Sally Buck, part of Phillies ownership group, dies at 83. They are the shadowy owners of the Phillies, and for this Phantom Five, the less interaction with the public, the better. Thats when she took over his share. John Middleton, frontman for the Phillies' ownership group, bellied up to the billionaires' bar here late Friday night and plunked down a cool $100 million to win the bidding on a five-year. Two years later, Baker got what Locke had wanted so badly: The Phillies won the National League pennant. In fact, Taft had loaned him a large sum of money to purchase shares in the ballclub that was now said to be worth $350,000, and was still the teams largest stockholder. Lets stop it right there and get them out of here. Soon afterward, he and Mae were married. Nugent also managed to escape, at long last, from the motley problems of Baker Bowl. He moved Alexander and Bill Killefer to the Cubs for $60,000, pitcher Mike Pendergast, and catcher Pickles Dillhoefer. But he had attended nearly every Phillies home game since 1971 and almost never took summer vacations. A veteran major-league pilot, Harris made some immediate improvements in the Phillies, and in the early part of the season the club even flirted with the first division. It dragged on for months amid rumors, innuendoes, and speculation. When we lose, I think its my fault. Over this period, Carpenter, spending nearly every minute of his waking hours working on Phillies business, had 12 managers. Later, he became the teams manager for the 1874 and 1875 seasons. He came into baseball as the president of a major league club at a time when finances were more important than pennants. It was sometimes said that Roy Campanella, a Philadelphia native, would have preferred the Phillies to the Dodgers. Some of Coxs maneuvers and statements were given a poor press and the public reacted unfavorably, said Ed Pollock in the Evening Bulletin. Finally, with Carpenter, the owners of the Philadelphia Eagles, and others prodding the city, a new site was selected at Broad Street and Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. Less than two years after making that statement, Nugent had not only traded that trio, but hed swapped or sold an army of others. Baker would own the team and serve as its president from 1913 to 1930. It was his job to get a new ballpark built. At a press conference, Cox declared, The Phillies will not want for an all-out show of energy, alertness and winning spirit. He also said, Whoever the manager is, there will never be an attempt on my part to interfere. The statement would sound hollow a few months later. The GM controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. 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After Potter pulled out, the remaining Phillies stockholders sold the team to Charles Phelps Taft, a native of Cincinnati and a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University Law School, and Charles Murphy, who was part-owner of the Chicago Cubs, thanks to money Taft had loaned him to purchase controlling interest in the team. Carpenter was president, and Mack agreed to use the club as a farm team for his Athletics. The teams success, both on and off the field was, however, short-lived. In the end that dilemma forced the beleaguered Nugent to relinquish control of his team. Later called Huntingdon Street Grounds and then Baker Bowl, the park was used by the Phillies for 51 years. Ruch vowed to spend every day from the start of spring training until the end of the season with the club. In 1909, however, Taft had sold his controlling interest in the team to Israel Durham and James McNichol, Philadelphias two top Republican political bosses. As a leader among baseballs top echelon, the future of the sport was also something in which Giles had a keen interest and stake. His trades rarely helped the club, except at the bank. As a player, he was one of the first to receive a salary. It was just the reverse situation with Roberts. (Claire died in 2017, leaving the shares to the Betz business.) Carpenter was, however, always attempting some positive change. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 And when spring training began at Hershey, Pennsylvania, there were only 14 players in camp. He agreed, and later that day he was on a train from Brooklyn to Philadelphia to sign the papers and become part-owner of the Phillies. On November 23, 1943, the franchise was officially awarded to the Carpenters. Starting in the late 1890s, the club became the residence of a number of future Hall of Fame players, including Ed Delahanty, Nap Lajoie, and Elmer Flick, who launched their careers with the Phillies, plus Sam Thompson, Billy Hamilton, Tim Keefe, Roger Connor, and Dan Brouthers, all of whom came from other teams. A native of Havertown in suburban Philadelphia, he was a graduate of Amherst College with a masters degree from Harvard University. Although he was a wealthy man, he chose instead to let the team pay for itself. So that he would have someone to run the club when that happened, his first move was to hire Herb Pennock as general manager. We will save neither money nor effort to bring a first National League championship to Philadelphia, he announced.2. The club engaged in bitter battles over players in 1890 with the Brotherhood (or Players) League, and in 1901 with the American League. Klein signed a three-year contract for $45,000, a heavy sum for the Phillies at the time but far short of what many of Kleins followers thought he was worth. In his 10 seasons at the helm of the Phillies, Nugent ruled over the sorriest period in the clubs history. The Reach Company and the A.G. Spalding Company, founded by another old baseball-playing pioneer, were the dominant firms in the sporting-goods field in the country. For five years, he and other members of the front office ran the baseball operation. Former collegiate track athlete William D. Cox became owner of the Phillies at age 33 and immediately demanded changes in player conditioning, stating, I want the team to run morning and afternoon. