John Quinn (baseball executive), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Quinn (baseball executive)

American baseball executive

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1976

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John Quinn (baseball executive)

  • John Jacob Quinn (April 1, 1908 – September 20, 1976) was an American executive in Major League Baseball.
  • His career spanned over 40 years and included almost 28 full seasons as a general manager in the National League for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.
  • He produced three National League pennants and one World Series championship during his 1945–58 tenure with the Braves. Quinn was a member of one of the game's most prominent multi-generational families.
  • During the era between the end of World War I and the end of World War II, his father, J.
  • A.
  • Robert Quinn, held various senior management and ownership positions in baseball: business manager of the St.
  • Louis Browns, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and owner/general manager of both the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves.
  • John J.
  • Quinn's son, son-in-law and grandson have also been senior baseball executives.
  • Quinn was born in Columbus, Ohio, during the period when his father was the president and business manager of the minor league Columbus Senators.

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