The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award

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.

Award winners

Year	Name	Team	League	Ref	(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 Cardinals	National
	New York Yankees	American
	Cincinnati Reds	National
	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
	Detroit Tigers	American
	New York Yankees	American
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	Washington Senators	American
	St. Louis Browns	American
	Chicago Cubs	National
	Boston Red Sox	American
	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Philadelphia Phillies	National
	New York Yankees	American
	New York Yankees	American
	New York Yankees	American
	Milwaukee Braves	National
	New York Giants	National
	Brooklyn Dodgers	National
	Cincinnati Redlegs	National
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	Pittsburgh Pirates	National
	Los Angeles Dodgers	National
	New York Yankees	American
	New York Yankees	American
	Los Angeles Angels	American
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	Minnesota Twins	American
	MLB Chief Assistant
	Boston Red Sox	American
	Detroit Tigers	American
	New York Mets	National
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Kansas City Royals	American
	Chicago White Sox	American
	Cincinnati Reds	National
	New York Yankees	American
	Boston Red Sox	American
	Kansas City Royals	American
	Chicago White Sox	American
	San Francisco Giants	National
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Houston Astros	National
	Montreal Expos	National
	Milwaukee Brewers	American
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Chicago Cubs	National
	Kansas City Royals	American
	New York Mets	National
	San Francisco Giants	National
	Los Angeles Dodgers	National
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Cincinnati Reds	National
	Minnesota Twins	American
	Montreal Expos	National
	Philadelphia Phillies	National
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Texas Rangers	American
	Pittsburgh Pirates	National
	Houston Astros	National
	Oakland Athletics	American
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	Seattle Mariners	American
	Minnesota Twins	American
	San Francisco Giants	National
	St. Louis Cardinals	National
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Minnesota Twins	American
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Tampa Bay Rays	American
	Colorado Rockies	National
	Cincinnati Reds	National
^	Detroit Tigers	American
Milwaukee Brewers	National
	Oakland Athletics	American
	Boston Red Sox	American
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Toronto Blue Jays	American
	Chicago Cubs	National
	Cleveland Indians	American
	Oakland Athletics	American
	Tampa Bay Rays	American
	Chicago White Sox	American
	San Francisco Giants	National
	Cleveland Guardians	American
	Baltimore Orioles	American
	Milwaukee Brewers	National

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