Thomas Clarence Noyes (c. 1868 – August 21, 1912) was an American newspaper editor and baseball executive who was a co-owner of the Washington Senators of the American League with Ban Johnson from 1904 until his death.
Noyes a son of Crosby Stuart Noyes, and was an editor, part-owner, and publisher of the Washington Evening Star when he bought the club from Ban Johnson and Fred Postal. The team was an also-ran for most of his tenure, the only highlight being the acquisition of Walter Johnson in 1907. Things really didn't turn around until Clark Griffith took over as manager in 1912.
From 1896 to 1904, Noyes owned Ingleside, an 1851 villa designed by Thomas Ustick Walter in the modern-day Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
Noyes died suddenly in 1912 of pneumonia at a Washington, D.C. hospital. He was 44.
The Senators were later sold to a group headed by Griffith in 1919.
References
- "Ingleside, 1818 Newton Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- "Thomas C. Noyes Died Suddenly", Waterloo Evening Courier, Wednesday, August 21, 1912, Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
- "Thomas Noyes, of Washington, Dead". Printers' Ink. Vol. 80, no. 9. August 29, 1912. p. 70.
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