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	Lee MacPhail entered baseball in his father's Brooklyn Dodger organization, then joined the Yankees when Larry MacPhail became a co-owner of the Bombers in {{by\|1945}}. The younger MacPhail rose through the Yankees system, eventually becoming ] director in the late 1940s and contributing to the organization's seven ] championships from 1949 to 1958. He then moved to the Baltimore Orioles front office as general manager and, later, club president. At the time of his departure from Baltimore, MacPhail and his successor, ], were beginning negotiations with the Reds for a blockbuster trade that would bring ] to Baltimore; Robinson would lead the Orioles to the ] world championship and win the American League ] and ] award.		Lee MacPhail entered baseball in his father's Brooklyn Dodger organization, then joined the Yankees when Larry MacPhail became a co-owner of the Bombers in {{by\|1945}}. {{fact}} The younger MacPhail rose through the Yankees system, eventually becoming ] director in the late 1940s and contributing to the organization's seven ] championships from 1949 to 1958. He then moved to the Baltimore Orioles front office as general manager and, later, club president. {{fact}} At the time of his departure from Baltimore, MacPhail and his successor, ], were beginning negotiations with the Reds for a blockbuster trade that would bring ] to Baltimore; Robinson would lead the Orioles to the ] world championship and win the American League ] and ] award. {{fact}}

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Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Yankees, the president and general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, chief aide to Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert, executive vice president and general manager of the Yankees, and president of the American League.

He was the son of Larry MacPhail, front office executive with the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and the Yankees. His brother Bill MacPhail was president of CBS Sports and later was president of CNN Sports, brought on by Ted Turner to create the department upon the network's launch. Lee MacPhail's son Andy was general manager of the Minnesota Twins from 1986–1994 and president/CEO of the Chicago Cubs from 1994–2006, and served as the president/baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles from 2007–2011. In addition, grandson Lee MacPhail IV is active in baseball as a scout for the Orioles.

Baseball front office

Lee MacPhail entered baseball in his father's Brooklyn Dodger organization, then joined the Yankees when Larry MacPhail became a co-owner of the Bombers in 1945. The younger MacPhail rose through the Yankees system, eventually becoming farm system director in the late 1940s and contributing to the organization's seven World Series championships from 1949 to 1958. He then moved to the Baltimore Orioles front office as general manager and, later, club president. At the time of his departure from Baltimore, MacPhail and his successor, Harry Dalton, were beginning negotiations with the Reds for a blockbuster trade that would bring Frank Robinson to Baltimore; Robinson would lead the Orioles to the 1966 world championship and win the American League Triple Crown and Most Valuable Player award.

After a brief term as top aide to the new commissioner, Eckert, in 1965–66, MacPhail served as the Yankees' general manager from October 14, 1966 to 1974, a rebuilding phase of the Yanks marked by the promotion of Bobby Murcer and Thurman Munson to the club, but no pennants or postseason appearances. MacPhail was elected American League President, serving from 1974 to 1984. During his tenure, he oversaw expansion to the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners and was credited with bringing an end to the 1981 baseball strike when he stepped in for the owners to handle stalled negotiations.

MacPhail also played a major role in the 1983 Pine Tar Game, where a home run was taken away from Kansas City Royals slugger George Brett.

Later life

MacPhail lived in Delray Beach, Florida, where he died Thursday night November 8, 2012 at his home. He was 95. At time of his death he was the oldest living Hall of Famer.

Honors and awards

Baseball Hall of Fame

He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998, joining his father, who had been elected in 1978, as the only father and son members.

Lee MacPhail MVP Award

The American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award is named for Lee MacPhail.

Footnotes

Fox Sports 2011-12-16
"LEE MACPHAIL, OLDEST HALL OF FAMER, DEAD AT 95". AP. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
Brown, David (October 26, 2009). "Second Guess: Does Alex Rodriguez, not CC, deserve ALCS MVP?". Big League Stew sports blog (Yahoo! Inc.). Retrieved January 27, 2010.

External links

Lee MacPhail at the Baseball Hall of Fame

Preceded byPaul Richards	Baltimore Orioles General Manager 1958–1965	Succeeded byHarry Dalton
Preceded byDan Topping, Jr.	New York Yankees General Manager 1966–1974	Succeeded byGabe Paul

v t e New York Yankees general managers
Ed Barrow (1920–1945) Larry MacPhail (1945–1947) George Weiss (1947–1960) Roy Hamey (1960–1963) Ralph Houk (1964–1966) Dan Topping Jr. (1966) Lee MacPhail (1966–1973) Gabe Paul (1973–1977) Cedric Tallis (1977–1979) Gene Michael (1980–1981) Bill Bergesch (1982–1983) Murray Cook (1983–1984) Clyde King (1985–1986) Woody Woodward (1986–1987) Lou Piniella (1987–1988) Bob Quinn (1988–1989) Harding Peterson (1990) Gene Michael (1991–1995) Bob Watson (1996–1998) Brian Cashman (1998–present)

