Kathy Pinna
Eddie Chiles Obituary
Former Rangers owner Chiles dies at age 83
(from The Atlanta Constitution) on August 24, 1993:
Fort Worth, Texas - Eddie Chiles, former owner of the Texas Rangers, died Sunday night of natural causes at his Fort Worth home. He was 83. He had been in failing health for several years.
Enormously successful in the oil business, Chiles thought when he bouth the Rangers in 1980 from Fort Worth businessman Brad Corbett that he could apply oil patch wisdom to baseball. He instituted sweeping changes in the Rangers' approach, supervising the segmenting of baseball and business operations and trying to institue a management approach that had served him well in business. He ran off managers and got involved in some bad trades. The Rangers never clicked, and Chiles kept getting madder and sadder.
With the Rangers, Chiles discovered that fielding a winning team could be one dry hold after another. He sold the club in 1989 to the current owners, led by George W. Bush, son of former President George Bush. Members of the Rangers will wear Chiles' initials on the sleeves of their uniform jerseys for the remainder of the season, Bush said.
The flag in front of Arlington Stadium will fly at half staff for the next three days, and the Rangers will observe a moment for Chiles before tonight's game with Boston in Arlington Stadium. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Survivors include his wife, Fran Chiles, children, Jerry Edmond Chiles of Houston and Carol Ann Ballard of Houston; brother Clay Chiles of Houston; and two sisters, Charlotte Lewis of Dallas and June Daugherty of Philadelphia.
(from The Atlanta Constitution) on August 24, 1993:
Fort Worth, Texas - Eddie Chiles, former owner of the Texas Rangers, died Sunday night of natural causes at his Fort Worth home. He was 83. He had been in failing health for several years.
Enormously successful in the oil business, Chiles thought when he bouth the Rangers in 1980 from Fort Worth businessman Brad Corbett that he could apply oil patch wisdom to baseball. He instituted sweeping changes in the Rangers' approach, supervising the segmenting of baseball and business operations and trying to institue a management approach that had served him well in business. He ran off managers and got involved in some bad trades. The Rangers never clicked, and Chiles kept getting madder and sadder.
With the Rangers, Chiles discovered that fielding a winning team could be one dry hold after another. He sold the club in 1989 to the current owners, led by George W. Bush, son of former President George Bush. Members of the Rangers will wear Chiles' initials on the sleeves of their uniform jerseys for the remainder of the season, Bush said.
The flag in front of Arlington Stadium will fly at half staff for the next three days, and the Rangers will observe a moment for Chiles before tonight's game with Boston in Arlington Stadium. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Survivors include his wife, Fran Chiles, children, Jerry Edmond Chiles of Houston and Carol Ann Ballard of Houston; brother Clay Chiles of Houston; and two sisters, Charlotte Lewis of Dallas and June Daugherty of Philadelphia.
Date & Place:
in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia United States
