No one saw more baseball during the 20th century than Gabriel "Gabe" Howard Paul, Sr. For sixty years between 1920 and 1984, with time out for service in World War Two, Gabe Paul spent time in the national pastime as a bat boy, newspaper correspondent, press-agent (Rochester Hustlers now Red Wings), traveling secretary, general manager, vice-president, president and part owner (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt 45s, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees). Twice (1956 Reds) and (1974 Yankees) Gabe Paul was named Major League Executive of the Year by The Sporting News. Paul is only the fifth baseball executive to win the award more than once since it was established in 1936. As a general manager, Gabe Paul was a throwback to a time when baseball executives had to make trades to improve their teams. As he neared the end of his career in major league baseball in 1982, Paul estimated that he had made 500 deals involving hundreds of players.