Nelson Doubleday Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNelson Doubleday Jr.
American baseball executive
Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1933
Place of Birth: Oyster Bay, New York, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jun-2015
Profession: publisher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Nelson Doubleday Jr.
- Nelson Doubleday Jr.
- (July 20, 1933 – June 17, 2015) was the owner and the next-to-last President and CEO of Doubleday and Company (1978-1985, succeeded by James R.
- McLaughlin, 1985-1986) before its sale to Bertelsmann A.G.
- in 1986.
- He was instrumental in the company's purchase of the New York Mets in 1980.After selling Doubleday Publishing, he bought a 50 percent stake in the New York Mets in his own name, with team president Fred Wilpon buying the remaining 50 percent.
- Doubleday remained Chairman of the Board of the Mets, a post which he had held since 1980.
- Doubleday sold his interest in the New York Mets to Wilpon and Wilpon's family, in an acrimonious transaction in 2002 that saw a dispute over the team's value.
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