Editing Ed Barrow (section)

==Managerial career==
Barrow managed in the major leagues with the [[Detroit Tigers]] of the AL in 1903, finishing fifth, a 13-game improvement from their 1902 finish.<ref name=sabr/> With the Tigers, Barrow feuded with [[shortstop]] [[Kid Elberfeld]].<ref name=sabr/> Tigers' owner [[Samuel F. Angus|Sam Angus]] sold the team to [[William H. Yawkey]] before the 1904 season.<ref name=sabr/> Barrow managed the Tigers again in 1904, but unable to coexist with [[Frank Navin]], Yawkey's secretary-treasurer, Barrow tendered his resignation.<ref name=sabr/> He then managed the [[Montreal Royals]] of the Eastern League for the rest of the season.<ref name=sabr/> He managed the [[Indianapolis Indians]] of the Class-A [[American Association (20th century)|American Association]] in 1905 and Toronto in 1906.<ref name=sabr/> Disheartened with baseball after finishing in last place, Barrow hired [[Joe Kelley]] to manage Toronto in 1907, and after signing the rest of the team's players, became manager of the [[Windsor Arms Hotel]] in Toronto.<ref name=sabr/><ref name=toronto/>

===Return to baseball===
Barrow returned to baseball in 1910, managing Montreal.<ref name=sabr/> The Eastern League hired Barrow as its president the next year, giving him an annual salary of $7,500 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7500|1911}}}} in current dollar terms).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-12-14 |title=Barrow Will Get $7,500 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-barrow-will-get-7500/168712399/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun|The Sun]] |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 21, 1910 |title=Ed Barrow: New President of the Eastern League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-ed-barrow-new/168712435/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |pages=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He served in this role from 1911 through 1917, and engineered the name change to "International League" before the 1912 season.<ref name=sabr/> As league president, he contended with the creation of the [[Federal League]] in 1914, which competed as a major league, and established franchises in International League cities, including [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[Buffalo, New York]], and [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=toronto/> He attempted to gain major league status for the league in 1914, but was unsuccessful.<ref name=sabr/> When the Federal League collapsed, Barrow was the only league president to forbid the outlaw players from playing in his league.<ref name=toronto/>

After the 1917 season, Barrow attempted to organize the "Union League", to compete against the AL and NL as a third major league, by merging four International League clubs with four teams from the American Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mDBYAAAAIBAJ&pg=956,5772052&dq=ed-barrow+union-league&hl=en|title=You'll See What Amounts To Major League Ball In Toledo Next Year: Toledo's Entrance Into the Union League, Which Is To Be a Major Circuit, Will Be A Great Thing For the Game in This City; Six Towns Are Already Cinched|first=Dick|last=Meade|page=14|newspaper=The Toledo News-Bee|date=October 24, 1917|access-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref> Several International League owners opposed Barrow's policies, including his attempt to form the Union League, and felt he was too close personally to Ban Johnson.<ref name=cut/> When the league's owners voted to cut his pay to $2,500 after the 1917 season (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2500|1917}}}} in current dollar terms), Barrow resigned.<ref name=sabr/><ref name=cut>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lpoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5502,1775394&dq=ed-barrow+union-league&hl=en|title=When International Cut E. Barrow's Salary|newspaper=The Toronto World|page=8|date=January 2, 1918|access-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref>

===Boston Red Sox (1918–1920)===
Barrow became manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]] in 1918. As the team lost many of its better players during [[World War I]], Barrow encouraged owner [[Harry Frazee]] to purchase [[Stuffy McInnis]], [[Wally Schang]], [[Bullet Joe Bush]], and [[Amos Strunk]] from the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] for $75,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|75000|1918}}}} in current dollar terms).<ref name="not ready to retire"/> During the season, Barrow feuded with his [[coach (baseball)|assistant]], [[Johnny Evers]], who undermined Barrow's leadership.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_flSAAAAIBAJ&pg=3309,2504977&dq=ed-barrow&hl=en|title=Evers and Barrow Are Not As Thick As Peas In A Pod|page=5|newspaper=The Morning Leader|date=April 18, 1918|access-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref> The Red Sox won the [[1918 World Series]]. Recognizing that star [[pitcher]] [[Babe Ruth]] was also a great [[power hitter]], Barrow had Ruth [[pinch hit]] on days when he wasn't scheduled to pitch.<ref name="not ready to retire"/> When Ruth told Barrow that he could only pitch or hit, Barrow decided that Ruth's bat was more useful than his pitching, and transitioned him from a pitcher into an [[outfielder]].<ref name="not ready to retire"/><ref name=ruth>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HK5QAAAAIBAJ&pg=4907,1874298&dq=miller-huggins+ed-barrow&hl=en|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|title=Babe Ruth's Row With Ed Barrow Cost Him a Managerial Job Later|first=Harry|last=Grayson|page=1|date=January 8, 1936|access-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref>

After the 1918 season, Frazee, now in debt, began selling the contracts of star players. He traded [[Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)|Dutch Leonard]], [[Duffy Lewis]], and [[Ernie Shore]] to the [[New York Yankees]], obtaining [[Ray Caldwell]], [[Slim Love]], [[Frank Gilhooley]], [[Roxy Walters]], and cash.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-12-19 |title=Red Sox Trade Lewis, Shore and Leonard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-red-sox-trade-lewis-sh/168712482/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=Boston Daily Globe |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Frazee sold [[Carl Mays]] to the Yankees during the 1919 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4wM_AAAAIBAJ&pg=5252,3564963&dq=ed-barrow&hl=en|newspaper=The Border Cities Star|title=Mays, Star Sox Pitcher, Sold To Yankee Club: $20,000 and Two Star Pitchers Given For Carl|page=11|first=H.C.|last=Hamilton|date=August 1, 1919|access-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref> The Red Sox struggled in 1919, finishing sixth in the AL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1919.shtml|title=1919 Boston Red Sox|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref> Frazee sold Ruth to the Yankees after the season, against Barrow's warnings.<ref name=sabr/> The Red Sox finished in fifth in 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1920.shtml|title=1920 Boston Red Sox|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref>

To date, Barrow is the only manager to win a World Series without previously playing in organized baseball, whether in the minors or majors.