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

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

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

Source:[2]

See also

References

  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.
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