14 Facts About Harry Pulliam

Harry Clay Pulliam was an American baseball executive who served as the sixth President of the National League.

Harry Pulliam served from 1903 until his death in 1909.

Harry Pulliam was president during the period in which the National League and the fledgling American League settled their hostilities and formed a National Agreement which led to the creation of the World Series.

Harry Clay Pulliam was born on February 9,1869, in Scottsville, Kentucky.

Dreyfuss liked Harry Pulliam and hired him away from the newspaper, appointing him to the position of club secretary in 1890.

Harry Pulliam was unanimously elected president of the National League in December 1902.

Harry Pulliam's decision was submitted to the league president, Pulliam, who agreed with the umpires.

The pressure of the 1908 decision resulted in Harry Pulliam taking several months off, and his discussion of retirement.

Harry Pulliam shot himself in the head in his apartment at the New York Athletic Club at 9:30 pm on July 29,1909.

Harry Pulliam's axiom "Take Nothing For Granted In Baseball" is still used this day.

In 1897, while President of the Louisville Colonels, Harry Pulliam was nominated as a Democratic Kentucky legislator for his ward in Louisville.

Harry Pulliam was nominated while on the road for the Colonels and did not campaign for the position.

Harry Pulliam was elected, and served the sixth and seventh wards of Louisville.

Harry Pulliam is a central character in the historical novel Called Out: A novel of base ball and America in 1908 by Floyd Sullivan, which features a fictionalized account of the key events of his life and death during the years 1908 and 1909.