Morrie Silver, (sculpture).

Morrie Silver, (sculpture).

Pejovic, Dejan, sculptor.

Morrie Silver, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 25, 2007.

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Sculpture: bronze.

(On plaque on front of base:) Morrie E. Silver / 1909-1974 / The man who saved Baseball for Rochester in 1957. Spearheading a stock drive, he and 8,221 others bought shares in the team in order to purchase the franchise and stadium from the St. Louis Cardinals. This sculpture symbolizes his desire to preserve baseball for the future generations of his beloved community. Silver Stadium, the former home of the Rochester Red Wings, was named in honor of Morrie Silver in 1968. The Red Wings played at Silver Stadium until 1997, their first season at Frontier Field. Sculptor Dejean Pejovic 2007

Morrie Silver stands beside a young fan dressed in his baseball uniform and cap, a bat held in front of him with his right hand, and his baseball glove on his left hand placed against his chest. Morrie Silver dressed in a suit and tie stands with his left hand in the pocket of his trousers and his right hand resting against the child's shoulder. The sculpture stands atop a small base at the main entrance to Frontier Field, the home or the Rochester Red Wings of the International League.

Portrait male -- Silver, Morrie -- Full length

Figure male -- Child

Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform

Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball

Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester

Administered by Rochester Red Wings, Rochester, New York

Located Frontier Field, Morrie Silver Way, Stadium entrance Rochester, New York

Memorial to Morrie Silver, a Rochester, New York businessman who preserved professional baseball in that city through a stock subscription campaign. From the 1920s the Red Wings had been a top farm club of the St. Louis Cardinals, enjoying many successful seasons in the Flower City. Following the 1956 season, the Cardinals decided to divest themselves of the Red Wings and their Rochester ball park. This created the dire possibility of the city losing its professional ball club, or a potential new ownership, which might not value the community. Morrie Silver, a successful businessman, realized how central a baseball team and the ball park experience were to a solid societal foundation. Mr. Silver launched a campaign to purchase the Red Wings and their ball park from the Cardinals through a stock subscription, which he reinforced with his own investment. His efforts were successful, and the Red Wings were preserved, and strengthened through community ownership. In 1997, the team began play at Frontier Field in Downtown Rochester, along Platt Street, which was renamed Morrie Silver Way. The youth is the allegorical representation of the grateful posterity who will have the good fortune to grow-up amidst professional baseball in Rochester due to Mr. Silver's determined efforts. The sculpture was dedicated July 25, 2007, marking the 50 successful seasons since Mr. Silver lead the effort to save professional baseball in the City of Rochester.

Orzell, Bill, 2012.

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