List of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives
This article is a list of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives.
Owners[]
# | Name | Years | Notes | Ref |
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1 | Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell | 1883–1890 | [1] | |
2 | Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell and George Chauncey | 1891–1897 | Merger of Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Brooklyn Ward's Wonders | [1] |
3 | Charles Ebbets and Ferdinand Abell | 1897–1898 | Byrne dies, his shares & Chauncey's bought by Ebbets & Abell | [1] |
4 | Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon | 1899–1904 | Merger of Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles | [1] |
5 | Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Henry Medicus, Ned Hanlon | 1905–1906 | Ebbets & Medicus buy out Von der Horst | [1] |
6 | Charles Ebbets and Henry Medicus | 1907–1912 | Ebbets & Medicus buy out Abell & Hanlon | [1] |
7 | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever and Stephen McKeever | 1912–1925 | Ebbets & The McKeevers buy out Medicus | [1] |
8 | Stephen McKeever, Grace Slade Ebbets, Joseph Gilleaudeau and Brooklyn Trust Company | 1925–1938 | Ebbets & Ed McKeever die; team becomes officially known as the Dodgers in 1932 | [1] |
9 | James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey, Grace Slade Ebbets, Joseph Gilleaudeau and Brooklyn Trust Company | 1938–1944 | Stephen McKeever dies, shares inherited by the Mulveys | [1] |
10 | Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, James Lawrence Smith, and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey | 1945–1950 | Rickey, O'Malley & Smith buy out the Ebbets Estate | [1] |
11 | Walter O'Malley, Mrs. Smith and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey | 1950–1958 | James Smith dies, leaving his shares to his wife; O'Malley buys out Rickey | [1] |
12 | Walter O'Malley and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey | 1958–1975 | Dodgers move to Los Angeles, Mrs. Smith sells her shares to O'Malley & the Mulveys | [1] |
13 | Walter O'Malley | 1975–1979 | O'Malley buys out the Mulveys | [1] |
14 | Peter O'Malley and Terry Seidler | 1979–1997 | Walter O'Malley dies, shares inherited by Peter O'Malley & Terry Seidler | [1] |
15 | Fox Entertainment Group | 1998–1999 | Fox purchases the team | [1] |
16 | Fox Entertainment Group and Robert Daly | 1999–2004 | Daly buys minority share in team | [1] |
17 | Frank McCourt | 2004–2012 | McCourt purchases Dodgers from Fox & Daly | [1] |
18 | Guggenheim Baseball Management (Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly) |
2012–2018 | Guggenheim Group purchases Dodgers after bankruptcy court proceedings | [2] |
19 | Guggenheim Baseball Management (Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton, Todd Boehly) and Billie Jean King & Ilana Kloss |
2018–2019 | King & Kloss buy a minority share of team | [3] |
20 | Guggenheim Baseball Management (Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton, Todd Boehly) and Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Alan Smolinisky & Robert L. Plummer |
2019–present | Smolinisky & Plummer buy a share of team | [4] |
Co-founder Charlie Byrne
Co-founder Ferdinand Abell
Former Dodger owners Charles Ebbets and Ed McKeever
Frank McCourt
Magic Johnson
Chairmen[]
# | Name | Seasons | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walter O'Malley | 1970–1979 | Walter O'Malley steps down as President and assumes newly created position of Chairman | [1] |
2 | Peter O'Malley | 1980–1998 | Walter O'Malley dies, his son Peter succeeds him | [1] |
3 | Robert Daly | 1999–2004 | Minority Owner Robert Daly becomes Chairman | [1] |
4 | Frank McCourt | 2004–2012 | New Owner Frank McCourt becomes chairman | [1] |
5 | Mark Walter | 2012–present | Controlling Partner of Guggenheim Baseball Management | [1] |
Presidents[]
# | Name | Seasons | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charlie Byrne | 1890–1897 | [1] | |
2 | Charles Ebbets | 1898–1925 | elected president upon Byrne's death | [1] |
3 | Ed McKeever | 1925 | acting president upon Ebbets death | [1] |
4 | Wilbert Robinson | 1925–1930 | elected president upon McKeever's death | [1] |
5 | Frank York | 1930–1932 | [1] | |
6 | Stephen McKeever | 1932–1938 | [1] | |
7 | Larry MacPhail | 1938–1942 | [1] | |
8 | Branch Rickey | 1942–1950 | succeeds MacPhail, who quit to join the army | [1] |
9 | Walter O'Malley | 1950–1970 | [1] | |
10 | Peter O'Malley | 1970–1997 | Walter O'Malley steps down to become Chairman, his son Peter succeeds him | [1] |
11 | Bob Graziano | 1998–2004 | appointed President by Fox Entertainment Group | [1] |
12 | Jamie McCourt | 2004–2009 | appointed President by her husband, Frank | [1] |
13 | Dennis Mannion | 2009–2010 | [5] | |
14 | Stan Kasten | 2012–present | The team had no official president from 2010-2012 | [5] |
General Managers[]
The Dodgers did not employ a General Manager until 1950. Before then, the team President had the duties commonly associated with the GM.[6]
# | Name | Seasons | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Branch Rickey | 1950 | [7] | |
2 | Buzzie Bavasi | 1951–1968 | Won 8 NL Pennants & 4 World Series | [8] |