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library). Ruly hated it all. One of the biggest critics of the Alexander trade was manager Moran, who let it be known that he and the boss did not see eye to eye on it. Tickets Season Ticket Plans Six & Three Game Ticket Packs Single Game Tickets Promotions and Giveaways Theme Nights Group Tickets Premium Seating Suites & Hospitality Gift Cards Mobile Ticketing My Phillies Tickets Concerts Text For Ticket Deals The 2008 Phillies were reportedly worth $481 million (and thats before winning the World Series). Reach also managed the team for 11 games in 1890 when three substitute pilots had to fill in for Wright after he developed a case of temporary blindness. She and David Montgomery are also on the board of the Schuylkill Center, a local conservation group. The Phillies, however, would drop down again after the 2012 season, and through 2017 would not come anywhere close to being a winning team. John Betz had died in 1988, leaving his wife, Claire, in charge of their stock. That perception heightened when first Schilling and then Scott Rolen left the team after accusing it of being unwilling to spend enough money to build another pennant contender. And the Reach ball became the official ball of the new league. The Phillies are currently overseen by team president, Andy MacPhail.[6]. Naturally, we are going to try and improve the Phillies, said Ruch upon his appointment. Montgomery would go on to preside and be a part-owner of the Phillies during the greatest era in team history. By this time, though, the Phillies debts were still mounting. David Montgomery said recently that the Phillies owners are in the red and have been since they took over the team. Two years later, he became the manager of the Boston Red Stockings, with whom he won six pennants in 11 seasons and was the skipper in the first National League game in Philadelphia. The observation prompted him to open a sporting-goods store in 1874, one year before his playing days ended. He tried unsuccessfully to change the teams nickname from Phillies to Live Wires. Yesterday John Middleton appeared for the first time at a press conference as owner of the Phillies. The team had been purchased by Carpenters father, Robert R.M. Long a baseball fanatic who devoured everything he could read on the subject, Nugent played a valuable role as Bakers right-hand man. If anybody goes into this business for money, he once said, he should have his head examined., But Carpenter wasnt anxious to lose money, either. In 1962 he joined the new Houston franchise as traveling secretary and publicity director. The first thing I want to do is build up the farm system, said Carpenter at his first Phillies press conference. Its just impossible to continue with our philosophy. In those days, some teams paid a few of their players under the table, but Reach is usually credited with being the first man to accept pay openly. The losses of players to those leagues, especially Delahanty, Lajoie, and Flick, the sudden death of star pitcher Charlie Ferguson after just four brilliant seasons in the league during which he won 99 games, a devastating fire in 1894 that destroyed the ballpark and forced the Phillies to play part of the season on the University of Pennsylvanias field, and the players mutiny over the abusive tactics of manager George Stallings in 1897-98, all contributed to a less-than-smooth tenure for Reach. Bob Carpenter Jr. was a rarity. The following season he brought in new players, and most importantly, turned the managerial reins over to Harry Wright, a baseball pioneer himself, and one of the games premier managers. He also raised champion Chesapeake Bay retrievers. The stockholders held a reorganization meeting and the presidency of the team was passed to Bill Shettsline. Despite a disappointing end to the World Series that year with a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games, the Phillies were seen as a team that would rank among baseballs elite in the ensuing years. He was raised in Brooklyn, where his industrious nature surfaced early. Moreover, he had another challenge. But after the 1914 season, Baker did something right. Then the club signed free agents Jim Thome, a future Hall of Famer, and David Bell to ultra-huge contracts while also adding high-priced Kevin Millwood in a trade. Reach and Rogers retained the title to Philadelphia Park, leasing it back to the new owners for $10,000 per year. Despite a hearing on December 3 at which Cox defended himself, Landiss verdict stood. Playing at Jefferson Park before an estimated crowd of about 2,000, the Athletics lost that game, 6-5. Also buried there are Harry Wright and Benjamin Shibe. The 5-foot-6, 155-pound Reach was usually good for three or four hits a game, and he earned a reputation as the home-run king of the era. Thus Reach and Rogers had to start from scratch, recruiting players and even finding a ballpark. Some of his work went into the construction of New Yorks finest hotels of the day along Fifth Avenue. Neither Harris nor the players were particularly thrilled by the intrusion. He put together a group in which he was the biggest investor and which included a cousin, William F. Baker, a former New York City police commissioner and a man of considerable means. But he made the deals that gave the Phillies such key members of the 1950 team as Jim Konstanty, Dick Sisler, and Eddie Waitkus. They also have been heavily involved in local charity, including gifts to the zoo, orchestra, and education. