The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in The Bronx, New York City, New York. They play in the American League East division. This list consists of the owners, general managers (GMs) and other executives of the Yankees. The GM controls player transactions, hires the manager and coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [1]
The longest-tenured general manager in team history is Brian Cashman, who serves in that role for 26 years and counting. The longest-tenured owner in team history is George Steinbrenner, who was the team's principal owner from 1973 until his death in 2010.
During the 1901 and 1902 seasons, the franchise played in Baltimore as the "Baltimore Orioles". They became defunct, but were purchased by William Stephen Devery and Frank J. Farrell for $18,000 and moved to New York in 1903. [2] Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchased the Yankees in 1915, [3] and Ruppert bought out Huston in 1922. [4]
Dan Topping, Larry MacPhail, and Del Webb purchased the Yankees from Ruppert's estate in 1945. [5] Topping and Webb forced MacPhail out of the Yankees ownership group due to his confrontational behavior after the 1947 World Series. [6] In 1964, Topping and Webb sold the team to CBS, [7] during which time the franchise struggled. Selling the team at a loss, [8] CBS sold the team to a group headed by George Steinbrenner in 1973. [9] While Steinbrenner initially owned less than half of the team, he bought out many of his partners, eventually owning 70% of the team. [10] [11] John McMullen, one of Steinbrenner's limited partners, said, "There is nothing in life quite so limited as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner." [12]
Under Steinbrenner's ownership, YankeeNets was formed after a merger of the business operations of the Yankees and New Jersey Nets. [13] After the Nets were sold to Bruce Ratner, YankeeNets became a limited liability company (LLC) known as Yankee Global Enterprises. [14] The LLC owns the Yankees and the YES Network. Hal Steinbrenner succeeded his father as control person of the Yankees in 2008. [15]
† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame |
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^ | Co-owners |
Tenure | Tenure refers to MLB seasons, not necessarily dates hired and fired |
Name | Tenure | Ref(s) |
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John McGraw † | 1901–1902^ | [16] |
William Stephen Devery | 1903–1915^ | [2] |
Frank J. Farrell | 1903–1915^ | [2] |
Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston | 1915–1922^ | [17] |
Jacob Ruppert † | 1915–1939^ | [17] [18] |
Jacob Ruppert Estate | 1939–1945 | [19] |
Larry MacPhail † | 1945–1947^ | [20] |
Dan Topping | 1945–1964^ | [20] [6] |
Del Webb | 1945–1964^ | [20] [6] |
Columbia Broadcasting System | 1964–1973 | [21] |
George Steinbrenner | 1973–2010 | [10] |
Hal Steinbrenner | 2010–present^ | [22] [11] |
Hank Steinbrenner | 2010–2020^ | [22] [11] [23] |
Four Yankees GMs are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ed Barrow, [24] George Weiss, [25] Larry MacPhail, [26] and his son, Lee MacPhail. [27] Ralph Houk, [28] Gene Michael, [29] Lou Piniella, [30] and Bob Watson [31] were former Yankees players. Houk, [32] Michael [33] and Piniella [34] served as field managers for the Yankees before becoming GM.
Name | Tenure | Ref(s) |
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Ed Barrow † | 1921–1944 | [35] |
Larry MacPhail † | 1945–1947 | [36] |
George Weiss † | 1948–1960 | [37] |
Roy Hamey | 1961–1963 | [38] |
Ralph Houk | 1964–1966 | [38] [39] |
Dan Topping, Jr. | 1966 | [39] |
Lee MacPhail † | 1967–1973 | [40] [41] |
Gabe Paul | 1974–1977 | [41] [42] |
Cedric Tallis | 1978–1979 | [42] |
Gene Michael | 1980–1981 1990–1995 | [43] [44] [45] [46] |
Bill Bergesch | 1982–1983 | [47] |
Murray Cook | 1984 | [48] |
Clyde King | 1985–1986 | [49] [50] |
Woody Woodward | 1987 | [50] [51] |
Lou Piniella | 1988 | [51] [52] |
Bob Quinn | 1988–1989 | [52] [53] |
Harding "Pete" Peterson | 1990 | [54] [45] |
Bob Watson | 1996–1997 | [46] [55] |
Brian Cashman | 1998–present | [55] |
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January 9, 1903: Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore franchise of the American League for $18,000 and then move the team to Manhattan.
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January 3, 1901: John McGraw was both manager and owner of the new American League franchise, the Baltimore Orioles. Two years later, the franchise was purchased by Frank Farrell and Bill Devery, and they moved it to New York City and became the Highlanders.
May 21, 1922: Col. Ruppert buys out Col. Huston for $1.5 million.
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