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The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award

Major League Baseball annual award

The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award

Summary

Major League Baseball annual award

FieldValue
nameExecutive of the Year Award
sportBaseball
leagueMajor League Baseball
descriptionOutstanding executive, as selected by Sporting News
presenterThe Sporting News
year1936
mostwinsGeorge Weiss (4)
holderMatt Arnold (2024)

The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award was established in and is given annually to one executive, including general managers, in Major League Baseball (MLB). The presenting company is The Sporting News, formerly known as Sporting News from 2002 to 2022. Listed below in chronological order are the baseball executives chosen as recipients of the award.

The first recipient of the award was Branch Rickey, who went on to win the award a total of three times, twice with the St. Louis Cardinals and once with the Brooklyn Dodgers. George Weiss, who had a long and fruitful career as an executive with the New York Yankees, has the most wins, four, with three of them coming consecutively in 1950–1952. The most recent repeat winner of the award is Billy Beane, who won the award in 1999, 2012, and 2018, all with the Oakland Athletics. Executives with the Yankees of the American League have won the award eight times, more than any other team. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have the most wins, with seven. There has been one instance of the award being presented to an MLB executive rather than a team executive; Lee MacPhail in 1966.

Key

YearPlayer (X)^
Links to an article about the corresponding MLB season
Denotes winning executive and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
BoldThe winning executive's team won the World Series that same year
Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an executive

Award winners

[[Branch Rickey
[[Bill Veeck
[[Al Rosen
[[Billy Beane
Mark Shapiro
Theo Epstein
YearNameTeamLeagueRef(1)(1)(2)(2)(3)(1)(1)(2)(3)(1)(4)(1)(2)(1)(1)(1)(2)(2)(2)(1)(2)(2)(2)(1)(1)(2)(1)(1)(1)(2)(1)(2)(2)(3)(2)(2)(2)(3)(2)
St. Louis CardinalsNational
New York YankeesAmerican
Cincinnati RedsNational
Brooklyn DodgersNational
Detroit TigersAmerican
New York YankeesAmerican
St. Louis CardinalsNational
Washington SenatorsAmerican
St. Louis BrownsAmerican
Chicago CubsNational
Boston Red SoxAmerican
Brooklyn DodgersNational
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Philadelphia PhilliesNational
New York YankeesAmerican
New York YankeesAmerican
New York YankeesAmerican
Milwaukee BravesNational
New York GiantsNational
Brooklyn DodgersNational
Cincinnati RedlegsNational
St. Louis CardinalsNational
Pittsburgh PiratesNational
Los Angeles DodgersNational
New York YankeesAmerican
New York YankeesAmerican
Los Angeles AngelsAmerican
St. Louis CardinalsNational
St. Louis CardinalsNational
Minnesota TwinsAmerican
MLB Chief Assistant
Boston Red SoxAmerican
Detroit TigersAmerican
New York MetsNational
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Kansas City RoyalsAmerican
Chicago White SoxAmerican
Cincinnati RedsNational
New York YankeesAmerican
Boston Red SoxAmerican
Kansas City RoyalsAmerican
Chicago White SoxAmerican
San Francisco GiantsNational
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Houston AstrosNational
Montreal ExposNational
Milwaukee BrewersAmerican
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Chicago CubsNational
Kansas City RoyalsAmerican
New York MetsNational
San Francisco GiantsNational
Los Angeles DodgersNational
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Cincinnati RedsNational
Minnesota TwinsAmerican
Montreal ExposNational
Philadelphia PhilliesNational
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Texas RangersAmerican
Pittsburgh PiratesNational
Houston AstrosNational
Oakland AthleticsAmerican
St. Louis CardinalsNational
Seattle MarinersAmerican
Minnesota TwinsAmerican
San Francisco GiantsNational
St. Louis CardinalsNational
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Minnesota TwinsAmerican
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Tampa Bay RaysAmerican
Colorado RockiesNational
Cincinnati RedsNational
^Detroit TigersAmerican
Milwaukee BrewersNational
Oakland AthleticsAmerican
Boston Red SoxAmerican
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Toronto Blue JaysAmerican
Chicago CubsNational
Cleveland IndiansAmerican
Oakland AthleticsAmerican
Tampa Bay RaysAmerican
Chicago White SoxAmerican
San Francisco GiantsNational
Cleveland GuardiansAmerican
Baltimore OriolesAmerican
Milwaukee BrewersNational

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References

References

  1. "The Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year".
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