List of Chicago Cubs owners and executives

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This is a list of owners and executives of the Chicago Cubs.

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Owners

General Managers

The Cubs have had 13  general managers. [4] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [5] [6] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Cubs was Charles Weber, who assumed the title in 1934. [4]

#NameSeasonsRef
1 Charles Weber 1934 1940 [4]
2 James Gallagher 1940 1949 [4]
3 Wid Matthews 1950 1956 [4]
4 John Holland 1957 1975 [4]
5 Salty Saltwell 1976 [4]
6 Bob Kennedy November 1976 May 1981 [4]
7 Herman Franks May 1981 October 1981 [4]
8 Dallas Green October 1981 October 1987 [4]
9 Jim Frey November 1987 October 1991 [4]
10 Larry Himes November 1991 October 1994 [4]
11 Ed Lynch October 1994 July 2000 [4]
12 Andy MacPhail July 2000 July 2002 [4]
13 Jim Hendry July 2002 August 2011 [4]
14 Randy Bush
(interim)
August 2011 October 2011 [4]
15 Jed Hoyer November 2011 October 2021 [4]
14 Carter Hawkins October 2021 present [4]

Presidents

References

  1. "Meet Albert Lasker: Big influence as early Cubs owner; responsible for naming park Wrigley Field".
  2. "ALBERT LASKER – American National Business Hall of Fame, ANBHF".
  3. "Cubs Owners | Chicago Cubs". MLB.com .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Cubs' General Managers". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
  5. Schwarz, Alan (December 21, 2005). "2005 General Manager Roundtable". Baseball America. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  6. Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 362. ISBN   978-0-393-06681-4.