R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.

Deceased Person

1915 – 1990

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Who was R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.?

Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, Jr. was an owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies of American Major League Baseball. When he took command of the Phils, in November 1943 after his father purchased the franchise, Carpenter became the youngest club president in baseball history, and he became principal owner upon his father's death in 1949. "Bob" Carpenter, as he was known in baseball, would serve as president of the Phillies until 1972, when his son, Ruly, succeeded him.

The Carpenter family owned the Phillies from 1943–81, winning National League championships in 1950 and 1980, National League East Division titles in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1980, and the team's first World Series title in 1980. Distressed by the free-spending, free-agent era of the day, and anticipating the 1981 baseball strike, the Carpenters sold the Phils months after their World Series triumph. The team made the 1981 playoffs, and won the 1983 NL pennant under its new owners.

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Born
Aug 31, 1915
Education
  • Duke University
Died
1990

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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