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This day in baseball: Moran as Reds manager

Posted: January 30, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Leave a comment

During World War I, the Cincinnati Reds found themselves unable to get in touch with their manager, Christy Mathewson, who was in France serving in the Army.  Thus, on January 30, 1919, the Reds hired former Phillies manager Pat Moran to fill the role.  Moran led Cincinnati to a World Series Championship that season (albeit, a somewhat dubious one, given the Black Sox scandal).

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Pat Moran, 1911 (Library of Congress)

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