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Are there any other aspects about Ed Barrow?
Ed Barrow is the only manager to win a World Series without previously playing in organized baseball, whether in the minors or majors.
Did Ed Barrow play baseball growing up?
Ed Barrow moved to Pittsburgh in 1889, where he worked as a soap salesman, believing there was money in this business.
Did Ed Barrow change teams in his early life?
Barrow helped George Moreland form the Interstate League, a Class-C minor league, in 1894. Barrow, with Stevens and Al Buckenberger, purchased the Wheeling Nailers of the Interstate League.

Question: How did his season start?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Ed Barrow's 1896 season start?