ball club like a hobby more than a
business and who spoiled his players. He was perhaps too trusting,
relying on flawed cronies rather than the most competent executives
to run his ballclub. One of his more unfortunate legacies was the
accusation that he was a racist, since the Red Sox were the last
Major League team to integrate, and his inaction in this regard
haunted both him and the team for decades. As one of the last great
patriarchal owners in baseball, he was the first person elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame who hadn't been a player, manager, or
general manager. Bill Nowlin takes a close look at Yawkey's life as
a sportsman and as one of the leading philanthropists in New
England and South Carolina. He also addresses Yawkey's leadership
style and issues of racism during his tenure with the Red Sox.
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