Tom Yawkey: Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox

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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.

Even supposing 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 used to be 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 used to be in all probability too trusting, relying on unsuitable cronies relatively than the most competent executives to run his ballclub. One of his more unfortunate legacies used to be the accusation that he used to be a racist, for the reason that Red Sox were the last Major League team to integrate, and his inactivity in this regard haunted both him and the team for decades. As one of the crucial last great patriarchal owners in baseball, he used to be 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 have a look at Yawkey’s life as a sportsman and as one of the crucial leading philanthropists in New England and South Carolina. He also addresses Yawkey’s leadership style and issues of racism all the way through his tenure with the Red Sox. 

 


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