Joseph Lannin
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Joseph John Lannin was a Québécois and Canadian-born American baseball entrepreneur. He was the sole owner of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball for most of the 1914 through 1916 seasons, dur
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Boston Red Sox in 1916
Paul Lannin & Dorothy, Ban Johnson, J.J. Lannin & wife at the 1916 World Series
Harry Frazee
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Harry Herbert Frazee was an American theatrical agent, producer, and director, and owner of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox from 1916 to 1923. He is well known for selling Babe Ruth to the New
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…year he purchased the rights to bring Babe Ruth to Boston. The team went on to win the World Series in 1915 and 1916. Lannin sold the team in 1917 to Harry Frazee for $675,000. He was quoted as saying, "I am too much of a fan to be an owner." With the profit made from the sale of his team, he continued to invest…
Frazee in 1916
From left, Jacob Ruppert, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, Frazee, and Edward J. Flynn at Yankee Stadium in 1923
Harry Frazee's grave in Kensico Cemetery
The inscription on Harry Frazee's tomb