John Jacob Quinn was an American executive in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 and a member of one of the game's most celebrated 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

Bob Quinn (baseball)

James Aloysius Robert Quinn was an American executive in Major League Baseball who became renowned for his management of four different franchises....

, held various senior management and ownership positions in baseball: business manager of the St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

, general manager

General manager (baseball)

In Major League Baseball, the general manager of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the ballclub during contract discussions with players....

 of the Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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, and owner/general manager of both the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 and Boston Braves

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....

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John Quinn served as general manager of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....

 from 1945 to 1958 following his father's 1945 retirement, winning three National League

National League

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 pennants and one World Series

World Series

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 championship in 1957

1957 World Series

The 1957 World Series featured the defending champions, the New York Yankees , playing against the Milwaukee Braves . After finishing just one game behind the N.L. Champion Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956, the Braves came back in 1957 to win their first pennant since moving from Boston in 1953...

. He then spent another 14 seasons (1959-72) as GM of the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

, where he rebuilt the Phils from cellar-dwellers to NL contenders, and (in his final trade) acquired future Hall of Fame pitcher

Pitcher

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 Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

Steven Norman Carlton , nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965-1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards...

 from the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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John's son Bob was a longtime executive in the game and served as general manager of the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

, Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

, and San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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; another son, Jack, spent many years in the front office of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 and also served as GM of the St. Louis Blues franchise in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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. John's daughter Margo is married to longtime baseball executive Roland Hemond

Roland Hemond

Roland Hemond is a longtime executive in Major League Baseball who in 2007 returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks as Special Assistant to the President, Derrick Hall...

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