Benjamin Minor (baseball)

[1] In 1904, he joined a syndicate headed by Washington Star owner Thomas C. Noyes that bought the Senators from Fred Postal.

[2] When Noyes died late in the 1912 season, the board named Minor as his successor.

Minor and the other owners were not willing to let Griffith spend money to improve the team on the field.

The Senators had risen to second in Griffith's first year as manager, but hadn't been able to sustain that pace.

[3] By 1919, however, Minor felt he could no longer devote attention to the Senators, and sold his stake to Griffith and Philadelphia grain magnate William Richardson in late 1919.