List of Detroit Tigers owners and executives

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Owners, executives, and managers of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers. Current personnel are indicated in bold.

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Team owners

NameYears
George Vanderbeck 1894–1900
James D. Burns 1901
Samuel F. Angus 1902–1903
William H. Yawkey 1904–1907
Frank Navin 1908–1935
Walter Briggs, Sr. 1935–1952
Walter Briggs, Jr. 1952–1956
Fred Knorr 1956–1960
John Fetzer 1956–1983
Tom Monaghan 1983–1992
Mike Ilitch 1992–2017
Christopher Ilitch 2017–present

Presidents

NameYears
James D. Burns 1901
Samuel F. Angus 1902–03
William H. Yawkey 1904–07
Frank J. Navin 1908–35
Walter O. Briggs Sr. 1936–52
Walter O. Briggs Jr. 1952–56
Frederick A. Knorr 1957
Harvey R. Hansen 1957–59
Bill DeWitt 1959–60
John E. Fetzer 1961–78
Jim Campbell 1978–90
Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler 1990–92
Michael Ilitch 1992–95, 2001
John McHale Jr. 1995–2001
Dave Dombrowski 2002–2015
Al Avila 2016–2022
Scott Harris 2022–present

General Managers

NameYears
Mickey Cochrane 1936–1938
Jack Zeller 1938–1945
George Trautman 1946
Billy Evans 1946–1951
Charlie Gehringer 1952–1953
Muddy Ruel 1954–1956
Walter Briggs 1957
John McHale 1957–1959
Rick Ferrell 1959–1962
Jim Campbell 1963–1983
Bill Lajoie 1984–1990
Joe McDonald 1991–1992
Jerry Walker 1993
Joe Klein 1994–1995
Randy Smith 1996–2002
Dave Dombrowski 2002–2015
Al Avila 2015–2022
Jeff Greenberg 2023–present

See also