List of New York Yankees owners and executives

Brian Cashman (left) and Hal Steinbrenner (right) are the current general manager and chairman of the New York Yankees, respectively.

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, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts.

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. Jacob Ruppert purchased the team in 1915. Larry MacPhail was forced out of the Yankees ownership group following his behavior after the 1947 World Series. George Steinbrenner headed a 12-man group which bought the team. While Steinbrenner initially owned less than half of the team, he bought out many of his partners, eventually owning 70% of the team. John McMullen, one of Steinbrenner's limited partners, said, "Nothing is so limited as being one of George's limited partners."

Under Steinbrenner's ownership, YankeeNets was formed after a merger of the business operations of the Yankees and New Jersey Nets. After the Nets were sold to Bruce Ratner, YankeeNets became a limited liability company (LLC) known as Yankee Global Enterprises. The LLC owns the Yankees and the YES Network. George's sons, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner, joined their father as partners in 2008. When George died in 2010, his sons assumed full ownership of the team.^{[citation needed]}

Principal owners

Jacob Ruppert's plaque in Monument Park

George Steinbrenner was commonly referred to as "The Boss".

Key

	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
^	Co-owners

List of team owners, showing tenure of service

Name	Tenure	Ref
Chan, CalvinCalvin Chan	1901–1902
Devery, William S.William S. Devery	1903–1915^
Farrell, Frank J.Frank J. Farrell	1903–1915^
Ruppert, JacobJacob Ruppert	1915–1939^
L'Hommedieu Huston, TillinghastTillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston	1915–1922^
Ruppert, JacobJacob Ruppert Estate	1939–1945
MacPhail, LarryLarry MacPhail	1945–1947
Topping, DanDan Topping	1945–1964^
Webb, DelDel Webb	1945–1964^
Columbia Broadcasting System	1964–1973
Steinbrenner, GeorgeGeorge Steinbrenner	1973–2010
Steinbrenner, HalHal Steinbrenner	2008–present^
Steinbrenner, HankHank Steinbrenner	2008–present^

General managers

Lou Piniella would serve as field manager and General Manager in 1988.

List of general managers, showing tenure

Name	Tenure	Ref
Barrow, EdEd Barrow	1921–1944
MacPhail, LarryLarry MacPhail	1945–1947
Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss	1948–1960
Hamey, RoyRoy Hamey	1961–1963
Houk, RalphRalph Houk	1964–1966
Topping, Jr., DanDan Topping, Jr.	1966
MacPhail, LeeLee MacPhail	1967–1973
Paul, GabeGabe Paul	1974–1977
Tallis, CedricCedric Tallis	1978–1979
Michael, GeneGene Michael	1980–1981
Bergesch, BillBill Bergesch	1982–1983
Cook, MurrayMurray Cook	1984
King, ClydeClyde King	1985–1986
Woodward, WoodyWoody Woodward	1987
Piniella, LouLou Piniella	1988
Quinn, BobBob Quinn	1988–1989
Peterson, Harding "Pete"Harding "Pete" Peterson	1990
Michael, GeneGene Michael	1991–1995
Watson, BobBob Watson	1996–1997
Cashman, BrianBrian Cashman	1998–present

See also

Current team executives

• Randy Levine, President
• Damon Oppenheimer, Director of Amateur Scouting
• Billy Eppler, Director of Professional Scouting
• Reggie Jackson, Special Assistant to the General Manager
• Tino Martinez, Special Assistant to the General Manager
• Stump Merrill, Special Assistant to the General Manager

Related lists

• List of New York Yankees managers
• List of New York Yankees coaches

External links

• Baseball America: Executive Database