List of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives

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Andrew Friedman is the incumbent President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

This article is a list of Los Angeles Dodgers owners and executives.

Owners

# Name Years Notes Ref
1 Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell 1883–1890 [1]
2 Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell and George Chauncey 1891–1897 Merger of Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Brooklyn Ward's Wonders [1]
3 Charles Ebbets and Ferdinand Abell 1897–1898 Byrne dies, his shares & Chauncey's bought by Ebbets & Abell [1]
4 Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon 1899–1904 Merger of Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Baltimore Orioles [1]
5 Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Henry Medicus, Ned Hanlon 1905–1906 Ebbets & Medicus buy out Von der Horst [1]
6 Charles Ebbets and Henry Medicus 1907–1912 Ebbets & Medicus buy out Abell & Hanlon [1]
7 Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever and Stephen McKeever 1912–1925 Ebbets & The McKeevers buy out Medicus [1]
8 Stephen McKeever, Grace Slade Ebbets, Joseph Gilleaudeau and Brooklyn Trust Company 1925–1938 Ebbets & Ed McKeever die; team becomes officially known as the Dodgers in 1932 [1]
9 James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey, Grace Slade Ebbets, Joseph Gilleaudeau and Brooklyn Trust Company 1938–1944 Stephen McKeever dies, shares inherited by the Mulveys [1]
10 Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, James Lawrence Smith, and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey 1945–1950 Rickey, O'Malley & Smith buy out the Ebbets Estate [1]
11 Walter O'Malley, Mrs. Smith and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey 1950–1958 James Smith dies, leaving his shares to his wife; O'Malley buys out Rickey [1]
12 Walter O'Malley and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey 1958–1975 Dodgers move to Los Angeles, Mrs. Smith sells her shares to O'Malley & the Mulveys [1]
13 Walter O'Malley 1975–1979 O'Malley buys out the Mulveys [1]
14 Peter O'Malley and Terry Seidler 1979–1997 Walter O'Malley dies, shares inherited by Peter O'Malley & Terry Seidler [1]
15 Fox Entertainment Group 1998–1999 Fox purchases the team [1]
16 Fox Entertainment Group and Robert Daly 1999–2004 Daly buys minority share in team [1]
17 Frank McCourt 2004–2012 McCourt purchases Dodgers from Fox & Daly [1]
18 Guggenheim Baseball Management
(Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly)		 2012–2018 Guggenheim Group purchases Dodgers after bankruptcy court proceedings [2]
19 Guggenheim Baseball Management
(Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton, Todd Boehly)
and
Billie Jean King & Ilana Kloss		 2018–2019 King & Kloss buy a minority share of team [3]
20 Guggenheim Baseball Management
(Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, Stan Kasten, Peter Guber, Bobby Patton, Todd Boehly)
and
Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Alan Smolinisky & Robert L. Plummer		 2019–present Smolinisky & Plummer buy a share of team [4]

Chairmen

# Name Seasons Notes Ref
1 Walter O'Malley 1970–1979 Walter O'Malley steps down as President and assumes newly created position of Chairman [1]
2 Peter O'Malley 1980–1998 Walter O'Malley dies, his son Peter succeeds him [1]
3 Robert Daly 1999–2004 Minority Owner Robert Daly becomes Chairman [1]
4 Frank McCourt 2004–2012 New Owner Frank McCourt becomes chairman [1]
5 Mark Walter 2012–present Controlling Partner of Guggenheim Baseball Management [1]

Presidents

Incumbent Dodgers team president Stan Kasten
# Name Seasons Notes Ref
1 Charlie Byrne 1890–1897 [1]
2 Charles Ebbets 1898–1925 elected president upon Byrne's death [1]
3 Ed McKeever 1925 acting president upon Ebbets death [1]
4 Wilbert Robinson 1925–1930 elected president upon McKeever's death [1]
5 Frank York 1930–1932 [1]
6 Stephen McKeever 1932–1938 [1]
7 Larry MacPhail 1938–1942 [1]
8 Branch Rickey 1942–1950 succeeds MacPhail, who quit to join the army [1]
9 Walter O'Malley 1950–1970 [1]
10 Peter O'Malley 1970–1997 Walter O'Malley steps down to become Chairman, his son Peter succeeds him [1]
11 Bob Graziano 1998–2004 appointed President by Fox Entertainment Group [1]
12 Jamie McCourt 2004–2009 appointed President by her husband, Frank [1]
13 Dennis Mannion 2009–2010 [5]
14 Stan Kasten 2012–present The team had no official president from 2010-2012 [6]

