Larry Beinfest

• School University of Nevada, University of California, Berkeley, Syracuse University
• High School Chatsworth High School

• Born March 3, 1964 in Encino, CA USA

Biographical Information

Larry Beinfest was a top baseball prospect in high school, until he broke his leg playing shortstop in a championship game in his junior year in 1981. He ended up with one leg shorter than the other, seriously affecting his status as a prospect. He still managed to snatch a scholarship from the University of Nevada, but after two years transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he failed to make the baseball team. Instead, he concentrated on his studies, graduating in 1986 with a degree in international business and finance. After working for a year in the marketing department of a radio station, he set off to earn his graduate degree in public communications from Syracuse University. He wanted to work in broadcasting, but instead received an offer from the Seattle Mariners to work in their front office.

Beinfest worked for the Mariners as Player Development and Scouting assistant from 1991 to 1995 and Director of Player Development from 1996 to 1997. He was assistant GM in 1998 and a special assistant to the GM in 1999. Moving to the Montreal Expos, Beinfest was the assistant GM in 2000-2001 and became interim GM in October 2001, succeeding Jim Beattie, with whom he had also worked in the Mariners' organization. In February 2002, the Expos' entire front office staff was transferred to the Florida Marlins when owner Jeffrey Loria sold his team to Major League Baseball in order to purchase the Marlins.

Beinfest was General Manager of the Marlins from 2002 to 2007. During his term as GM, the Marlins won the 2003 World Series, but he was also forced to trade away all the team's talent in the Marlins' second Fire Sale in a decade. After the 2007 season Beinfest moved up the ladder to become the Marlins' President of Baseball Operations. He would remain the team's president through the end of the 2013 season when he was fired and replaced by Dan Jennings. That firing came after the move to a new downtown ballpark in 2012 coupled with the team being renamed the Miami Marlins, the disastrous hiring and subsequent firing of Ozzie Guillen's as the team's manager that season, yet another fire sale, and then a very difficult season on the field in 2013, when the team was largely made up of youngsters.

Preceded by Dave Dombrowski

Florida Marlins General Manager 2002-2007

Succeeded by Michael Hill

Record as a General Manager

Draft Picks

1st Round Picks

• 2002: 11th overall OF Jeremy Hermida - Joseph Wheeler High School
• 2003: 16th overall P Jeffrey Allison - Veterans Memorial High School
• 2004: 27th overall P Taylor Tankersley - University of Alabama
• 2005: 16th overall P Chris Volstad - Palm Beach Gardens High School
• 2005: 22nd overall P Aaron Thompson - Second Baptist High School
• 2005: 29th overall OF Jacob Marceaux - McNeese State University
• 2005: 34th overall P Ryan Tucker - Temple City High School
• 2005: 44th overall P Sean West - Captain Shreve High School
• 2006: 19th overall P Brett Sinkbeil - Missouri State University
• 2006: 36th overall 3B Chris Coghlan - University of Mississippi
• 2007: 12th overall 3B Matt Dominguez - Chatsworth High School

Other Notable Selections

• 2002: 4th round (113th overall) P Josh Johnson - Jenks High School
• 2002: 6th round (173rd overall) P Scott Olsen - Crystal Lake South High School

Significiant Trades

• March 27, 2002 traded Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement to the Chicago Cubs for Julian Tavarez, Dontrelle Willis, Ryan Jorgensen and Jose Cueto
• July 11, 2002 traded Ryan Dempster to the Cincinnati Reds for Wilton Guerrero, Juan Encarnacion and Ryan Snare
• July 11, 2002 traded Cliff Floyd, Wilton Guerrero andClaudio Vargas to the Montreal Expos for Carl Pavano, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Justin Wayne and Donald Levinski
• November 16, 2002 traded Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Vic Darensbourg and Pablo Ozuna to the Colorado Rockies for Mike Hampton and Juan Pierre
• November 18, 2002 traded Mike Hampton to the Atlanta Braves for Tim Spooneybarger and Ryan Baker
• January 11, 2003 traded Gary Knotts, Nate Robertson and Rob Henkel to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Redman and Jerrod Fuell
• July 11, 2003 traded Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Snare and Will Smith to the Texas Rangers for Ugueth Urbina
• November 25, 2003 traded Derrek Lee to the Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini
• July 30, 2004 traded Hee Seop Choi, Brad Penny and Bill Murphy to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul LoDuca, Guillermo Mota and Juan Encarnacion
• November 24, 2005 traded Carlos Delgado to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit and Grant Psomas
• November 24, 2005 traded Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to the Boston Red Sox for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Harvey Garcia and Jesus Delgado
• December 2, 2005 traded Luis Castillo to the Minnesota Twins for Travis Bowyer and Scott Tyler
• December 5, 2005 traded Paul LoDuca to the New York Mets for Gaby Hernandez and Dante Brinkley
• December 7, 2005 traded Juan Pierre to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto

Significant Signings

• February 18, 2002 signed Tim Raines as a Free Agent from Baltimore Orioles
• January 28, 2003 signed Ivan Rodriguez as a free agent from Texas Rangers
• January 26, 2005 signed Carlos Delgado as a free agent from Toronto Blue Jays