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Calvin Robertson Griffith (December 1, 1911 – October 20, 1999), born Calvin Griffith Robertson, was a Canadian-born American Major League Baseball team owner. As president, majority owner and de facto general manager of the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise of the American League from 1955 through 1984, he orchestrated the transfer of the Senators after 60 years in Washington, D ...
Calvin Griffith inherited the team from uncle and family patriarch Clark Griffith in 1956 and moved it to the Twin Cities in 1961. Pohlad bought the team for $43.5 million—$32 million for the controlling 52% stake held by Calvin and his sister, Thelma Griffith Haynes, and $11.5 million for minority owner H. Gabriel Murphy's 40.4% interest.
Clark Calvin Griffith was born on November 20, 1869, in Clear Creek, Missouri, to Isaiah and Sarah Anne Griffith. His parents were of Welsh ancestry. They had lived in Illinois before Clark Griffith's birth. The family took a covered wagon west toward the Oklahoma Territory. Along the way, the family encountered hungry and disenchanted people ...
The family has hired Allen & Company, a New York-based investment bank, to direct the process. ... The Twins moved to Minnesota in 1961 after Washington Senators owner Calvin Griffith moved the ...
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Thelma Mae Griffith Haynes (July 25, 1913 – October 15, 1995) [1] was a Canadian–American club owner (1955–84) in Major League Baseball.. Born Thelma Mae Robertson to Scottish parents in Montréal, Québec, [2] she was the niece of Clark Griffith, a former star pitcher who became manager (1912–20) and then principal owner and president of the Washington Senators (1920 until his death ...
Calvin Griffith; Howard Fox; Andy MacPhail (1985-1994; Won WS in 1987 and 1991) Terry Ryan (1995-2007, again from 2012) Bill Smith (2008-2011) Terry Ryan (after first ...
Joe’s grandfather, Carl, led the initial purchase of the team in 1984 from the Griffith family for more than $35 million. The franchise relocated from Washington, D.C. to Minnesota and changed ...