News: Managers and Executives Named to Hall of Fame

The Veterans Committee announced today that it has named  five new members to the Baseball Hall of Fame. They are:

• Manager Dick Williams who won the two World Series with Oakland (1972 and 1973) and pennants with Boston (1967) and San Diego (1985).
• Manager Billy Southworth who won the Series twice with the Cardinals (1942 and 1944).
• Commisioner (1969 - 1984) Bowie Kuhn  who defended the reserve clause against Curt Flood and had a reputation for being hard on players who abused drugs.
• Owner Walter O'Malley who moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to LA in 1958.
• Owner Barney Dreyfuss who built the first modern steel-frame triple-tier stadium, Forbes Field, for his Pirates in 1909.

On the ballot but unselected were Whitey Herzog who won the Series with the Cardinals in 1982 and Marvin Miller, former head of the players' association.

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