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Women Executives in Baseball II

Margaret Donahue is known as the first female front office executive in Major League Baseball who was not an owner. She worked for the Chicago Cubs from 1919 to 1958 and introduced concepts such as the season ticket and reduced prices for children under 12, both still used today. Since then, many women have held executive positions in business and financial areas of Major League Baseball. However, there have not been many women who have broken the plains of the player personnel. Though there are many women who have been hired as GM's for Minor League affiliates, these positions are not responsible for player personnel moves. This is handled at the Major League level.

One woman who has acquired a position in Player Personnel at the Major League level is Kim Ng. She first worked for the Chicago White Sox, where she successfully presented an arbitration case. After working for the American League as director of waivers and records, she was hired as Assistant GM by the New York Yankees. When she left the Yankees in 2001 for the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees hired another woman to replace her, Jean Afterman. Afterman still holds the same position as of June 2014. Kim Ng has since moved on to work for Major League Baseball as Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations.