Aaron S. Stern

Aaron S. Stern (June 1853 Bloomington, IL - April 3, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio) was the owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team through 1889, when he sold it to John T. Brush. The club won the 1882 American Association pennant. Although personally generous, as an owner he was considered a penny-pincher, cutting salaries and costs in order to keep the team afloat.

Aaron S. Stern co-owned a large clothing firm in Cincinnati, Stern, Lauer and Shohl. In 1906 he quit the business and moved to New York City, where he became a theatrical producer. He is buried in Cincinnati's United Jewish Cemetery, Walnut Hills.^[1]

References

• Cincinnati Reds history
• MLB.com article which discusses the formation of the American Association
• "Former Magnate Dies," Cincinnati Enquirer, April 3, 1920.