This day in baseball: Moran as Reds manager
Posted: January 30, 2017 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Black Sox Scandal, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Pat Moran, sports, World War I Leave a commentDuring 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).
Pat Moran, 1911 (Library of Congress)
