Harvey Lennox Watkins (June 14, 1869 – April 29, 1949) was a
manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities ...
in
Major League Baseball
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. In the season, with the
New York Giants he was the club's manager. During his lone season as manager, he led the Giants to 18 wins, with 17 losses in 35 games.
He was born in
Seneca Falls, New York
Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 8,942 at the 2020 census.
The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva, New York, in the nor ...
and died in
Harrow, England in 1949. Watkins married an English woman and they eventually moved to England. Watkins and his wife both died when their furnace malfunctioned.
See also
*
San Francisco Giants general managers and managers
External links
Baseball-Reference manager page
1869 births
1949 deaths
New York Giants (NL) managers
People from Seneca Falls, New York
American emigrants to England
Accidental deaths in London
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