{"id":182021,"date":"2025-10-26T19:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=182021"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:21:55","slug":"barney-dreyfuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/barney-dreyfuss\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Dreyfuss, a Jewish Under-the-Radar Baseball Hall of Famer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ask a Jewish baseball fan which members of the tribe reached the sport\u2019s Hall of Fame, and the names of slugger Hank Greenberg and pitcher Sandy Koufax will surely be uttered before the query is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mention that the shrine in Cooperstown, N.Y., added a third Jewish member in 2008, and anticipate quizzical looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may be because the Hall of Famer in question, Barney Dreyfuss, died 93 years ago and wasn\u2019t a player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss owned the Pittsburgh Pirates for three decades, with the team winning the National League pennant six times and the World Series twice during his tenure. Plenty of owners have presided over teams earning two or more championships during professional baseball\u2019s 150 seasons of existence, so that\u2019s not what paved Dreyfuss\u2019s path to Cooperstown. (Fewer than 10 owners are in the Hall of Fame.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-462x600.jpg\" alt=\"Barney Dreyfuss 1909\" class=\"wp-image-182043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-462x600.jpg 462w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1-1578x2048.jpg 1578w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Barney_Dreyfuss_1909-1.jpg 1874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barney Dreyfuss, the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With Major League Baseball\u2019s championship between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers now underway, now is a good time to consider that Dreyfuss helped to launch the World Series, pitting the champions of the National League and American League. The first World Series was held in 1903, matching Dreyfuss\u2019s Pirates and the A.L.\u2019s Boston Americans (later known as the Red Sox). Boston took the crown, defeating Pittsburgh five games to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MLB\u2019s official historian John Thorn sees the \u201cfirst\u201d designation as nuanced, since the World Series wasn\u2019t institutionalized until two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost fans believe that Dreyfuss came up with the idea of the \u2018first World Series\u2019 in 1903, but that was merely an agreement between the Pittsburgh and Boston clubs. The first World Series that reflected an agreement between the American and National leagues did not come until 1905,\u201d Thorn said. (A championship series wasn\u2019t played in 1904.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss\u2019s Hall of Fame plaque is vague, stating that he was \u201cone of the founding fathers of the modern World Series.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss\u2019s other notable accomplishments included the building in 1909 of Forbes Field, one of baseball\u2019s first two steel-and-concrete stadiums (Shibe Park opened two months earlier cross-state in Philadelphia), a shift from the sport\u2019s prevailing wooden architecture that witnessed numerous fires. Another Dreyfuss stadium innovation that remains standard was the construction of ramps to ease the daily egress of tens of thousands of fans. Dreyfuss named the building not for himself, as owners of the time tended to do, but in memory of John Forbes, a British brigadier general whose capture of a French fort led to Pittsburgh\u2019s founding. The Pirates won their first World Series in Forbes Field\u2019s inaugural season.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Left_field_bleachers_at_Forbes_Field_in_Pittsburgh-753x600.jpg\" alt=\"Left Field Bleachers At Forbes Field In Pittsburgh\" class=\"wp-image-182063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Left_field_bleachers_at_Forbes_Field_in_Pittsburgh-753x600.jpg 753w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Left_field_bleachers_at_Forbes_Field_in_Pittsburgh-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Left_field_bleachers_at_Forbes_Field_in_Pittsburgh-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Left_field_bleachers_at_Forbes_Field_in_Pittsburgh.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left field bleachers at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the Detroit Publishing Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss also took a leading role in plotting the schedule of games in both leagues; pushed to appoint a commissioner of baseball, a position that\u2019s been in place since 1920; and was an early advocate of interleague games, a radical notion not incorporated until 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Antisemites.jpg\" alt=\"Antisemites\" class=\"wp-image-182034\" style=\"width:553px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Antisemites.jpg 399w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Antisemites-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This article points to Barney Dreyfuss&#8217;s objections to on-field advertising in response to antisemitic accusations regarding the &#8220;intense covetousness of Jews.