Jerold Hoffberger

During World War II, he served in the United States Army with the 1st Armored Division in Africa, France and Italy, where he was wounded near Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome.

In 1953, when the St. Louis Browns of baseball's American League wanted to move to Baltimore, the nearby Washington Senators, led by Clark Griffith, objected to the potential encroachment on their market.

[4] Looking to sell his ballclub and brewery, Hoffberger engaged in talks for three months with the Labatt Brewing Company, which was attempting to entice a major-league franchise to move to Toronto.

[5][6] Hoffberger cast the lone dissenting ballot when the American League cowners voted to award the Toronto expansion franchise to an investment group led by Labatt on March 26, 1976.

He had arranged the only other competing bid, which was fronted by Phil Granovsky, chairman of the Atlantic Packaging Company, and had the potential financial support of Carling's advertising money, but the attempt wasn't successful due to the Labatt's group having nearly purchased the San Francisco Giants with the intention of transferring it to Toronto.

"[2] Hoffberger sold his controlling interest in the Orioles to Edward Bennett Williams for $12 million on August 2, 1979,[8] with the transaction being approved unanimously by American League team owners 11+1⁄2 weeks later on October 22.

The Orioles in his final year of ownership fell one victory short of winning the 1979 World Series, set a new franchise season attendance record and earned a $1.5 million profit.