Edward G Barrow was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1953 along with Chief Bender, Thomas Connolly, Dizzy Dean, William Klem, Al Simmons, Bobby Wallace and Harry Wright. Barrow was inducted as an executive and pioneer of the game. He helped found the Interstate League which was a Class C minor league but it folded the same year in 1894. He bought the Paterson Silk Weavers which was a minor league team in the Class A Atlantic League. Barrow managed the team in 1896 and served as president of the Atlantic League 1897-1899. In 1900 be became minority owner and manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs which were a minor league team in the Class A Eastern League.
Barrow got his first chance in the Major League managing the Detroit Tigers (1903-1904) with a 97-117 record. He resigned from the Tigers and finished 1904 managing the Montreal Royals in the Eastern League. He managed the Indianapolis Indians of Class A American Association in 1905 and returned to manage Toronto in 1906. He managed Montreal again in 1910. Then he was hired as president of the Eastern League and served 1911-1917. He changed the league name to International League in 1912 and in 1914 tried and failed to get the league status as a Major League.
He resigned after the 1917 season and was hired as manager of the Boston Red Sox in 1918. He managed the Red Sox (1918-1920) with a 145-203 record. The Red Sox won the World Series his first season in 1918.
Barrow then found a long career with the New York Yankees (1920-1946) rising from business manager to team president. He turned down opportunities to become the American League president in 1929 and Commissioner of Baseball in 1944. Barrow had also been a minority owner of the Yankees.
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