Born: Thomas Yawkey Austin (1903-02-21)February 21, 1903 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died: July 9, 1976(1976-07-09) (aged 73) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1980
Election method
Veterans Committee
Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Yawkey Austin (February 21, 1903 – July 9, 1976) was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. Born in Detroit, Yawkey became president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933 and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons until he died of leukemia. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.
uncle, William Yawkey. Throughout his life, Yawkey maintained a residence in New York City. In September 1918, William adopted 15-year-old Tom after his mother...
"Jim Rice". "Ted Williams". "Carl Yastrzemski". "Lefty Grove". "Pedro Martínez". "Herb Pennock". "TomYawkey". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum...
estate to his nephew and adoptive son, TomYawkey, who later bought the Boston Red Sox. A boathouse that Yawkey had constructed in 1917 in Hazelhurst,...
April, Red Sox owner TomYawkey and Yankees owner Dan Topping agreed to swap the players, but a day later canceled the deal when Yawkey requested that Yogi...
of Mrs. Jean R. Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux became general partners. A purchase of the team from the estate of TomYawkey was approved by...
Pennock Red Ruffing Babe Ruth Tris Speaker Ted Williams Carl Yastrzemski TomYawkey (longtime owner) Cy Young Induction ceremonies for additional honorees...
terrace, slipped and fell, and rolled downhill. In 1934, Red Sox owner TomYawkey arranged to flatten the ground in left field so that Duffy's Cliff no...
all-time mark for most doubles in a season with 67. In 1933, TomYawkey bought the team. Yawkey acquired pitchers Wes Ferrell and Lefty Grove, Joe Cronin...
Cardinals in seven games in that year's World Series. TomYawkey died in 1976, and his widow Jean Yawkey eventually sold the team to Haywood Sullivan and Edward...
nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner TomYawkey, and the park's address was 4 Yawkey Way until 2018, when the street's...
initials of Jean R. Yawkey, who had ownership of the team, in part or in whole, from the July 1976 death of her husband, TomYawkey, until her own death...
obtain ownership of the Red Sox. The attempt fell through after TomYawkey's widow, Jean Yawkey, chose to retain ownership. In 1979, DiMaggio was named a member...
September 6, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com. Nowlin, Bill (2018). TomYawkey: Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska...
1952 NFL Draft, offering him a bonus of $25,000. Boston Red Sox owner TomYawkey outbid Brown, however, and signed Agganis to play Major League Baseball...
Lishman led the 60 imprinted "actor-geese" in migration, to winter at the TomYawkey Wildlife Center off the coast of Georgetown, South Carolina. While in...
was associated with the Silver Falls Timber Company, which was owned by TomYawkey, who also owned the major league Red Sox. A skilled ice hockey player...
Billy Evans that he recommended the Red Sox buy the team. Evans and owner TomYawkey both knew that the Red Sox' regular shortstop, Joe Cronin, was nearing...
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Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011. "Hall of Famers: TomYawkey". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011...
Kansas City mayor Ilus Davis threatened a lawsuit to block the move. TomYawkey arranged a meeting of the owners during a convention, during which the...
sixth World Series with the Yankees. That year, Boston Red Sox owner TomYawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted...
Stevens Creek Stoney Creek Battery Stumphouse Mountain Tillman Sand Ridge TomYawkey Wildlife Center Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve Waccamaw River Wadakoe...
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