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Roy Hamey | |
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![]() Hamey, circa 1950 | |
Born | Havana, Illinois, U.S. | June 9, 1902
Died | December 14, 1983 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Baseball executive, scout |
Years active | 1925–1983 |
Henry Roy Hamey (June 9, 1902 – December 14, 1983) was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). A longtime employee of the New York Yankees, he was appointed the club's general manager in November 1960. Inheriting a pennant-winner from his predecessor, George Weiss, he maintained the Yankees' dominant position in MLB by producing three additional American League champions and two World Series champions in three full seasons before retiring in the autumn of 1963. Hamey also spent nine years as the general manager of two National League franchises, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies, during the period between 1947 and 1958.