11 Facts About Lee MacPhail

Larry and Lee MacPhail are the only father-and-son pair to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Son Lee MacPhail III had begun a career in baseball and was an executive with the Reading Phillies of the Eastern League upon his untimely death at age 27 in an automobile accident on February 18,1969.

Lee MacPhail graduated from Swarthmore College and entered baseball in his father's Brooklyn Dodger organization, became business manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1942, then served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Lee MacPhail joined the Yankees when Larry MacPhail became a co-owner of the team in 1945.

Younger Lee MacPhail rose through the Yankees system, eventually becoming farm system director in the late 1940s and contributing to the organization's seven World Series championships from 1949 to 1958.

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Lee MacPhail then moved to the Baltimore Orioles front office as general manager and, later, club president.

Lee MacPhail oversaw the league's 1977 expansion to 14 teams with the creation of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, and was credited with bringing an end to the 1981 baseball strike when he stepped in for the owners to handle stalled negotiations.

Lee MacPhail played a major role in the Pine Tar Incident in 1983, where he ruled on a protested game stemming from a home run that had been taken away from Kansas City Royals slugger George Brett.

Lee MacPhail lived in Delray Beach, Florida, where he died November 8,2012, at his home.

Lee MacPhail was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998, joining his father Larry MacPhail, who had been elected in 1978, as the only father and son members.

Lee MacPhail had spent 1966 as assistant to the Commissioner of Baseball prior to taking over the Yankees' general manager post.