Frank J. Farrell (c. 1866 – February 10, 1926) was an American baseball executive. He and
William S. Devery
William Stephen Devery (January 9, 1854 – June 20, 1919), nicknamed "Big Bill". was the last superintendent of the New York City Police Department police commission and the first police chief in 1898. Devery and Frank J. Farrell later co-o ...
were the first owners of the New York Highlanders (now
New York Yankees
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). They purchased the Baltimore Orioles on January 9, 1903 for $18,000 and moved it to
New York City
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.
Biography
He was born around 1866. Farrell was involved in
New York City
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gambling, and owned pool halls and a casino. At one time he was the partner of
William Burbridge.
In 1912 he fired
Harry Wolverton as the manager of the Yankees. On January 29, 1915 Farrell and Devery sold the Yankees to
Jacob Ruppert and
Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston for $460,000.
Farrell died in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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heart attack
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, after recovering from a bout of
bronchitis
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.
See also
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New York Yankees managers and ownership
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References
1866 births
1926 deaths
Major League Baseball owners
New York Yankees owners
American racehorse owners and breeders
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