Editing Ed Barrow (section)

{{short description|American baseball executive and manager}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ed Barrow
|image=Ed Barrow 1903.jpeg
|caption=Barrow in 1903
|position=[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] / [[Senior management|Executive]]
|team=
|number=
| birth_date = May 10, 1868
| birth_place = [[Springfield, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|12|15|1868|5|10}}
| death_place =[[Port Chester, New York]], U.S.
|statyear=
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Managerial record
|stat1value=310–320
|stat2label=Winning %
|stat2value={{Winning percentage|310|320}}
|teams=
'''As manager'''
* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1903}}–{{mlby|1904}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1918}}–{{mlby|1920}})
'''As executive'''
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1945}})
| highlights = 
* 11× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1918}}, {{wsy|1923}}, {{wsy|1927}}, {{wsy|1928}}, {{wsy|1932}}, {{wsy|1936}}–{{wsy|1939}}, {{wsy|1941}}, {{wsy|1943}}) 
* [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]] honoree
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1953 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1953]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}
'''Edward Grant Barrow''' (May 10, 1868 – December 15, 1953) was an American [[baseball manager|manager]] and [[Front office (sports)|front office]] executive in [[Major League Baseball]]. He served as the field manager of the [[Detroit Tigers]] and [[Boston Red Sox]]. He served as business manager (de facto [[general manager]]) of the [[New York Yankees]] from 1921 to 1939 and as team president from 1939 to 1945, and is credited with building the Yankee [[dynasty (sports)|dynasty]].{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Barrow was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1953.

Born in a [[covered wagon]] in [[Springfield, Illinois]], Barrow worked as a [[journalist]] and soap salesman before entering the business of baseball by selling [[Concession stand|concessions]] at games. From there, Barrow purchased [[minor league baseball]] teams, also serving as team manager, and served as president of the [[Atlantic League (1896–1900)|Atlantic League]]. After managing the Tigers in 1903 and 1904 and returning to the minor leagues, Barrow became disenchanted with baseball, and left the game to operate a hotel.

Barrow returned to baseball in 1910 as president of the [[International League|Eastern League]]. After a seven-year tenure, Barrow managed the Red Sox from 1918 through 1920, leading the team to victory in the [[1918 World Series]]. When Red Sox owner [[Harry Frazee]] began to sell his star players, Barrow joined the Yankees. During his quarter-century as their baseball operations chief, the Yankees won 14 [[List of American League pennant winners|AL pennants]] and 10 [[World Series]] titles.