Bill DeWitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill DeWitt

American sports executive

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1902

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1982

Profession: baseball manager

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Orville DeWitt Sr.
(August 3, 1902 — March 4, 1982) was an American professional baseball executive and club owner whose career in Major League Baseball spanned more than 60 years.
His son William Jr.
is currently the principal owner and managing partner of the St.
Louis Cardinals, while grandson William O.
DeWitt III is the Cardinals' president. The senior DeWitt grew up in St.
Louis.
One of his first jobs, in 1916, was selling soda pop at the St.
Louis Browns' home field, Sportsman's Park.
He began his formal baseball career with the Cardinals as a protégé of Branch Rickey, who moved from the Browns to the Redbirds late in 1916 and would become a legendary executive and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
As a young man, DeWitt received a law degree from Washington University in St.
Louis and became treasurer of the Cardinals. But DeWitt ultimately joined the Browns, the city's underdog American League team, in November 1936 as minority owner (initially in partnership with majority stockholder Donald Lee Barnes) and general manager.