Joseph Edward Cronin was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive.
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20 Facts About Joe Cronin
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Joe Cronin played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop, most notably as a member of the Boston Red Sox.
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Joe Cronin spent over 48 years in baseball, culminating with 14 years as president of the American League.
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Joe Cronin was born in Excelsior District of San Francisco, California.
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Joe Cronin played several sports as a child and he won a city tennis championship for his age group when he was 14.
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Joe Cronin led the Senators to the 1933 World Series and later married Griffith's niece, Mildred Robertson.
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Joe Cronin was named player-manager of the Senators in 1933, a post he would hold for two years.
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Joe Cronin remained as player-manager of the Red Sox until 1945, then remained solely as manager until 1947.
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Joe Cronin was so impressed by Reese that he was able to talk Yawkey into buying the Colonels and making them the Red Sox' top farm club.
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On June 17,1943, Joe Cronin sent himself in to pinch hit in both games of a doubleheader and hit a home run each time.
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Joe Cronin sat out the remainder of the season, and retired as a player at the end of the year.
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In January 1959, Joe Cronin was elected president of the American League, the first former player to be so elected and the fourth full-time chief executive in the league's history.
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When he replaced the retiring Will Harridge, who became board chairman, Joe Cronin moved the league's headquarters from Chicago to Boston.
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Joe Cronin served as AL president until December 31,1973, when he was succeeded by Lee MacPhail.
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However, in 1966, Joe Cronin was hailed for integrating MLB's umpiring staff with the promotion of veteran minor league arbiter Emmett Ashford to the American League.
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Joe Cronin came to Fenway Park for one of his last public appearances when his jersey number 4 was retired by the Red Sox on May 29,1984.
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Joe Cronin died at the age of 77 on September 7,1984, at his home in Osterville, Massachusetts.
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Joe Cronin is buried in St Francis Xavier Cemetery in nearby Centerville.
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