List of Cleveland Guardians ownership and front office personnel
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Many people passed through the Cleveland Guardians' front office as team owner, president and general manager, and through that of the Cleveland Indians before that. These include: comedian Bob Hope, frozen food magnate Vern Stouffer, team executives Bill Veeck and Gabe Paul, as well as men who owned the other Cleveland franchises: Ellis Ryan, with the Cleveland Browns, and Nick Mileti, who owned the Cleveland Crusaders, the Cleveland Barons and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Presidents[edit]
Indians Presidents | ||
---|---|---|
Team | Years | |
Denny Long | 1892 | 1895 |
Tom Loftus | 1896 | 1899 |
John F. Kilfoyl | 1899 | Oct. 1908 |
Charles W. Somers | Oct. 1908 | Feb. 21, 1916 |
James C. Dunn | Feb. 21, 1916 | June 9, 1922 |
Ernest S. Barnard | June 9, 1922 | Oct. 17, 1927 |
Edith Dunn | Oct. 17 | Nov. 17, 1927 |
Alva Bradley | Nov. 17, 1927 | June 21, 1946 |
William L. Veeck, Jr. | June 21, 1946 | Nov. 21, 1949 |
Ellis W. Ryan | Nov. 21, 1949 | Dec. 18, 1952 |
Myron H. Wilson, Jr. | Dec. 18, 1952 | Aug. 19, 1962 |
William R. Daley | Aug. 19 | Nov. 20, 1962 |
Gabriel H. Paul, Sr. | Nov. 20, 1962 | Jan. 10, 1973 |
Nicholas J. Mileti | Jan. 10, 1973 | Mar. 20, 1975 |
Alva T. Bonda | Mar. 20, 1975 | Feb. 3, 1978 |
Gabriel H. Paul Sr. | Feb. 3, 1978 | Nov. 29, 1984 |
Peter Bavasi | Nov. 29, 1984 | Jan. 23, 1987 |
Henry J. Peters | Jan. 23, 1987 | Jan. 1, 1992 |
Rick Bay | Jan. 1 | Nov. 20, 1992 |
Richard E. Jacobs | Nov. 20, 1992 | Feb. 15, 2000 |
Paul J. Dolan | Feb. 15, 2000 | Oct. 3, 2010 |
Mark Shapiro | Oct. 3, 2010 | Present |
Team General Managers[edit]
Indians General Managers | ||
---|---|---|
Team | Years | |
John F. Kilfoyl & Charles W. Somers | 1899 | Mar. 1903 |
Ernest S. Barnard | Mar. 1903 | Feb. 21, 1916 |
Bob McRoy | Feb. 21, 1916 | Dec. 2, 1917 |
Ernest S. Barnard | Dec. 2, 1917 | Nov. 3, 1927 |
Billy Evans | Nov. 3, 1927 | Nov. 19, 1935 |
C.C. Slapnicka | Nov. 19, 1935 | Sept. 27, 1941 |
Roger Peckinpaugh | Sept. 21, 1941 | June 22, 1946 |
William L. Veeck, Jr. | June 22, 1946 | Nov. 21, 1949 |
Hank Greenberg | Nov. 21, 1949 | Oct. 16, 1957 |
Frank Lane | Nov. 12, 1957 | Oct. 7, 1960 |
Walter Evers & Bob Kennedy | Oct. 7, 1960 | Apr. 27, 1961 |
Gabriel H. Paul, Sr. | Apr. 27, 1961 | Jan. 10, 1973 |
Phil Seghi | Jan. 10, 1973 | Feb. 18, 1985 |
Joe Klein | Mar. 8, 1985 | Dec. 18, 1987 |
Henry J. Peters | Dec. 18, 1987 | Sept. 18, 1991 |
John Hart | Sept. 18, 1991 | Nov. 3, 2001 |
Mark Shapiro | Nov. 3, 2001 | Oct. 3, 2010 |
Chris Antonetti | Oct. 3, 2010 | Present |
Source[edit]
- Russell Schneider: The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1996.
- Cleveland Guardians team ownership history
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