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Knotty Lee, un v\u00e9ritable pionnier du baseball canadien qui s\u2019est impliqu\u00e9 comme joueur, g\u00e9rant, recruteur et dirigeant pendant pr\u00e8s de 50 ans. Il doit son surnom \u00e0 son p\u00e8re lorsque ce dernier a vu son lancer de la balle cassante faire beaucoup de mouvements en se dirigeant vers le marbre. D\u00e8s 1896 avec l\u2019Athletic Club de Toronto, le lanceur gaucher a connu du succ\u00e8s. Il a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 dans la Ligue New York State (de 1899 \u00e0 1901), la Ligue de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (1902 \u00e0 1906) et la Ligue de l\u2019Empire State (1907).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1911, il a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 cr\u00e9er la Ligue canadienne, la premi\u00e8re ligue de baseball professionnel au pays. Il a dirig\u00e9 les \u00e9quipes de Hamilton (1911 \u00e0 1913), Toronto (1914) et Guelph (1915). En 1919, il a mis sur pied la Ligue B Michigan-Ontario o\u00f9 il a g\u00e9r\u00e9 les \u00e9quipes de Brantford (1919 et 1920) et de London (1925). En 1921 et en 1922, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur avec les Maple Leafs de Toronto de la Ligue internationale. C\u2019est au cours de cette p\u00e9riode qu\u2019il a commercialis\u00e9 le gant de baseball \u00ab Knotty Lee Special \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 le g\u00e9rant de trois \u00e9quipes dans la Ligue de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et pr\u00e9sident des Tecumsehs de London (niveau D), il a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de la Ligue Can-Am en 1936. Au d\u00e9part, cette ligue comprenait des \u00e9quipes de l\u2019est de l\u2019Ontario et du nord de l\u2019\u00e9tat de New York. Elle a fonctionn\u00e9 pendant 13 saisons et des joueurs comme Bob Lemon, Al Rosen et le membre du Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du baseball canadien Dick Fowler y ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couverts. Knotty a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 recruteur, pendant plus de 20 ans, pour les Yankees de New York, les Tigers de D\u00e9troit et les Athletics de Philadelphie.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1049,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","featured":[],"induction_year":[143],"team":[205,23,646,169,648,159,183,200],"primary-position":[177,73,71,168,174],"class_list":["post-1047","hall-of-famer","type-hall-of-famer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","induction_year-143","team-brantford-red-sox","team-detroit-tigers","team-guelph-maple-leafs","team-hamilton","team-london-tecumsehs","team-new-york-yankees","team-philadelphia-athletics","team-toronto-maple-leafs","primary-position-builder","primary-position-executive","primary-position-manager","primary-position-player","primary-position-scout"],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Lee - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/hall-of-famer\/george-lee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Lee - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A true Canadian baseball pioneer, Knotty Lee devoted close to 50 years to the game as a player, manager, scout and league organizer. 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