Executive of the Year

The Major League Baseball Executive of the Year is an award given annually by The Sporting News since 1936. Former New York Yankees general manager George Weiss has won the award the most - four times. A similar award has been given out by Baseball America starting in 2006. In 2018, Major League Baseball started giving out such an award as well, with Billy Beane being named the initial winner.

Sporting News Award Winners

Year	Name	Team (League)
1936	Branch Rickey	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1937	Ed Barrow	New York Yankees (AL)
1938	Warren Giles	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1939	Larry MacPhail	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)
1940	Walter Briggs, Sr.	Detroit Tigers (AL)
1941	Ed Barrow	New York Yankees (AL)
1942	Branch Rickey	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1943	Clark Griffith	Washington Senators (AL)
1944	Bill DeWitt	St. Louis Browns (AL)
1945	Phil Wrigley	Chicago Cubs (NL)
1946	Tom Yawkey	Boston Red Sox (AL)
1947	Branch Rickey	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)
1948	Bill Veeck, Jr.	Cleveland Indians (AL)
1949	Bob Carpenter	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
1950	George Weiss	New York Yankees (AL)
1951	George Weiss	New York Yankees (AL)
1952	George Weiss	New York Yankees (AL)
1953	Lou Perini	Milwaukee Braves (NL)
1954	Horace Stoneham	New York Giants (NL)
1955	Walter O'Malley	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)
1956	Gabe Paul	Cincinnati Redlegs (NL)
1957	Frank Lane	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1958	Joe Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
1959	Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1960	George Weiss	New York Yankees (AL)
1961	Dan Topping	New York Yankees (AL)
1962	Fred Haney	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1963	Bing Devine	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1964	Bing Devine	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1965	Calvin Griffith	Minnesota Twins (AL)
1966	Lee MacPhail	MLB Chief Assistant
1967	Dick O'Connell	Boston Red Sox (AL)
1968	Jim Campbell	Detroit Tigers (AL)
1969	John Murphy	New York Mets (NL)
1970	Harry Dalton	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1971	Cedric Tallis	Kansas City Royals (AL)
1972	Roland Hemond	Chicago White Sox (AL)
1973	Bob Howsam	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1974	Gabe Paul	New York Yankees (AL)
1975	Dick O'Connell	Boston Red Sox (AL)
1976	Joe Burke	Kansas City Royals (AL)
1977	Bill Veeck, Jr.	Chicago White Sox (AL)
1978	Spec Richardson	San Francisco Giants (NL)
1979	Hank Peters	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1980	Tal Smith	Houston Astros (NL)
1981	John McHale	Montreal Expos (NL)
1982	Harry Dalton	Milwaukee Brewers (NL)
1983	Hank Peters	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1984	Dallas Green	Chicago Cubs (NL)
1985	John Schuerholz	Kansas City Royals (AL)
1986	Frank Cashen	New York Mets (NL)
1987	Al Rosen	San Francisco Giants (NL)
1988	Fred Claire	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1989	Roland Hemond	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1990	Bob Quinn	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1991	Andy MacPhail	Minnesota Twins (AL)
1992	Dan Duquette	Montreal Expos (NL)
1993	Lee Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
1994	John Hart	Cleveland Indians (AL)
1995	John Hart	Cleveland Indians (AL)
1996	Doug Melvin	Texas Rangers (AL)
1997	Cam Bonifay	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
1998	Gerry Hunsicker	Houston Astros (NL)
1999	Jim Bowden	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
2000	Walt Jocketty	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
2001	Pat Gillick	Seattle Mariners (AL)
2002	Terry Ryan	Minnesota Twins (AL)
2003	Brian Sabean	San Francisco Giants (NL)
2004	Walt Jocketty	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
2005	Mark Shapiro	Cleveland Indians (AL)
2006	Terry Ryan	Minnesota Twins (AL)
2007	Mark Shapiro	Cleveland Indians (AL)
2008	Andrew Friedman	Tampa Bay Rays (AL)
2009	Dan O'Dowd	Colorado Rockies (NL)
2010	Walt Jocketty	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
2011	Dave Dombrowski	Detroit Tigers (AL)
	Doug Melvin	Milwaukee Brewers (NL)
2012	Billy Beane	Oakland Athletics (AL)
2013	Ben Cherington	Boston Red Sox (AL)
2014	Dan Duquette	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
2015	Alex Anthopoulos	Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
2016	Theo Epstein	Chicago Cubs (NL)
2017	Chris Antonetti	Cleveland Indians (AL)

Baseball America Award Winners

Year	Name	Team (League)
2006	Dave Dombrowski	Detroit Tigers (AL)
2007	Jack Zduriencik	Milwaukee Brewers (NL)
2008	Theo Epstein	Boston Red Sox (AL)
2009	Dan O'Dowd	Colorado Rockies (NL)
2010	Jon Daniels	Texas Rangers (AL)
2011	Doug Melvin	Milwaukee Brewers (NL)
2012	Brian Sabean	San Francisco Giants (NL)
2013	Billy Beane	Oakland Athletics (AL)
2014	Dan Duquette	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
2015	Sandy Alderson	New York Mets (NL)
2016	Chris Antonetti	Cleveland Indians (AL)
2017	Brian Cashman	New York Yankees (AL)

Major League Baseball Award Winners

Year	Name	Team (League)
2018	Billy Beane	Oakland Athletics (AL)
2019	Erik Neander	Tampa Bay Rays (AL)
2020	Andrew Friedman	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
2021	Farhan Zaidi	San Francisco Giants (NL)

Related Sites

• The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award at the Baseball Almanac