Lee MacPhail
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MacPhail at the White House for a Baseball Hall of Fame luncheon in 2004
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| Born |
Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr. October 25, 1917 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | November 8, 2012 (aged 95) Delray Beach, Florida |
| Occupation | Major League Baseball executive, American League president |
| Board member of | New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Jane Hamilton 2) Gwen Dayton |
| Children | Allen, Andy, Bruce, Lee III |
| Parent(s) | Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail, Sr., Inez Frances Thompson |
Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) 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 and Larry MacPhail are the only father-and-son pair to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lee was honored in 1998. At his death, MacPhail was the oldest living Hall of Famer.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, 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 is the president of the Philadelphia Phillies. He was general manager of the Minnesota Twins from 1986–94, president/CEO of the Chicago Cubs from 1994–2006, and president/baseball operations of the Orioles from 2007–11. Son Lee MacPhail III had begun a career in baseball and was an executive with the Reading Phillies of the Eastern League upon his untimely death at age 27 in an automobile accident on February 18, 1969. In addition, grandson Lee MacPhail IV is active in baseball as director of professional scouting for the Seattle Mariners.
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