Connie Mack
FameRank: 6

"As Player"

* Washington Nationals (1886-1889)/Washington Nationals (1886–1889)

* Buffalo Bisons (1890)/Buffalo Bisons (1890)

* Pittsburgh Pirates (1891–1896)

"As Manager"

* Pittsburgh Pirates (1894–1896)

* Oakland Athletics/Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1950)

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*5× World Series champion (1910 World Series/1910, 1911 World Series/1911, 1913 World Series/1913, 1929 World Series/1929, 1930 World Series/1930)

*Managerial record: 3,731–3,948 (.486)

*Most managerial wins, losses and games managed in major league history

*Part-owner of Philadelphia Athletics 1901–1936, full owner 1936–1954

/hofdate=Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937/1937

/hofmethod=Veterans Committee

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"Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr."

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You can't win them all.

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

After all my years, there are two things I've never got used to - haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he's got to go back.

There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.

Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.

The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change.

I never saw a man who juggled his [Casey Stengel] lineup so much and who played so many hunches so successfully."