Scott Harris (baseball)
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Scott Harris is an American baseball executive. He is the general manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Education[]
He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in economics, and then attended Columbia Business School.[1] and Kellogg Business School at Northwestern
Life and career[]
Harris is from Redwood City, California. He is the son of two doctors, one a urologist and one an OB-GYN, and has one brother, Chris, and one sister, K.C.[1] He attended Menlo School and played soccer and lacrosse in high school.[2][1]
Harris played club lacrosse at UCLA.[2] Harris' first jobs in baseball were internships with the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds.[1] He worked for MLB from 2010 through 2012, in the Commissioner's Office as a coordinator of Major League Operations.[2] In 2012, he joined the Chicago Cubs as director of baseball operations.[1] He earned his Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 2015. He was promoted to assistant general manager in January 2018.[3]
The Giants hired him as their general manager after the 2019 season.[4][5][6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Sahadev Sharma (March 27, 2018). "Cubs assistant GM Scott Harris loves his job, even when it causes him personal embarrassment". The Athletic. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c Henry Schulman (November 10, 2019). "Giants hire Cubs exec Scott Harris to be their general manager". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Maria Guardado (November 10, 2019). "Giants hire Scott Harris as new GM". MLB.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Katie Dowd. "SF Giants hire Cubs exec Scott Harris as new general manager". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ "Giants hire former Cubs executive Scott Harris as new general manager". KNBR. September 6, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Josh Schrock (March 27, 2018). "Giants, Farhan Zaidi hire Cubs' Scott Harris as new general manager". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- Living people
- People from Redwood City, California
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Major League Baseball executives
- Chicago Cubs executives
- San Francisco Giants executives
- Major League Baseball general managers
- Kellogg School of Management alumni
- UCLA Bruins athletes
- Baseball business biography stubs