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Phillies). The highlight of Bobs regime was the clubs 1950 National League pennant. That started an 11-year streak in which the team would finish in the first division each season, winning as many as 87 games in 1892. Available now! Later, he attended Duke University, where he earned a varsity letter as an end on the football team. The club either finished in or tied for first one time, second once, third twice, fourth five times, fifth seven times, sixth four times, seventh three times, and eighth six times. Moreover, he developed a big local following. Eventually, it became known as the five-year plan. Carpenter was drafted into the Army in March 1944 and served until January 1946, leaving Pennock to carry out the plan. His work with newspapers ultimately became the focus of his career. One famous outbreak occurred at spring training in 1949. He fired manager Bill Murray and replaced him with catcher Red Dooin, who made the club better and more exciting. Could Ruch help out? The Betz made their fortune through a family-owned water-purifying company called Betz Laboratories of which John Betz was the chairman. Later, Nugent was named president of the Interstate League, a minor league in the Middle Atlantic area. It was announced in November of 2007 that Middleton had sold his family cigar company to the Altria Group, owners of Phillip Morris, for $2.9 billion. In 1965, at Rulys urging, Owens was named farm director. Probably no chief executive in the history of the franchise was ever as successful at turning the spotlight away from his team and onto himself. Succeeding Terry Franconas unsuccessful reign, Larry Bowa was hired as the manager, and in 2001 he led the team to only its second .500 season since 1993. Immediately, the Phillies improved tremendously. Within four years, the Phillies had doled out bonuses amounting to $1,250,000. A generous man, he loaned money to many of his players who wanted to buy businesses or homes or who were simply short of cash. He changed managers after the team finished a disappointing sixth, replacing Dooin with Moran. Then, in 1934, Mrs. Baker died, leaving her 700 shares to Mrs. Nugent and the Nugents son, Gerald. The Boston Red Sox were visiting Clearwater for an exhibition game. Carpenter was always somewhat preoccupied with big, strapping pitchers who could throw hard. Potter, a socialite and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was also a stockbroker whose clients had mostly not achieved the social status to which he was accustomed. He is the managing partner and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball, [1] holding a 48 percent ownership stake in the team. It was Reach who gambled on spending $1,900, a staggering figure in those days, for Delahanty, a raw young hitter playing in the minors at Wheeling, West Virginia, and one of five brothers who would play in the big leagues. 6 Rich Westcott. Ruch was born on a farm in 1862. (Photo by Carl . In 1986, Taft Broadcasting sold its 47 percent share in the Phillies to Giles, Dixon, and the other stockholders for $24.1 million. Putnams Sons, 1953). He made some of the worst trades in major-league history, allowed his ballpark to deteriorate so badly that it became hazardous. Officially, the new group took title on March 15, 1943. When the Phillies won the case, American League President Ban Johnson moved Lajoie to the Cleveland Blues, a move the Phillies did not contest and where he spent most of the rest of his Hall of Fame career. By the time he took over the Phillies with the new title of managing partner in 2016, the club was said to be worth more than $1 billion. During a 10-year period following the sale of the team to the Potter group, the Phillies would have four owners. When Curt Flood was traded to the Phillies in 1970, he challenged the reserve clause, which bound a player to a club as long as it wanted him. All we had to start with, said Bob, was 25 second-division players and one minor leaguer named Turkey Tyson.. Westcott is a former president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and has been inducted into four halls of fame. He opened a cigar store and ran it before and after games. Fans had a brief moment of hope that maybe, just maybe, we could have an ownership committed to winning. On at least one other occasion, he used his own salary to pay a debt, although he and Mae reportedly drew a combined salary of only $20,000. Meanwhile, Nugent sadly closed his office at Phillies headquarters in the Packard Building. While winning the World Series in 2008 took a ton of heat off the Phillies owners, fans renewed their hatred for the faceless, nameless individuals who we never see or hear when the club