George Weiss (baseball)

George Martin Weiss (June 23, 1894 – August 13, 1972) was an American baseball executive. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

Weiss was one of Major League Baseball's most successful farm system directors and general managers. Working as the head of the New York Yankees' player-development system from 1932 to 1947, he established it as one of the two best in the game, helping the Bombers win nine American League pennants and eight World Series championships over 16 full years. Then, during Weiss' 13-season tenure as the Yankees' general manager from October 1947 to 1960, the team won 10 AL pennants and seven more World Series titles.

Weiss later became the first club president of the New York Mets from 1961 to 1966 after that expansion franchise was formed.

Weiss was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended Yale University. In 1915, he founded the New Haven MaxFeds in the independent Colonial League, an "outlaw" minor league associated with the Federal League. In 1919, Weiss borrowed $5,000 to acquire the New Haven franchise in the established Class A Eastern League, which was immediately nicknamed the Weissmen by local baseball writers. He operated the New Haven club, eventually nicknamed the Profs in homage to Yale, for a decade. In 1930, Weiss took over the Baltimore Orioles of the Class AA International League for two seasons.

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