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Lumber baron William D. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season. [1]
Jun 30, 1998 · A week or so later, a syndicate put together by lumber broker William D. Cox, a wealthy New Yorker out of Yale, purchased the Phillies from the National League for approximately $250,000. On paper, Cox and his group looked like just the sort of well-endowed ownership that the Phillies had long needed, but within a year Cox himself had been ...
Nov 24, 2006 · In a relatively brief two-page aside to his discussion of his 1946 signing of Larry Doby, Veeck revealed that during World War II he had approached beleaguered Phillies owner Gerry Nugent and made arrangements to purchase the club.
The longest-tenured owner is Bob Carpenter, Jr., who was the team's primary shareholder from 1943 to 1972. He appointed the team's first general manager, Herb Pennock, during his tenure.
NamePositionTenurePresident of Baseball Operations2020-presentPresident2016–2020Owner2015–presentPresident2015Sep 27, 2024 · Robert Carpenter became the new owner of the team in 1943. Accordingly, a contest was held to re-name the team and the team was renamed “The Philadelphia Blue Jays” based on the responses....
Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter Jr. (August 31, 1915 – July 8, 1990) was an owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies of American Major League Baseball. When he took command of the Phillies in November 1943 after his father and he purchased the franchise, the 28-year-old Carpenter became the youngest club president in baseball history.
Dec 7, 2015 · William Cox was 33 at the time, and the youngest owner in the league. He signaled a new beginning for the franchise when he announced that they were going to be called the "Blue Jays" from here...