3 | Fresco Thompson | 1968 | Died shortly after taking job | [9] |
4 | Al Campanis | 1968–1987 | Won 4 NL Pennants & 1 World Series | [10] |
5 | Fred Claire | 1987–1998 | Won 1 NL Pennant & 1 World Series | [11] |
6 | Tommy Lasorda | 1998 | Interim | [12] |
7 | Kevin Malone | 1999–2001 | [13] | |
8 | Dave Wallace | 2001 | Interim | [14] |
9 | Dan Evans | 2001–2004 | [15] | |
10 | Paul DePodesta | 2004–2005 | [16] | |
11 | Ned Colletti | 2005–2014 | [17] | |
12 | Farhan Zaidi | 2014–2018 | Won 2 NL Pennants | [18] |
13 | Vacant | 2019–present | [19] |
Executive Office personnel[]
Name | Position | Ref |
---|---|---|
Bob Wolfe | Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer | [20] |
Tucker Kain | President, Business Enterprise | [20] |
Lon Rosen | Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer | [20] |
Sam Fernandez | Executive VP & General Counsel | [20] |
Janet Marie Smith | Executive VP, Planning and Development | [20] |
Erik Braverman | Senior VP, Marketing, Communications & Broadcasting | [20] |
Joe Crowley | Senior VP, Stadium Operations | [20] |
Antonio Morici | Senior VP, Ticket & Premium Sales & Service | [20] |
Baseball Operations personnel[]
Name | Position | Ref |
---|---|---|
Andrew Friedman | President of Baseball Operations | [20] |
Josh Byrnes | Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations | [20] |
Ismael Cruz | Vice-President, International Scouting | [20] |
David Finley | Vice President, Amateur & International Scouting | [20] |
Billy Gasparino | Vice President, Amateur Scouting | [20] |
Brandon Gomes | Vice President & Assistant General Manager | [20] |
Jeff Kingston | Vice President & Assistant General Manager | [21] |
Gerry Hunsicker | Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations | [20] |
Raúl Ibañez | Special Assistant to the President of Baseball Operations | [20] |
Pat Corrales | Special Assistant to the General Manager | [20] |
Scott Akasaki | Director of Team Travel | [20] |
Galen Carr | Director of Player Personnel | [20] |
Ellen Harrigan | Director, Baseball Administration | [20] |
Ron Porterfield | Director, Player Health | [20] |
Eric Potterat | Director, Specialized Performance Programs | [20] |
Alex Slater | Director, Baseball Operations | [20] |
Alex Torres | Equipment Manager | [20] |
William Rhymes | Director, Player Development | [20] |
Duncan Webb | Director, Baseball Resources | [20] |
Brian McBirney | Director, Baseball Systems Applications | [20] |
John Focht | Director, Baseball Systems Platform | [20] |
Megan Schroeder | Director, Performance Science | [20] |
Scott Powers | Director, Quantitative Analysis | [20] |
Matt McGrath | Assistant Director, Player Development | [20] |
Zachary Fitzpatrick | Assistant Director, Amateur Scouting | [20] |
Chase Utley | Special Assistant to the President | [20] |
Thomas Allison | Special Assistant, Scouting | [20] |
Ron Roenicke | Special Assistant to the GM | [20] |
Joel Peralta | Special Assistant, Baseball Operations | [20] |
José Vizcaíno | Special Instructor, Infield | [20] |
Ralph Avila | Senior Scouting Advisor, Dominican Republic | [20] |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Dodgers Owners". MLB.com. Los Angeles Dodgers. Archived from the original on 2005-03-20. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ ESPN.com news services (May 2, 2012). "Sale of Dodgers finalized". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ Gurnick, Ken (September 21, 2018). "Addition of King, Kloss sends 'strong message'". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Add Two Entrepreneurs to Ownership Team". The Wall Street Journal. September 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Dennis Mannion bio on Dodgers.com
- ^ Dodgers General Managers
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Branch Rickey". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Buzzie Bavasi". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Fresco Thompson". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Al Campanis". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Fred Claire". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Tom Lasorda". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Kevin Malone". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Dave Wallace". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Dan Evans". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Paul DePodesta". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Ned Colletti". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Dodgers hire Farhan Zaidi as GM". ESPN.com. 5 November 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Acquavella, Katherine (Dec 7, 2018). "Reports: Dodgers not hiring a new general manager after Farhan Zaidi left to join Giants this offseason". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "Dodgers Front Office Directory". MLB.com. Los Angeles Dodgers. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Gurnick, Ken (December 9, 2018). "Dodgers add Kingston as assistant GM". MLB.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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