New York Yankees general managers

Ed Barrow (1920–1945)
Larry MacPhail (1945–1947)
George Weiss (1947–1960)
Roy Hamey (1960–1963)
Ralph Houk (1964–1966)
Dan Topping Jr. (1966)
Lee MacPhail (1966–1973)
Gabe Paul (1973–1977)
Cedric Tallis (1977–1979)
Gene Michael (1980–1981)
Bill Bergesch (1982–1983)
Murray Cook (1983–1984)
Clyde King (1985–1986)
Woody Woodward (1986–1987)
Lou Piniella (1987–1988)
Bob Quinn (1988–1989)
Harding Peterson (1990)
Gene Michael (1991–1995)
Bob Watson (1996–1998)
Brian Cashman (1998–present)

v t e Baltimore Orioles general managers
Ehlers Richards L. MacPhail Dalton Cashen Peters Hemond Gillick Wren Thrift Beattie Flanagan A. MacPhail Duquette Elias

v t e Members of the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
Roberto Alomar Brady Anderson Luis Aparicio Harold Baines George Bamberger Steve Barber Hank Bauer Mark Belanger Paul Blair Mike Boddicker Mike Bordick Hal Brown Don Buford Al Bumbry Terry Crowley Mike Cuellar Rich Dauer Doug DeCinces Rick Dempsey Mike Devereaux Mike Flanagan Jim Gentile Bobby Grich Dick Hall J.J. Hardy Elrod Hendricks Chris Hoiles Billy Hunter Davey Johnson John Lowenstein Nick Markakis Dennis Martínez Tippy Martinez Lee May Scott McGregor Dave McNally Ray Miller Stu Miller Melvin Mora Eddie Murray Mike Mussina Johnny Oates Gregg Olson Jim Palmer Milt Pappas Boog Powell Paul Richards Cal Ripken Jr. Cal Ripken Sr. Brian Roberts Brooks Robinson Frank Robinson Gary Roenicke Ken Singleton B. J. Surhoff Gus Triandos Eddie Watt Earl Weaver Hoyt Wilhelm Gene Woodling
Herb Armstrong Award Joe Angel Richie Bancells Rex Barney Dick Bowie Rob Brown Frank Cashen Harry Dalton Jack Dunn III Jerold Hoffberger Phil Itzoe Lenny Johnston Lee MacPhail Fred Manfra Bill O'Donnell Hank Peters Don Pries Ralph Salvon Chuck Thompson Ernie Tyler Fred Uhlman Sr. Julie Wagner Eddie Weidner
"Wild Bill" Hagy Award Wild Bill Hagy Mo Gaba

v t e Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1998
BBWAA Vote	Don Sutton (81.6%)
Veterans Committee	George Davis Larry Doby Lee MacPhail Bullet Rogan
J. G. Taylor Spink Award	Sam Lacy
Ford C. Frick Award	Jaime Jarrín

v t e Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitchers	Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Halladay Hoffman Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Kaat Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard P. Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Morris Mussina Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rivera Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Sabathia Seaver H. Smith L. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell B. Wagner Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young
Catchers	Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Mauer Piazza Rodríguez Santop Schalk T. Simmons
First basemen	Allen Anson Bagwell Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg Helton Hodges G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey McGriff Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas Thome
Second basemen	Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst
Third basemen	Baker Beltré Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Jones Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Rolen Santo Schmidt Traynor D. White J. Wilson
Shortstops	Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Jeter Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Jr. Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Trammell Vaughan H. Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount
Left fielders	Brock Burkett Clarke Delahanty Goslin Hafey Henderson Irvin Kelley Kiner Manush Medwick Miñoso Musial O'Rourke Raines J. Rice A. Simmons Stargell Wheat B. Williams T. Williams Yastrzemski
Center fielders	Ashburn Averill Bell W. Brown Carey Charleston Cobb Combs DiMaggio Doby Duffy Griffey Jr. Hamilton Hill Mantle Mays Puckett Roush Snider Speaker Stearnes Torriente L. Waner H. Wilson
Right fielders	Aaron Clemente Crawford Cuyler Dawson Flick Guerrero Gwynn Heilmann Hooper R. Jackson Kaline Keeler K. Kelly Klein T. McCarthy Oliva Ott Parker S. Rice F. Robinson Ruth Slaughter Suzuki Thompson Walker P. Waner Winfield Youngs
Designated hitters	Baines E. Martínez Ortiz
Managers	Alston Anderson Cox Durocher R. Foster Hanlon Harris Herzog Huggins La Russa Lasorda Leyland López Mack J. McCarthy McGraw McKechnie W. Robinson Selee Southworth Stengel Torre Weaver D. Williams
Executives and pioneers	Barrow Bulkeley Cartwright Chadwick Chandler Comiskey Cummings Dreyfuss Fowler Frick Giles Gillick Grant Griffith Harridge Hulbert B. Johnson Kuhn Landis La. MacPhail Le. MacPhail Manley Miller O'Malley O'Neil Pompez Posey Rickey Ruppert Schuerholz Selig Spalding Veeck Weiss S. White Wilkinson G. Wright H. Wright Yawkey
Umpires	Barlick Chylak Conlan Connolly Evans Harvey Hubbard Klem McGowan O'Day
Italics denote members who have been elected, but not yet inducted.

v t e American League presidents
Ban Johnson (1901–1927) Frank Navin (acting president 1927) Ernest Barnard (1927–1931) Will Harridge (1931–1959) Joe Cronin (1959–1973) Lee MacPhail (1973–1984) Bobby Brown (1984–1994) Gene Budig (1994–1999) Jackie Autry (honorary, 2000–2015) Frank Robinson (honorary, 2015–2019)

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