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Arthur H. Ehlers (1896-1977) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. He was the first general manager in the history of the modern Baltimore Orioles, serving as their front-office boss during their return to the American League as the reborn St. Louis Browns in 1954.

Ehlers was the farm system director of the Philadelphia Athletics during the late 1940s. In September 1950, a tumultuous year for that franchise, Ehlers succeeded Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane as general manager of the A's upon an ownership reorganization involving two warring branches of the Connie Mack family. As a consequence of that restructuring, Cochrane, GM for only four months, stepped down; Connie Mack Jr. and his mother, the elder Mack's second wife, lost their bid for control of the franchise to Roy and Earle Mack, Connie Sr.'s children from his first marriage; and the elder Mack, 87 years of age and celebrating his 50th year at the helm of the A's, was forced into retirement.

Ehlers ran the Athletics' front office from 1951-53, with veteran Jimmy Dykes as his manager. Dykes and American League Most Valuable Player Bobby Shantz wrung one last over-.500 season out of the club in 1952, but the Athletics lacked both talent and financial backing and had been supplanted by the National League Phillies as the city's top baseball team.

After the 1953 campaign, the newly-relocated Orioles lured Ehlers and Dykes to Baltimore as general manager and field manager. Each lasted only one season. Paul Richards, skipper of the Chicago White Sox, was hired to replace both men on September 14, 1954. Dykes became a coach for the Cincinnati Redlegs, while Ehlers became Richards' assistant general manager. He eventually became a scout for the Orioles, retiring in 1973. He died from cancer, age 80, in Baltimore on February 7, 1977.

References

http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Ehlers.Arthur.Obit.html
Baseball America Executive Database
Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., The 1950 Official Baseball Guide. St. Louis:The Sporting News, 1951.

Preceded by Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics General Manager 1950–1953	Succeeded by n/a
Preceded by first general manager	Baltimore Orioles General Manager 1954	Succeeded by Paul Richards

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 '''Arthur H. Ehlers''' ([[1896]]-[[1977]]) was an [[United States|American]] front office executive in [[Major League Baseball]]. He was the first [[general manager]] in the history of the modern [[Baltimore Orioles]], serving as their front-office boss during their return to the [[American League]] as the reborn St. Louis Browns in [[1954 in baseball|1954]].
-Ehlers was the [[farm system]] director of the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] during the late 1940s. In September [[1950 in baseball|1950]], a tumultuous year for that franchise, Ehlers succeeded [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] [[catcher]] [[Mickey Cochrane]] as general manager of the A's upon an ownership reorganization involving two warring branches of the [[Connie Mack (baseball)|Connie Mack]] family. As a consequence of that restructuring, Cochrane, GM for only four months, stepped down; Connie Mack Jr. and his mother, the elder Mack's second wife, lost their bid for control of the franchise to Roy and Earle Mack, Connie Sr.'s children from his first marriage; and the elder Mack, 87 years of age and celebrating his 50th year at the helm of the A's, was forced into retirement.
+Ehlers was the [[farm system]] director of the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] during the late 1940s. In September [[1950 in baseball|1950]], a tumultuous year for that franchise, Ehlers succeeded [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] [[catcher]] [[Mickey Cochrane]] as general manager of the A's upon an ownership reorganization involving two warring branches of the [[Connie Mack (baseball)|Connie Mack]] family. As a consequence of that restructuring, Cochrane, GM for only four months, stepped down; Connie Mack Jr. and his mother, the elder Mack's second wife, lost their bid for control of the franchise to Roy and [[Earle Mack]], Connie Sr.'s children from his first marriage; and the elder Mack, 87 years of age and celebrating his 50th year at the helm of the A's, was forced into retirement.
 Ehlers ran the Athletics' front office from [[1951 in baseball|1951]]-[[1963 in baseball|53]], with veteran [[Jimmy Dykes]] as his [[manager (baseball)|manager]]. Dykes and [[American League]] [[Most Valuable Player]] [[Bobby Shantz]] wrung one last over-.500 season out of the club in [[1952 in baseball|1952]], but the Athletics lacked both talent and financial backing and had been supplanted by the [[National League]] [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] as the city's top baseball team.