Major League Baseball (MLB) Awards - The Sporting News Executive of the Year

Year

Name

League

Team

1936

Branch Rickey

NL

St. Louis

1937

Ed Barrow

AL

New York

1938

Warren Giles

NL

Cincinnati

1939

Larry MacPhail

NL

Brooklyn

1940

Walter Briggs, Sr.

AL

Detroit

1941

Ed Barrow

AL

New York

1942

Branch Rickey

NL

St. Louis

1943

Clark Griffith

AL

Washington

1944

Billy DeWitt

AL

St. Louis

1945

Phil Wrigley

NL

Chicago

1946

Tom Yawkey

AL

Boston

1947

Branch Rickey

NL

Brooklyn

1948

Bill Veeck, Jr.

AL

Cleveland

1949

Bob Carpenter

NL

Philadelphia

1950

George Weiss

AL

New York

1951

George Weiss

AL

New York

1952

George Weiss

AL

New York

1953

Lou Perini

NL

Milwaukee

1954

Horace Stoneham

NL

New York

1955

Walter O'Malley

NL

Brooklyn

1956

Gabe Paul

NL

Cincinnati

1957

Frank Lane

NL

St. Louis

1958

Joe Brown

NL

Pittsburgh

1959

Buzzie Bavasi

NL

Los Angeles

1960

George Weiss

AL

New York

1961

Dan Topping

AL

New York

1962

Fred Haney

NL

Los Angeles

1963

Bing Devine

NL

St. Louis

1964

Bing Devine

NL

St. Louis

1965

Cal Griffith

AL

Minnesota

1966

Lee MacPhail

MLB

Chief Assistant

1967

Dick O'Connell

AL

Boston

1968

Jim Campbell

AL

Detroit

1969

John Murphy

NL

New York

1970

Harry Dalton

AL

Baltimore

1971

Cedric Tallis

AL

Kansas City

1972

Roland Hemond

AL

Chicago

1973

Bob Howsam

NL

Cincinnati

1974

Gabe Paul

AL

New York

1975

Dick O'Connell

AL

Boston

1976

Joe Burke

AL

Kansas City

1977

Bill Veeck, Jr.

AL

Chicago

1978

Spec Richardson

NL

San Francisco

1979

Hank Peters

AL

Baltimore

1980

Tal Smith

NL

Houston

1981

John McHale

NL

Montreal

1982

Harry Dalton

NL

Milwaukee

1983

Hank Peters

AL

Baltimore

1984

Dallas Green

NL

Chicago

1985

John Schuerholz

AL

Kansas City

1986

Frank Cashen

NL

New York

1987

Al Rosen

NL

San Francisco

1988

Fred Claire

NL

Los Angeles

1989

Roland Hemond

AL

Baltimore

1990

Bob Quinn

NL

Cincinnati

1991

Andy MacPhail

AL

Minnesota

1992

Dan Duquette

NL

Montreal

1993

Lee Thomas

NL

Philadelphia

1994

John Hart

AL

Cleveland

1995

John Hart

AL

Cleveland

1996

Doug Melvin

AL

Texas

1997

Cam Bonifay

NL

Pittsburgh

1998

Gerry Hunsicker

NL

Houston

1999

Jim Bowden

NL

Cincinnati

2000

Walt Jocketty

NL

St. Louis

2001

Pat Gillick

AL

Seattle

2002

Terry Ryan

AL

Minnesota

2003

Brian Sabean

NL

San Francisco