List of San Francisco Giants owners and executives

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The San Francisco Giants have had nine general managers. [1] [2] [3] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [4] [5] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Giants was Chub Feeney, who assumed the title in 1947. Larry Baer is the team's president. The principal owner is Charles B. Johnson, while the chairman of the board is Greg Johnson. The president of baseball operations is Buster Posey. [6]

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Chief executive officers

The club has had 11 CEOs since 1882: [7]

General managers

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1 Chub Feeney 1947–1969 [1]
2 Horace Stoneham 1970–1975 [1]
3 Spec Richardson 1976–1980 [1]
4 Tom Haller 1981–1985 [1]
5 Al Rosen 1985–1992 [1]
6 Bob Quinn 1993–1996 [1]
7 Brian Sabean 1996–2014 [1]
8 Bobby Evans 2015 – 2018 [2]
9 Scott Harris 2020 – 2022 [3] [8]
10 Pete Putila 2023 – 2024 [9]

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  2. 1 2 Pavlovic, Alex (April 3, 2015). "Sabean, Bochy extended through 2019; Evans promoted to GM". CSN Bay Area. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Zucker, Joseph (November 10, 2019). "Cubs' Scott Harris Hired as Giants GM to Replace Bobby Evans". Bleacher Report.
  4. ↑ Schwarz, Alan (December 21, 2005). "2005 General Manager Roundtable". Baseball America. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  5. ↑ Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 362. ISBN   978-0-393-06681-4.
  6. ↑ Simon, Alex (September 30, 2024). "SF Giants fire Farhan Zaidi, name Buster Posey as his replacement". SFGate. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "New GM added to Giants' offseason to-do list after Harris' exit". MLB. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
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