Warren Giles
Warren Crandall Giles (
28 May,
1896 -
7 February,
1979) was an
American executive in
Major League Baseball.
Giles served as an infantry officer in
France during
World War I.
Giles was elected president of the
Moline, Illinois baseball club in the
Three-I League in 1919 and began a 50-year career in baseball that saw him rise all the way to the presidency of the
National League. Giles also served as team president of the
Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1951, a tenure that included pennants in 1939 and 1940. During his 18-year reign as chief of the National League (1951 to 1969), he presided over several historic events, including the birth of expansion baseball, several franchise moves, and the construction of numerous new stadiums.
He was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in
1979, shortly after his death in Cincinnati at age 82. Giles is interred in Riverside Cemetery in Moline, Illinois. The
National League Championship Series Trophy is named in his honor.
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