General Managers

The Dodgers did not employ a General Manager until 1950. Before then, the team President had the duties commonly associated with the GM.[7]

Former GM Ned Colletti
# Name Seasons Notes Ref
1 Branch Rickey 1950 [8]
2 Buzzie Bavasi 1951–1968 Won 8 NL Pennants & 4 World Series [9]
3 Fresco Thompson 1968 Died shortly after taking job [10]
4 Al Campanis 1968–1987 Won 4 NL Pennants & 1 World Series [11]
5 Fred Claire 1987–1998 Won 1 NL Pennant & 1 World Series [12]
6 Tommy Lasorda 1998 Interim [13]
7 Kevin Malone 1999–2001 [14]
8 Dave Wallace 2001 Interim [15]
9 Dan Evans 2001–2004 [16]
10 Paul DePodesta 2004–2005 [17]
11 Ned Colletti 2005–2014 [18]
12 Farhan Zaidi 2014–2018 Won 2 NL Pennants [19]
13 Vacant 2019–present [20]

Other front office personnel

Current

Name Position Ref
Andrew Friedman President of Baseball Operations [21]
Bob Wolfe Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer [21]
Tucker Kain President, Business Enterprise [21]
Sam Fernandez Executive VP & General Counsel [21]
Lon Rosen Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer [21]
Tommy Lasorda Special Advisor to the Chairman [21]
Josh Byrnes Senior Vice President, Baseball Operations [21]
Janet Marie Smith Senior VP, Planning and Development [21]
Antonio Morici Senior VP, Premium Sales & Service [21]
Brandon Gomes Vice President & Assistant General Manager [21]
Jeffrey Kingston Vice President & Assistant General Manager [22]
David Finley Vice President, Amateur and International Scouting [21]
Ismael Cruz Vice President, International Scouting [21]
Galen Carr Director, Player Personnel [21]
Billy Gasparino Director, Amateur Scouting [21]
Eric Potterat Director, Specialized Performance Programs [21]
Ellen Harrigan Director, Baseball Administration [21]
Scott Akasaki Director, Team Travel [21]
Alex Slater Director, Baseball Development and Scouting [21]
Duncan Webb Director, Baseball Resources [21]
Scott Powers Director, Quantitative Analysis [21]
William Rhymes Director, Player Development [21]
Matt McGrath Assistant Director, Player Development [21]
Gerry Hunsicker Special Advisor, Baseball Operations [21]
Pat Corrales Special Assistant to the GM [21]
Raúl Ibañez Special Assistant to the GM [21]
Joel Peralta Special Assistant, Baseball Operations [21]
José Vizcaíno Special Assistant, Player Personnel [21]
Ralph Avila Senior Scouting Advisor, Dominican Republic [21]
Ron Porterfield Director, Player Health [21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Dodgers Owners". MLB.com. Los Angeles Dodgers. Retrieved 2009-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  2. ^ ESPN.com news services (May 2, 2012). "Sale of Dodgers finalized". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Gurnick, Ken (September 21, 2018). "Addition of King, Kloss sends 'strong message'". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Add Two Entrepreneurs to Ownership Team". The Wall Street Journal. September 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Dennis Mannion bio on Dodgers.com
  6. ^ Dennis Mannion bio on Dodgers.com
  7. ^ Dodgers General Managers
  8. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Branch Rickey". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  9. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Buzzie Bavasi". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  10. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Fresco Thompson". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  11. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Al Campanis". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  12. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Fred Claire". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  13. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Tom Lasorda". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  14. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Kevin Malone". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  15. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Dave Wallace". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  16. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Dan Evans". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  17. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Paul DePodesta". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  18. ^ "Baseball America Executive Database:Ned Colletti". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  19. ^ "Dodgers hire Farhan Zaidi as GM". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  20. ^ Acquavella, Katherine (Dec 7, 2018). "Reports: Dodgers not hiring a new general manager after Farhan Zaidi left to join Giants this offseason". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Dodgers Front Office Directory". MLB.com. Los Angeles Dodgers. Retrieved 2009-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  22. ^ Gurnick, Ken (December 9, 2018). "Dodgers add Kingston as assistant GM". MLB.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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