Bowie K Kuhn Scrapbook : scrapbook, 1969.

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Bowie K Kuhn Scrapbook : scrapbook, 1969.

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A collection of newspaper articles and headlines of Bowie Kuhn's election as the new commissioner of Major League baseball. There is an article of Kuhn and his family at a New York Knick's basketball game with the tickets taped to the page. There is a photograph of the Kuhn children with Gil Hodges at the 1969 Mets training camp.

1 scrapbook (370mm x 320mm x 60mm)

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8208556

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Kuhn, Bowie, 1926-2007

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Bowie Kuhn was the Commissioner of Major League Baseball for three terms from 1969 to 1984. A lawyer by trade, Kuhn oversaw the introduction of free agency, the addition of six clubs, and World Series games played at night. He oversaw the game during a time of great labor conflict, including strikes in 1972, 1976 and 1981. He also intervened a number of times in the affairs of teams, most famously in 1976 by preventing Oakland Athletics owner Charles Finley from selling off three of his star pla...

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Office of the Commissioner (Baseball)

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