Bobby Evans

• School University of North Carolina

Biographical Information

Bobby Evans is the General Manager of the San Francisco Giants.

Evans was an intern with the Boston Red Sox while in college. He then worked for the commissioner's office. In 1994, he joined the Giants as Administrative Assistant, Minor Leagues. He later became assistant General Manager, a role he held until 2015. He worked in contract negotiations, rule and waiver compliance and minor league operation oversight.

In 2015 he was named general manager of the Giants, when Brian Sabean left the job to become executive Vice-President after two decades on the job. It was not a great period for the Giants, following their recent run of success, although they did manage to make it to the Division Series in 2016, but only after a major mid-season collapse threatened to have them miss the postseason altogether in spite of having had the best record in the National League in the first half. The Giants then sank all the way to last place in 2017, and made the controversial decision of trying to squeeze one more championship season out of the curent group of players after the season. The acquisition of veterans like OF Andrew McCutchen turned out to be a bust, even if the team improved in the standings; they were still never really in contention and most observers thought that Evans's moves had only delayed the inevitable reconstruction longer than it should. On September 24th, he was fired by CEO Larry Baer.

Preceded by Brian Sabean

San Francisco Giants General Manager 2015-2018

Succeeded by Farhan Zaidi

Source: 2014 Giants Media Guide