William Louis Veeck Sr. (January 20, 1876 – October 5, 1933) was an American sportswriter and baseball executive.
Veeck was a Chicago American sportswriter working under the pseudonym Bill Bailey before Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr. hired him to be vice-president of the baseball club in 1917.
[1] Having won the National League pennant in 1918, Wrigley promoted him to president of the club in July 1919.
Bill owned the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians.
His grandson Mike Veeck is also a minor league baseball executive.