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'''Detroit''' 1920-December 28, 1928: Frank Navin (50%) and Walter Briggs and John Kelsey (50%) (3) (66)<br> | '''Detroit''' 1920-December 28, 1928: Frank Navin (50%) and Walter Briggs and John Kelsey (50%) (3) (66)<br> | ||
'''Detroit''' December 28, 1928-1935: Frank Navin (50%) and Walter Briggs (50%) (176) <br> | '''Detroit''' December 28, 1928-1935: Frank Navin (50%) and Walter Briggs (50%) (176) <br> | ||
- | '''Detroit''' 1935- | + | '''Detroit''' 1935-1952: Walter Briggs (3)<br> |
- | '''Detroit''' 1952-October 1, 1956: Walter Briggs estate (3)(178 | + | '''Detroit''' 1952-October 1, 1956: Walter Briggs estate (3)(178)<br> |
'''Detroit''' October 1, 1956-October 1960: Syndicate led by John Fetzer (3) (80) (178)<br> | '''Detroit''' October 1, 1956-October 1960: Syndicate led by John Fetzer (3) (80) (178)<br> | ||
'''Detroit''' October 1960-1983: Fetzer Broadcasting Co. (74) <br> | '''Detroit''' October 1960-1983: Fetzer Broadcasting Co. (74) <br> | ||
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'''Brooklyn''' January 1892-January 1898: Ferdinand Abell (51%), Charles Byrne (12%), Players League team owners (37%) (101) (102)<br> | '''Brooklyn''' January 1892-January 1898: Ferdinand Abell (51%), Charles Byrne (12%), Players League team owners (37%) (101) (102)<br> | ||
'''Brooklyn''' 1898: Ferdinand Abell and Charles Ebbets (88%), estate of Charles Byrne (12%) (103)<br> | '''Brooklyn''' 1898: Ferdinand Abell and Charles Ebbets (88%), estate of Charles Byrne (12%) (103)<br> | ||
- | '''Brooklyn''' 1899- | + | '''Brooklyn''' 1899-1902: Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von Der Horst, Charles Ebbets, and Ned Hanlon (3)<br> |
- | '''Brooklyn''' | + | '''Brooklyn''' 1902-1912: Charles Ebbets (3)<br> |
- | + | '''Brooklyn''' 1912-1925: Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Steve McKeever (3)<br> | |
- | '''Brooklyn''' 1912-1925: Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Steve McKeever (3 | + | |
'''Brooklyn''' 1925-1944: Ebbets and McKeever families (3)<br> | '''Brooklyn''' 1925-1944: Ebbets and McKeever families (3)<br> | ||
'''Brooklyn''' 1944-1945: Ebbets family, Mrs. Jim Mulvey, Walter O'Malley group (O'Malley, Branch Rickey, and John L. Smith)(177) (3)<br> | '''Brooklyn''' 1944-1945: Ebbets family, Mrs. Jim Mulvey, Walter O'Malley group (O'Malley, Branch Rickey, and John L. Smith)(177) (3)<br> | ||
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'''Hartford''' 1876-1877: Morgan Bulkley (3)<br><br> | '''Hartford''' 1876-1877: Morgan Bulkley (3)<br><br> | ||
- | '''Houston''' 1962-1963: Houston Sports Association, Craig | + | '''Houston''' 1962-1963: Houston Sports Association, Craig Culinen principal, 12 stockholders (3) (74)<br> |
'''Houston''' 1963-1965: Houston Sports Association, R. E. Smith principal, owned 63% in 1965 (121)<br> | '''Houston''' 1963-1965: Houston Sports Association, R. E. Smith principal, owned 63% in 1965 (121)<br> | ||
- | '''Houston''' 1965-June 1975: Houston Sports Association, Roy Hofheinz majority owner (121). By June 1975 Astrodomain Corp., wholly owned by Hofheinz family, owned 98% of Houston Sports Authority (122)<br> | + | '''Houston''' 1965-June 1975: Houston Sports Association, Roy Hofheinz majority owner (121). By June 1975 Astrodomain Corp., wholly owned by Hofheinz family, owned 98% by June 1975 of Houston Sports Authority (122)<br> |
- | '''Houston''' June 1975-1979: Houston Sports Authority, owned by Astrodomain Corp., which was controlled by GE Credit Corp., Ford Motor Credit Corp., and HNC Realty (122 | + | '''Houston''' June 1975-1979: Houston Sports Authority, owned by Astrodomain Corp., which was controlled by GE Credit Corp., Ford Motor Credit Corp., and HNC Realty (122) (per (123) GE sold to Ford in November 1978 which became sole owner)<br> |
'''Houston''' 1979-November 1992: Houston Sports Authority, owned by Astrodomain Corp., owned by syndicate led by John McMullen (123)<br> | '''Houston''' 1979-November 1992: Houston Sports Authority, owned by Astrodomain Corp., owned by syndicate led by John McMullen (123)<br> | ||
'''Houston''' November 1992-1993: Drayton McLane (9) (124)<br><br> | '''Houston''' November 1992-1993: Drayton McLane (9) (124)<br><br> | ||
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'''New York (1)/San Francisco''' 1936-1976: National Exhibition Company, owned by Horace Stoneham (3) (127) NEC owned by Third Securities Company per 2/6/57 TSN p. 18<br> | '''New York (1)/San Francisco''' 1936-1976: National Exhibition Company, owned by Horace Stoneham (3) (127) NEC owned by Third Securities Company per 2/6/57 TSN p. 18<br> | ||
'''San Francisco''' 1976-1977: Bob Lurie (51%) and Bud Herseth (49%) (3)<br> | '''San Francisco''' 1976-1977: Bob Lurie (51%) and Bud Herseth (49%) (3)<br> | ||
- | '''San Francisco''' 1977- | + | '''San Francisco''' 1977-1992: Bob Lurie (3)<br> |
- | '''San Francisco''' | + | '''San Francisco''' 1992-1993: Syndicate led by Peter Magowan (3)<br><br> |
'''New York (2)''' 1962-1975: Joan Payson (3)<br> | '''New York (2)''' 1962-1975: Joan Payson (3)<br> | ||
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(176) Boston Globe, 12/31/1928, p. 5<br> | (176) Boston Globe, 12/31/1928, p. 5<br> | ||
(177) Spatz, Lyle, editor, <u>The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America</u>, 2012, University of Nebraska and the Society for American Baseball Research<br> | (177) Spatz, Lyle, editor, <u>The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America</u>, 2012, University of Nebraska and the Society for American Baseball Research<br> | ||
- | (178) | + | (178) Spoestra, Warren, "'Hard Work And Money' to be Placed Behind Team", Sporting News, p. 3<br> |
(179) Sporting Life, 10/22/1892, p. 10<br> | (179) Sporting Life, 10/22/1892, p. 10<br> | ||
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