Phil Auten
Phil Auten was a controlling owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team of the National League from through with William Kerr. Prior to their connection with the Pirates, Auten and Kerr were stockholders of the Pittsburgh Burghers of the Players' League in that league's only season in 1890. In early 1893, the two men gained a controlling interest in Pittsburgh's NL club when they and manager Al Buckenberger bought out the stock of William Chase Temple. Auten and Kerr sold their majority share of the Pirates to Barney Dreyfuss prior to the 1901 season.
