Journals

The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News and is given annually to one executive — including general managers — in Major League Baseball.

Listed below in chronological order are the baseball executives chosen as recipients of the TSN Executive of the Year Award.

Award winners

Year	Name	Team	League
1936	Rickey, BranchBranch Rickey (1)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
1937	Barrow, EdEd Barrow (1)	New York Yankees	American
1938	Giles, WarrenWarren Giles	Cincinnati Reds	National
1939	MacPhail, LarryLarry MacPhail	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
1940	Briggs, Sr., WalterWalter Briggs, Sr.	Detroit Tigers	American
1941	Barrow, EdEd Barrow (2)	New York Yankees	American
1942	Rickey, BranchBranch Rickey (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
1943	Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	Washington Senators	American
1944	DeWitt, BillBill DeWitt	St. Louis Browns	American
1945	Wrigley, PhilPhil Wrigley	Chicago Cubs	National
1946	Yawkey, TomTom Yawkey	Boston Red Sox	American
1947	Rickey, BranchBranch Rickey (3)	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
1948	Veeck, BillBill Veeck (1)	Cleveland Indians	American
1949	Carpenter, BobBob Carpenter	Philadelphia Phillies	National
1950	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss (1)	New York Yankees	American
1951	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss (2)	New York Yankees	American
1952	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss (3)	New York Yankees	American
1953	Perini, LouLou Perini	Milwaukee Braves	National
1954	Stoneham, HoraceHorace Stoneham	New York Giants	National
1955	O'Malley, WalterWalter O'Malley	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
1956	Paul, GabeGabe Paul (1)	Cincinnati Redlegs	National
1957	Lane, FrankFrank Lane	St. Louis Cardinals	National
1958	Brown, Joe L.Joe L. Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates	National
1959	Bavasi, BuzzieBuzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Dodgers	National
1960	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss (4)	New York Yankees	American
1961	Topping, DanDan Topping	New York Yankees	American
1962	Haney, FredFred Haney	Los Angeles Dodgers	National
1963	Devine, BingBing Devine (1)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
1964	Devine, BingBing Devine (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
1965	Griffith, CalvinCalvin Griffith	Minnesota Twins	American
1966	MacPhail, LeeLee MacPhail	MLB Chief Assistant	zzza !–
1967	O'Connell, DickDick O'Connell (1)	Boston Red Sox	American
1968	Campbell, JimJim Campbell	Detroit Tigers	American
1969	Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy	New York Mets	National
1970	Dalton, HarryHarry Dalton (1)	Baltimore Orioles	American
1971	Tallis, CedricCedric Tallis	Kansas City Royals	American
1972	Hemond, RolandRoland Hemond (1)	Chicago White Sox	American
1973	Howsam, BobBob Howsam	Cincinnati Reds	National
1974	Paul, GabeGabe Paul (2)	New York Yankees	American
1975	O'Connell, DickDick O'Connell (2)	Boston Red Sox	American
1976	Burke, JoeJoe Burke	Kansas City Royals	American
1977	Veeck, BillBill Veeck (2)	Chicago White Sox	American
1978	Richardson, SpecSpec Richardson	San Francisco Giants	National
1979	Peters, HankHank Peters (1)	Baltimore Orioles	American
1980	Smith, TalTal Smith	Houston Astros	National
1981	McHale, JohnJohn McHale	Montreal Expos	National
1982	Dalton, HarryHarry Dalton (2)	Milwaukee Brewers	National
1983	Peters, HankHank Peters (2)	Baltimore Orioles	American
1984	Green, DallasDallas Green	Chicago Cubs	National
1985	Schuerholz, JohnJohn Schuerholz	Kansas City Royals	American
1986	Cashen, FrankFrank Cashen	New York Mets	National
1987	Rosen, AlAl Rosen	San Francisco Giants	National
1988	Claire, FredFred Claire	Los Angeles Dodgers	National
1989	Hemond, RolandRoland Hemond (2)	Baltimore Orioles	American
1990	Quinn, BobBob Quinn	Cincinnati Reds	National
1991	MacPhail, AndyAndy MacPhail	Minnesota Twins	American
1992	Duquette, DanDan Duquette (1)	Montreal Expos	National
1993	Thomas, LeeLee Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	National
1994	Hart, JohnJohn Hart (1)	Cleveland Indians	American
1995	Hart, JohnJohn Hart (2)	Cleveland Indians	American
1996	Melvin, DougDoug Melvin	Texas Rangers	American
1997	Bonifay, CamCam Bonifay	Pittsburgh Pirates	National
1998	Hunsicker, GerryGerry Hunsicker	Houston Astros	National
1999	Beane, BillyBilly Beane (1)	Oakland Athletics	American
2000	Jocketty, WaltWalt Jocketty (1)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
2001	Gillick, PatPat Gillick	Seattle Mariners	American
2002	Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan (1)	Minnesota Twins	American
2003	Sabean, BrianBrian Sabean	San Francisco Giants	National
2004	Jocketty, WaltWalt Jocketty (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	National
2005	Shapiro, MarkMark Shapiro (1)	Cleveland Indians	American
2006	Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan (2)	Minnesota Twins	American
2007	Shapiro, MarkMark Shapiro (2)	Cleveland Indians	American
2008	Friedman, AndrewAndrew Friedman	Tampa Bay Rays	American
2009	O'Dowd, DanDan O'Dowd	Colorado Rockies	National
2010	Jocketty, WaltWalt Jocketty (3)	Cincinnati Reds	National
2011	Dave Dombrowski Doug Melvin (2)	Detroit Tigers Milwaukee Brewers	American National
2012	Beane, BillyBilly Beane (2)	Oakland Athletics	American
2013	Cherington, BenBen Cherington	Boston Red Sox	American
2014	Duquette, DanDan Duquette (2)	Baltimore Orioles	American

See also

• Sporting News Executive of the Decade (2009)
• Sports Illustrated Best General Manager of the Decade (2009)
• Sports Illustrated Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade (in all sports) (2009)
• Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year
• MLB This Year in Baseball Awards Executive of the Year Award
• Baseball America Roland Hemond Award (for long-term contributions to scouting and player development)
• Baseball America Lifetime Achievement Award
• Honor Rolls of Baseball#Executives
• Sports Illustrated Best Franchise of the Decade (2009)
• Sports Illustrated Top 25 Franchises of the Decade (in all sports) (2009)
• Baseball America Organization of the Year (MLB)
• MiLB "Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year" award (Baseball awards#U.S. minor leagues)
• Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year
• Baseball America Bob Freitas Awards (for outstanding minor-league operations at Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and short-season)
• Baseball America Independent Organization of the Year
• Baseball awards
• List of MLB awards
• TSN Player of the Year
• TSN Pitcher of the Year
• TSN Rookie of the Year
• TSN Reliever of the Year
• TSN Comeback Player of the Year
• TSN Manager of the Year

External links

• Executive of the Year Award by The Sporting News | Baseball Almanac