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Marvin Milkes was born on 10 August, 1923, is an A 20th-century American businesspeople. Discover Marvin Milkes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Occupation Sports executive
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 10 August, 1923
Birthday 10 August
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Date of death 1982
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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1923

Marvin Milkes (August 10, 1923 – January 31, 1982) was an American front office executive in three professional sports: Major League Baseball, soccer, and hockey.

He is perhaps best known as the first general manager in the history of baseball's Seattle Pilots and—when that franchise was transferred after its only season in the Pacific Northwest—Milwaukee Brewers.

1946

Milkes' baseball career began in 1946 when he became an executive with minor league affiliates in the St. Louis Cardinals' vast farm system.

1956

He won The Sporting News' Minor League Executive of the Year Award (Lower Classification) in 1956 as general manager of the Fresno Cardinals of the Class C California League.

1957

Beginning in 1957, he was the GM of the San Antonio Missions, then the Double-A Texas League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.

1958

When the Orioles dropped the affiliation after the 1958 season, Milkes worked to keep the Missions franchise alive, securing a working agreement with the Chicago Cubs.

1961

In 1961, he joined the front office of one of the American League's first expansion teams, the Los Angeles Angels.

Serving as assistant general manager to Fred Haney, Milkes helped build the organization.

1965

One of his duties beginning in 1965 was to supervise its Triple-A club, the Seattle Angels of the Pacific Coast League, and when Seattle was granted an AL expansion team for 1969—the Pilots—Milkes was named its first general manager.

This group, headed by Bud Selig, wanted to bring baseball back to a city still smarting over the 1965 move of the Braves to Atlanta.

1968

Although he drafted many veterans from the 1968 expansion pool, Milkes also chose younger players who would go on to long and successful Major League careers—including Lou Piniella, Mike Marshall and Marty Pattin.

But his most famous acquisition was pitcher Jim Bouton, purchased from the New York Yankees during the 1968 season.

1969

Bouton would immortalize the 1969 Pilots in his memoir/diary Ball Four, and Milkes would not escape Bouton's scorn as an example of a baseball executive willing to deceive his players for the benefit of the club's ownership and management.

Bouton wrote on August 26, 1969, after Milkes had traded him to the Houston Astros: "As soon as a general manager says ['Now I want to be honest with you'], check your wallet. It's like Marvin Milkes telling you, 'We've always had a nice relationship.' The truth is general managers aren't honest with their players, and they have no relationship with them except a business one."

Unfortunately for Milkes, the Pilots' tenure in Seattle would be the shortest of any franchise in modern MLB history and Ball Four would be the team's lasting legacy.

The Pilots played in a former minor league facility, Sick's Stadium, that was intended only as a stopgap until a domed stadium could be built.

The team was outdrafted by its expansion twin, the Kansas City Royals, and finished last in the American League West Division, winning only 64 games and drawing only 678,000 fans.

They were also plagued by an unstable, undercapitalized ownership.

Dewey Soriano, the man who had won the franchise, couldn't pay the expansion fee and had to get help from former Cleveland Indians owner William R. Daley, who got almost half the stock in return.

By the end of the season, the Pilots had almost run out of money.

It was obvious that the Pilots would not be able to hold out long enough in Seattle for a new stadium to be built unless new owners were found.

It was also obvious that those new owners would have to move fast to build a new stadium, as Sick's Stadium was inadequate even for temporary use.

A local group was forced to withdraw when the Bank of California called a $4 million loan as part of debt from the Soriano-Daley group.

Another local group put together a nonprofit bid to buy the team, but this bid was rejected out of concerns it would devalue the other clubs.

Another, more traditional bid by the same people fronting the nonprofit group fell one vote short of approval.

The American League was concerned enough to appoint Roy Hamey as caretaker CEO and tasked him with watching over the foundering franchise.

It had tried to lure the Chicago White Sox to Milwaukee, and failed to land a National League expansion franchise in 1969.

MLB gave tentative approval for the sale to Selig's group, but the state of Washington got a temporary injunction to stop the sale.

In response, the Pilots filed for bankruptcy to forestall any further legal action.

1970

As the Pilots got ready for spring training in 1970, the only credible buyers who appeared on the horizon were bent on moving the Pilots to Milwaukee.

As spring training drew to a close, Pilots players and management were unsure whether to report to Seattle or Milwaukee to begin the 1970 season.

At the bankruptcy hearing, Milkes testified that the Pilots no longer had enough money to pay the coaches, players and office staff.

Had Milkes been more than 10 days late in paying the players, they would have all become free agents and left Seattle without a team for the 1970 season.

With this in mind, Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney C. Volinn declared the Pilots bankrupt on March 31—seven days before Opening Day—clearing the way for them to move to Milwaukee.

The team's equipment had been sitting in Provo, Utah with the drivers awaiting word on whether to drive toward Seattle or Milwaukee.

With the move being approved on such short notice, Selig and his syndicate were compelled to retain Milkes and the new manager he had just hired, Dave Bristol.

The Brewers took the field with the outline of the old Pilots logo clearly visible on their uniforms, and Milkes was allowed to finish the season—during which Milwaukee won 65 games (one more than the Pilots had won the previous year), finished fourth in the AL West, and attracted 933,000 fans.

Then, on December 17, 1970, Milkes turned in his resignation.

As it turned out, Milkes' resignation signaled the end of a 25-year baseball career.

1972

His next job, in February 1972, was as the first general manager in the history of the New York Raiders, a franchise in the upstart World Hockey Association.