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The following is a list of games that have been given names that are widely used or recalled in reference to the game or as part of a Major League Baseball (MLB) team's lore. This list does not include games named only after being a World Series game unless they are referred to by a name besides their official yearly name. The list also ...
The following is a list of people who hold, or have previously held, the title of team president within Major League Baseball. This title should not be confused with "President of Baseball Operations" (or variants thereof, such as "Chief Baseball Officer"), which can be found at Category:Major League Baseball presidents of baseball operations .
The longest-tenured president is Bob Carpenter, Jr., who oversaw the club for 30 years. Currently, the office of team president is held by David Dombrowski , who assumed the mantle in 2020. Ownership groups have often included the team president, but at other times, such as the tenure of Charles Phelps Taft , others were appointed to fill the ...
The Softball Division is governed by an executive committee that has twenty-three members: president, secretary general, 1st vice president, 2nd vice president, treasurer, twelve vice presidents (two each for Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania, and one each for North America and English-speaking Caribbean), two at-large members ...
He became president, with Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Ed Sweeney, and Red Dooin serving as vice presidents. [10] The group achieved concessions for the players from the National Commission before the 1914 season. [11] The Federal League declared itself to be a major league in 1914, challenging Organized Baseball. In January 1915, the league ...
In 1927, former umpire Billy Evans became the first person to hold a general manager title with a major-league team, the Cleveland Indians.. In the first decades of baseball's post-1901 modern era, responsibilities for player acquisition fell upon the club owner and/or president and the field manager. [1]
In the 1860s, aided by soldiers playing the game in camp during the Civil War, "New York"-style baseball expanded into a national game and spawned baseball's first governing body, the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP). The NABBP existed as an amateur league for 12 years. By 1867, more than 400 clubs were members.
This page is a list of the owners and executives of the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio . The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division.