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Hank Peters
Henry John Peters (September 16, 1924 – January 4, 2015) was an American professional baseball executive who held senior management positions for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball between and . During his dozen years as general manager of the Orioles (1976–87), Baltimore won two American League pennants (in and ) and the 1983 World Series championship. Peters was named ''The Sporting News'' Executive of the Year after both pennant-winning seasons.
In addition, as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (1972–75), Peters was the chief executive of minor league baseball and helped it survive one of the worst crises in its history.〔
The native of St. Louis, Missouri, spent more than 40 years in organized baseball.
==Baseball career==
Peters served in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. After the war, he joined the St. Louis Browns (ancestors of the modern Baltimore Orioles) after answering a newspaper advertisement, and eventually worked his way into their scouting department. When the Browns left St. Louis for Baltimore after the season, Peters stayed in the Midwest. He spent 1954 as general manager of the Burlington Bees of the Class B Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, then joined the front office of the Kansas City Athletics, newly transplanted from Philadelphia.〔(Minor League Baseball official website )〕
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