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Sporting News Executive of the Year Award

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Executive of the Year Award
SportBaseball
LeagueMajor League Baseball
Awarded forOutstanding executive, as selected by Sporting News
Presented bySporting News
History
First award1936
Most winsGeorge Weiss (4)
Most recentMike Elias (2023)

The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award was established in 1936 and is given annually to one executive, including general managers, in Major League Baseball (MLB). The presenting company, originally known as The Sporting News, has been known as Sporting News since 2002. Listed below in chronological order are the baseball executives chosen as recipients of the award.

The first recipient of the award was Branch Rickey, who went on to win the award a total of three times, twice with the St. Louis Cardinals and once with the Brooklyn Dodgers. George Weiss, who had a long and fruitful career as an executive with the New York Yankees, has the most wins, four, with three of them coming consecutively in 1950–1952. The most recent repeat winner of the award is Billy Beane, who won the award in 1999, 2012, and 2018, all with the Oakland Athletics. Executives with the Yankees of the American League have won the award eight times, more than any other team. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have the most wins, with seven. There has been one instance of the award being presented to an MLB executive rather than a team executive; Lee MacPhail in 1966.

Key

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Year Links to an article about the corresponding MLB season
Player (X) Denotes winning executive and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Bold The winning executive's team won the World Series that same year
^ Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an executive

Award winners

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Branch Rickey
Bill Veeck
Al Rosen
Billy Beane
Mark Shapiro
Theo Epstein
Year Name Team League Ref
1936 Branch Rickey (1) St. Louis Cardinals National
1937 Ed Barrow (1) New York Yankees American
1938 Warren Giles Cincinnati Reds National
1939 Larry MacPhail Brooklyn Dodgers National
1940 Walter Briggs Sr. Detroit Tigers American
1941 Ed Barrow (2) New York Yankees American
1942 Branch Rickey (2) St. Louis Cardinals National
1943 Clark Griffith Washington Senators American
1944 Bill DeWitt St. Louis Browns American
1945 Phil Wrigley Chicago Cubs National
1946 Tom Yawkey Boston Red Sox American
1947 Branch Rickey (3) Brooklyn Dodgers National
1948 Bill Veeck (1) Cleveland Indians American
1949 Bob Carpenter Philadelphia Phillies National
1950 George Weiss (1) New York Yankees American
1951 George Weiss (2) New York Yankees American
1952 George Weiss (3) New York Yankees American
1953 Lou Perini Milwaukee Braves National
1954 Horace Stoneham New York Giants National
1955 Walter O'Malley Brooklyn Dodgers National
1956 Gabe Paul (1) Cincinnati Redlegs National
1957 Frank Lane St. Louis Cardinals National
1958 Joe L. Brown Pittsburgh Pirates National
1959 Buzzie Bavasi Los Angeles Dodgers National
1960 George Weiss (4) New York Yankees American
1961 Dan Topping New York Yankees American
1962 Fred Haney Los Angeles Angels American
1963 Bing Devine (1) St. Louis Cardinals National
1964 Bing Devine (2) St. Louis Cardinals National
1965 Calvin Griffith Minnesota Twins American
1966 Lee MacPhail MLB Chief Assistant
1967 Dick O'Connell (1) Boston Red Sox American
1968 Jim Campbell Detroit Tigers American
1969 Johnny Murphy New York Mets National
1970 Harry Dalton (1) Baltimore Orioles American
1971 Cedric Tallis Kansas City Royals American
1972 Roland Hemond (1) Chicago White Sox American
1973 Bob Howsam Cincinnati Reds National
1974 Gabe Paul (2) New York Yankees American
1975 Dick O'Connell (2) Boston Red Sox American
1976 Joe Burke Kansas City Royals American
1977 Bill Veeck (2) Chicago White Sox American
1978 Spec Richardson San Francisco Giants National
1979 Hank Peters (1) Baltimore Orioles American
1980 Tal Smith Houston Astros National
1981 John McHale Montreal Expos National
1982 Harry Dalton (2) Milwaukee Brewers American
1983 Hank Peters (2) Baltimore Orioles American
1984 Dallas Green Chicago Cubs National
1985 John Schuerholz Kansas City Royals American
1986 Frank Cashen New York Mets National
1987 Al Rosen San Francisco Giants National
1988 Fred Claire Los Angeles Dodgers National
1989 Roland Hemond (2) Baltimore Orioles American
1990 Bob Quinn Cincinnati Reds National
1991 Andy MacPhail Minnesota Twins American
1992 Dan Duquette (1) Montreal Expos National
1993 Lee Thomas Philadelphia Phillies National
1994 John Hart (1) Cleveland Indians American
1995 John Hart (2) Cleveland Indians American
1996 Doug Melvin Texas Rangers American
1997 Cam Bonifay Pittsburgh Pirates National
1998 Gerry Hunsicker Houston Astros National
1999 Billy Beane (1) Oakland Athletics American
2000 Walt Jocketty (1) St. Louis Cardinals National
2001 Pat Gillick Seattle Mariners American
2002 Terry Ryan (1) Minnesota Twins American
2003 Brian Sabean San Francisco Giants National
2004 Walt Jocketty (2) St. Louis Cardinals National
2005 Mark Shapiro (1) Cleveland Indians American
2006 Terry Ryan (2) Minnesota Twins American
2007 Mark Shapiro (2) Cleveland Indians American
2008 Andrew Friedman Tampa Bay Rays American
2009 Dan O'Dowd Colorado Rockies National
2010 Walt Jocketty (3) Cincinnati Reds National
2011^ Dave Dombrowski Detroit Tigers American
Doug Melvin (2) Milwaukee Brewers National
2012 Billy Beane (2) Oakland Athletics American
2013 Ben Cherington Boston Red Sox American
2014 Dan Duquette (2) Baltimore Orioles American
2015 Alex Anthopoulos Toronto Blue Jays American
2016 Theo Epstein Chicago Cubs National
2017 Chris Antonetti Cleveland Indians American
2018 Billy Beane (3) Oakland Athletics American
2019 Erik Neander Tampa Bay Rays American
2020 Rick Hahn Chicago White Sox American
2021 Farhan Zaidi San Francisco Giants National
2022 Chris Antonetti (2) Cleveland Guardians American
2023 Mike Elias Baltimore Orioles American [1]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fagan, Ryan (October 26, 2023). "The Sporting News 2023 MLB Award Winners and All-Stars". The Sporting News.
  2. ^ "The Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year". Baseball Almanac.