&#8221; From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/hebstd\/1921\/09\/02\/01\/article\/12\/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1\">the September 2, 1921 edition of <em>The Hebrew Standard<\/em><\/a>, the Historical Jewish Press Collection at the National Library of Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was the first person, who was not a player, who was a major force in baseball. He was shrewd [and was] one of the first people to show that baseball could be a viable business,\u201d said Brian Martin, author of a 2021 biography, <em>Barney Dreyfuss: Pittsburgh\u2019s Baseball Titan<\/em>. \u201cHe was a pioneer in terms of the modern World Series and the commissioner. His imprint on the game, his legacy, is lasting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss\u2019 path to team ownership and, eventually, the Hall of Fame is intriguing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/jweekly\/1970\/04\/10\/article\/175\/?srpos=2&amp;e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI-Barney+Dreyfuss+-------------1\">Dreyfuss was born in 1865 in Freiburg in what would become part of Germany.<\/a> His relatives in Paducah, Kentucky, arranged Dreyfuss\u2019s immigration to the United States in 1881, where he worked as an accountant at their distillery. Dreyfuss\u2019s doctor recommended that he get exercise by playing baseball; it was his first exposure to the sport. After moving with the company to Louisville, Dreyfuss became a part-owner and later full owner of the Colonels baseball team. When the N.L. eliminated the Colonels and three other franchises after the 1899 season, Dreyfuss bought a half-share of the Pirates and transferred Louisville\u2019s best players \u2014 including shortstop Honus Wagner, still considered among the greatest baseball players ever \u2014 to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1899.jpg\" alt=\"1899\" class=\"wp-image-182037\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1899.jpg 466w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1899-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/ymhachronicler\/1925\/11\/01\/01\/page\/4\/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1\">the November 1, 1925 edition of <em>The Y.M.H.A. Chronicler<\/em><\/a>, the Historical Jewish Press Collection at the National Library of Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Louisville-Pittsburgh machinations demonstrated Dreyfuss\u2019s \u201cmaking lemonade from lemons\u201d and constitute \u201chis true legacy,\u201d said Thorn, who also was born in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Germany.jpg\" alt=\"Germany\" class=\"wp-image-182031\" style=\"width:601px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Germany.jpg 451w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Germany-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Germans had not yet arrived at the point where they could indulge in the democracy demanded by baseball&#8221; &#8211; An abstute observation by Barney Dreyfuss, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/cgs\/1926\/07\/16\/01\/article\/120\/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1\">the July 16, 1926 edition of <em>The Sentinel<\/em><\/a>, the Historical Jewish Press Collection at the National Library of Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dreyfuss was known to bet on horses and frequent racetracks. In one of several books he authored about the era, Pittsburgh historian Ronald Waldo discussed the team\u2019s feud with the New York Giants, an N.L. rival. The quarrel was inflamed, he wrote, by Giants manager John McGraw\u2019s falsely disparaging Dreyfuss for accruing gambling debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/chncijn\/1932\/03\/04\/01\/article\/2\/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1\">article appearing in Denver\u2019s <em>Intermountain Jewish News<\/em><\/a> a month after Dreyfuss\u2019s death stated that his \u201cname, word, ethics or sportsmanship were never questioned.\u201d The article below appeared in <em>The Sentinel<\/em>, a Chicago Jewish paper:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Praise-in-Obituary-557x600.jpg\" alt=\"Praise In Obituary\" class=\"wp-image-182028\" style=\"width:803px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Praise-in-Obituary-557x600.jpg 557w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Praise-in-Obituary-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Praise-in-Obituary.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/newspapers\/cgs\/1932\/02\/12\/01\/article\/16\/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1\">the February 12, 1932 edition of <em>The Sentinel<\/em><\/a>, the Historical Jewish Press Collection at the National Library of Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Pirates, now two stadiums removed from the long-razed Forbes Field, this season celebrated the centennial of the second of Dreyfuss\u2019s World Series-winning teams. That 1925 club is notable as the first to recover from a 3-games-to-1 deficit, defeating one of baseball\u2019s legendary pitchers, the Washington Senators\u2019 Walter Johnson, in the deciding Game 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a telephone interview, Waldo called the 1925 Pirates a \u201cforgotten team\u201d in the sport\u2019s annals. Something similar can be said about Dreyfuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great that he finally got inducted\u201d to the Hall of Fame, Waldo remarked. \u201cI think he should have gotten elected a lot sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Writer-editor Hillel Kuttler can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:hk@HillelTheScribeCommunications.com\"><em>hk@HillelTheScribeCommunications.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German immigrant arrived in America in 1881 and left an imprint on its national pastime, including launching the World Series 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