Horace Stoneham was born in Newark, New Jersey, and educated, at the Hun School of Princeton and the Trinity-Pawling School.
15 Facts About Horace Stoneham
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The younger Horace Stoneham briefly attended Fordham University, but soon dropped out to work in a copper mine in California.
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Horace Stoneham worked on the Giants' grounds crew and in their ticket office, then moved into their front office.
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When, at age 32, he succeeded to the team presidency on his father's death in January 1936, Horace Stoneham became the youngest club owner in National League history.
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Horace Stoneham employed at least two general managers during those four decades: Bill Terry, who doubled as the Giants' field manager through 1941, and Chub Feeney, Horace Stoneham's nephew, who became president of the National League after his December 1969 resignation.
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Horace Stoneham was known as a hands-on owner that was concerned with the day-to-day business of the Giants and personally involved in player trades and transactions.
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That season, Horace Stoneham was hailed as The Sporting News' Executive of the Year in baseball.
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Horace Stoneham was alarmed by a dramatic drop-off in attendance during the 1950s.
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However, impressed by the success of the Braves after their 1953 shift from Boston to Milwaukee, Horace Stoneham decided to move his Giants to the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
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Horace Stoneham intended to set up shop in Metropolitan Stadium, which had just been constructed in Bloomington, halfway between Minneapolis and St Paul, for his Triple-A farm team, the Minneapolis Millers.
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The stadium had been built to major league specifications with the help of public funds, and Horace Stoneham had declared there were at most two big-league parks that were better.
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Horace Stoneham confided his plan to Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, who then revealed that he was negotiating to transfer the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
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Horace Stoneham soon abandoned his Minnesota plan and shifted his attention, permanently, to San Francisco.
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Horace Stoneham was partially to blame for the Giants' lack of sustained dominance, as he squandered the resources of his productive farm system through a series of poorly advised trades, usually for starting pitchers who could complement Marichal and Perry.
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In 1959, Horace Stoneham began developing a spring training facility for the San Francisco Giants at Francisco Grande, in Casa Grande, Arizona.