Bill Bavasi

William Bavasi

• School University of San Diego

• Born December 27, 1957

Biographical Information

Bill Bavasi is a former General Manager of the California Angels and Seattle Mariners and later worked in the Cincinnati Reds front office.

Bavasi got his start in baseball in the San Diego Padres organization. He later was a minor league administrator in the Angels system in 1981 and 1982 and farm director from 1983 to 1990. Next, he was the team's director of player development from 1991 to 1993 and general manager from 1994 to 1999. He was the director of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2002 and 2003 before becoming the Mariners GM on November 7, 2003. He held that position through June 1, 2008. Later that summer, he joined the Reds as vice president of scouting, player development, and international operations, a job he held until 2014. In November of 2014, he moved on to a new challenge as head of the Major League Scouting Bureau, to replace Frank Marcos.

Bavasi's father, Buzzie Bavasi, was General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, L.A. Dodgers and San Diego Padres, and his brother Peter served as GM of the Padres and Toronto Blue Jays. Another brother, Bob Bavasi, owned the Everett AquaSox for over a decade, and a third brother, Chris, served as mayor of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Preceded by Whitey Herzog

California/Anaheim Angels General Manager 1994-1999

Succeeded by Bill Stoneman

Preceded by Pat Gillick

Seattle Mariners General Manager 2004-2008

Succeeded by Lee Pelekoudas

Record as a General Manager

Draft Picks

1st Round Angels

• 1994: 6th overall OF McKay Christensen - Clovis West High School
• 1995: 1st overall OF Darin Erstad - University of Nebraska
• 1996: No Pick (Lost for signing Randy Velarde)
• 1997: 3rd overall 3B Troy Glaus - UCLA
• 1998: 18th overall P Seth Etherton - USC
• 1999: No Pick (Lost for signing Mo Vaughn)

Other Notable Selections - Angels

• 1995: 2nd round (31st overall) P Jarrod Washburn - University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
• 1996: 3rd round (85th overall) P Scott Schoeneweis - Duke University
• 1997: 38th round (1137th overall) P Scot Shields - Lincoln Memorial University

1st Round - Mariners

• 2004: No Pick (Lost for signing Eddie Guardado)
• 2005: 3rd overall C Jeffrey Clement - USC
• 2006: 5th overall P Brandon Morrow - University of California
• 2007: 11th overall P Phillippe Aumont - Ecole du Versant

Significant Trades

Angels

• March 29, 1994 traded Hilly Hathaway to the San Diego Padres for Harold Reynolds
• April 13, 1995 traded Chad Curtis to the Detroit Tigers for Tony Phillips
• July 17, 1995 traded McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Bill Simas and Andrew Lorraine to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Abbott and Tim Fortugno
• July 31, 1996 traded Damion Easley to the Detroit Tigers for Greg Gohr
• November 26, 1996 traded J.T. Snow to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey
• December 5, 1996 traded Ryan Kane and Jeremy Blevins to the New York Yankees for Jim Leyritz
• July 29, 1997 traded Jim Leyritz to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill
• August 13, 1997 traded George Arias, Ryan Hancock and Stevenson Agosto to the San Diego Padres for Rickey Henderson
• July 29, 1999 traded Randy Velarde and Omar Olivares to the Oakland A's for Jeff Davanon, Elvin Nina and Nathan Haynes

Mariners

• January 6, 2004 traded Jeff Cirillo and Brian Sweeney to the San Diego Padres for Kevin Jarvis, Wiki Gonzalez, Dave Hansen and Vince Faison
• January 8, 2004 traded Carlos Guillen to the Detroit Tigers for Ramon Santiago and Juan Gonzalez (minors)
• June 27, 2004 traded Freddy Garcia and Ben Davis to the Chicago White Sox for Jeremy Reed, Miguel Olivo and Mike Morse
• July 30, 2005 traded Randy Winn to the San Francisco Giants for Jesse Foppert and Yorvit Torrealba
• August 19, 2006 traded Jamie Moyer to the Philadelphia Phillies for Andrew Barb and Andrew Baldwin
• December 7, 2006 traded Rafael Soriano to the Atlanta Braves for Horacio Ramirez
• February 8, 2008 traded George Sherrill, Adam Jones, Chris Tillman, Tony Butler and Kam Mickolio to the Baltimore Orioles for Erik Bedard

Significant Signings

Angels

• January 31, 1994 signed Bo Jackson as a Free Agent from Chicago White Sox
• December 14, 1994 signed Lee Smith as a free agent from New York Yankees
• November 21, 1995 signed Randy Velarde as a free agent from New York Yankees
• December 18, 1996 signed Eddie Murray as a free agent from Baltimore Orioles
• December 19, 1997 signed Cecil Fielder as a free agent from New York Yankees
• December 11, 1998 signed Mo Vaughn as a free agnet from Boston Red Sox

Mariners

• November 19, 2003 signed Raul Ibanez as a free agent from Kansas City Royals
• December 16, 2003 signed Eddie Guardado as a free agent from Minnesota Twins
• December 15, 2004 signed Richie Sexson as a free agent from Arizona Diamondbacks
• December 16, 2004 signed Adrian Beltre as a free agent from Los Angeles Dodgers
• March 23, 2005 signed Yuniesky Betancourt as a amateur free agent
• January 29, 2007 signed Jeff Weaver as a free agent from St. Louis Cardinals