dealt Cliff Lee for the likely reason of saving $9 million bucks. Gerry, it was said, was always just one step ahead of the sheriff. In combination with his son, Ruly, the Carpenter family owned the Phillies for nearly 50 years (until 1981) until it was sold to Bill Giles, son of former league president Warren Giles. That all changed in 1883. Along with banker Clarence Wolf, they formed a syndicate and bought the club with Durham replacing Shettsline as president. Before that season, baseball had undergone a massive change, and the Phillies were hugely affected. Although the club never won a pennant, Reach developed it into one of the cornerstones of the National League. Included in this discarded batch were stars like shortstop Dave Bancroft, pitcher Eppa Rixey, outfielder Irish Meusel, and catcher Jimmie Wilson. Yet, the presence of the young circuit and its player raids on the Phillies were a main factor in Reachs decision to end his ownership in the National League. After leaving Yale in his senior year, Cox worked for a New York bank, an investment firm, and finally a lumber company, which named him its president in 1936. Under Montgomerys watch, Ed Wade was elevated to the post of general manager in 1998. Meanwhile, Wright, later named The Father of Professional Baseball for his many contributions to the game, left the team after the 1893 season when he was not offered a new contract by Rogers.. A few years later, another colorful figure earned a place in Phillies history when he was appointed the teams manager. A former newspaper and magazine writer and editor, he is considered the foremost authority on Philadelphia sports. In 1911 Fogel swung what was the biggest trade the Phillies had made up to that point with pitchers George McQuillan and Lew Moren, third baseman Ed Grant, and outfielder John Bates going to the Reds for third baseman Hans Lobert, center fielder Dode Paskert, and pitchers Jack Rowan and Fred Beebe. The team would have four managers, once lost 103 games, and drew just 140,771 paying customers one season. Their chances of winning the World Series that year were hindered badly by his desire to generate more revenue by roping off some areas in left and center field, allowing spectators to stand on the playing field between the ropes and the outfield wall. Baker again incurred the wrath of Phillies fans by continuing to trade stars for lesser players and large sums of cash. Years ago, before John Middleton became the face of the Phillies' ownership group, Jimmy Rollins equated him with George Steinbrenner. In 1871 a new fully professional league, the National Association, was formed. Rumor has it, Middleton was a big reason why the Phillies signed Jim Thome in 2002. Right. From 1919 through 1930, the Phillies finished in eighth place seven times and in seventh place twice. Ruch became president on January 5, 1931, at the age of 69. At the time of Bakers death, he and Ruch owned the controlling interest in the Phillies. Shettsline, a resident of Glenolden in Delaware County, served through the 1908 season, during which time the Phillies finished third once and fourth three times. [3] Owens also served as the team manager in 1972, and from 1983 to 1984. The Philadelphia Ledger in 1915 described Reachs operation in glowing terms. Pennock died suddenly in 1948, leaving Carpenter to run the club. One year later, Carpenter set up spring-training camp in Clearwater, Florida, after decades of moving around the country. He had little formal education. After serving as chairman for some 18 years, Giles was named chairman emeritus of the Phillies in 2015. He also presided over the signing of future Hall of Famers Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn, and Mike Schmidt, as well as such stars as Dick Allen, Chris Short, Greg Luzinski and Larry Bowa. No one, of course, has had more to do with turning the Phillies into one of the major leagues most lucrative franchises than Giles. Then he shifted his focus to the Worcester Ruby Legs (or Brown Stockings as some called them). Nugent tried unsuccessfully to set up a farm system, too, naming Swarthmore College graduate Johnny Ogden, a former pitcher and minor-league executive, as the teams first farm director. Urging everyone to call him Charlie, the popular Ruch added, From what I understand, it takes a healthy and active man to run the Phillies. Soon after he left the club, Ruch moved permanently to his winter home in Miami, where he died in 1937 at the age of 75. While most people in the media focused on his announced hiring of Andy MacPhail as President I was more interested in Middleton's comments regarding the ownership of the Phillies. We dont know them, and they havent done anything illegal or unethical that we know of. Connie Mack went to bat for the Carpenters, assuring Landis that they would be good for baseball. One of their major moves was naming in 2015 a youthful Matt Klentak as general manager. And he proposed a Shaughnessy playoff plan in which the top four teams in each league would oppose each other over a two-week period to determine the pennant winners. Reach jumped at the chance. John Middleton Announces New Changes in Phillies Ownership. Born on October 25, 1892, in Philadelphia, Nugent was a football and baseball star at Northeast High School. Baker was so impressed with Nugents knowledge of baseball that he offered him a job as his assistant. 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