Thomas C. Noyes

Thomas Clarence Noyes (January 14, 1868 – August 21, 1912) was an American newspaper editor and baseball executive. From 1904 until his death, he co-owned the Washington Senators of the American League, with Ban Johnson.

Biography Noyes was born in Washington, D.C. on January 14, 1868, a son of Crosby Stuart Noyes and Elizabeth S. Noyes . He graduated from Princeton University in 1889.

He was an editor, part-owner, and publisher of the Washington Evening Star when he bought the club from Ban Johnson and Fred Postal. The team was an also-ran for most of his tenure, the only highlight being the acquisition of Walter Johnson in . Things really didn't turn around until Clark Griffith took over as manager in .

From 1896 to 1904, Noyes owned Ingleside, an 1851 villa designed by Thomas Ustick Walter in the modern-day Mount Pleasant neighborhood.

Noyes died suddenly of pneumonia on August 21, 1912 at a Washington, D.C. hospital. He was 44.

The Senators were later sold to a group headed by Griffith in 1919.