George M Weiss was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1971 along with David Bancroft, Jacob Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joseph Kelley, Rube Marquard and Satchel Paige. Weiss was voted in as a pioneer and executive. He had helped establish the New York Yankees farm system which he was hired in 1932 to create. The minor leagues had primarily been independent leagues until the St Louis Cardinals were the first to establish a farm system and the Yankees and other teams responded to do the same at the prompting of Commissioner Landis. Weiss was director of the Yankees farm system 1932-1947. Then he stepped up to be the Yankees General Manager 1947-1960. Under Weiss the Yankees won seven World Series Championships in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956 and 1958. The Yankees asked Weiss to step down after losing the 1960 World Series. He went across town and was the New York Mets first team president and General Manager 1962-1966.
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