"William Reginald Armour (September 3, 1869 \u2013 December 2, 1922) was a professional baseball player and manager. He was the manager of the Cleveland Bronchos in 1902 when they signed Nap Lajoie to the most lucrative contract in baseball history and the manager of the Detroit Tigers when they acquired Ty Cobb in 1905.Armour played professional baseball from 1891 to 1896 as a center fielder and right fielder for several minor teams. He earned a reputation for his fielding abilities."@en . . "Bill Armour"@en . . . "American baseball player" . "1922-12-02Z"^^ . . . "1869-09-03Z"^^ . . "1922Z"^^ . "1869Z"^^ . "Armour, Bill"@en .