Barney Dreyfuss
Hall of fame inductee
1865 – 1932
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Who was Barney Dreyfuss?
Bernhard "Barney" Dreyfuss was an executive in Major League Baseball who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise from 1900 to his death.
He is often credited with the creation of the modern baseball World Series. He also built one of baseball's first modern steel and concrete baseball parks, Forbes Field, in 1909. During his period of ownership, the Pirates won six National League pennants and World Series titles in 1909 and 1925; only the New York Giants won more NL championships during the same period.
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- Born
- Feb 23, 1865
Freiburg im Breisgau - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Died
- Feb 5, 1932
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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