Larry MacPhail MLB Hall of Fame 1978

Leland S (Larry) MacPhail was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1978 along with Addie Joss and Edwin Mathews. MacPhail was inducted as an executive and pioneer. He was the General Manager of the Cincinnati Reds (1933-1936). He was the Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager (1938-1942) and over lapped as president (1939-1942). MacPhail resigned from the Dodgers to accept a commission in the United States Army 1942-1945 during World War II. He had also served in World War I. He was the New York Yankees General Manager, president and part owner 1945-1947. The Yankees won the World Series Championship under MacPhail in 1947. 

MacPhail was also a pioneer and innovator of the game. He was the first to fly his team to away games when he did so with the Reds in 1934 and it became standard within a couple years. He introduced night baseball in 1935 with the Reds at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. His role was pioneer again in 1939 when he arranged for NBC to televise a Dodgers game and in 1940 a Dodgers game was televised weekely. MacPhail invented the first batting helmet in 1941. 

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