Ryan Ryan (died 1958) was an important minor league baseball figure. At that level, he played, managed, served as a team owner and league president, and worked in multiple team front offices. At the major league level, he scouted for the

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, Ryan played from 1906 to 1910, from 1912 to 1916 and in 1922. In 1910, he was a

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- on the

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active roster to begin the season, he did not appear in a game with the team. Overall, he played in 684 games and, according to available statistics, usually batted around the

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. He often served as a player-manager. As manager, he led the

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(1912),

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(1913),

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(1913), Rocky Mountain Carolinians (1915), Rocky Mountain Tar Heels (1916-1917),

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(1921-1922),

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(1934), Allentown Brooks (1935),

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(1936),

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(1942) and

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(1948). He led the Carolinians to a

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championship victory in 1915. In 1931, he was part-owner of the Richmond team - he also served as the team's business manager for a time. In 1937, he was elected president of the Mountain State League. He also served as president of the

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and

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- he was president of all three leagues at the same time. He died on August 9, 1958, in

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. Ryan was inducted posthumously into the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame (

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) in 2014. His granddaughter Nancy Foye-Cox accepted the award on his behalf.

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