List of Major League Baseball principal owners

From BR Bullpen

List of current Major League Baseball principal owners and corporate entities that operate the clubs.

Owners[edit]

Team Principal owner(s) Operating entities Year Price Notes
Arizona Diamondbacks Ken Kendrick and three others AZPB LP, AZPBI Inc. 2004 $238 million
Atlanta Braves Liberty Media Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc. 2007 $450 million Purchase included trading of cash, stocks and assets with AOL Time Warner
Baltimore Orioles David Rubenstein Baltimore Orioles LP, Baltimore Orioles Inc., Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. 2024 $1.725 billion
Boston Red Sox John Henry and Tom Werner Boston Red Sox Baseball Club LP, New England Sports Ventures LLC 2002 $380 million
Chicago Cubs Tom Ricketts Chicago National League Ball Club Inc. 2009 $845 million
Chicago White Sox Jerry Reinsdorf Chicago White Sox Ltd., Chisox Corp. 1981 $20 million
Cincinnati Reds Robert Castellini Cincinnati Reds LLC 2005 $270 million
Cleveland Indians Larry Dolan Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. LP 2000 $323 million
Colorado Rockies Charles and Richard Monfort Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Ltd. 1992 $95 million
Detroit Tigers Chris Ilitch Detroit Tigers Inc. 2017 $82 million Inherited team; price listed is from 1992 purchase by Mike Ilitch
Houston Astros Jim Crane Houston Astros Baseball Club 2011 $610 million
Kansas City Royals John Sherman 2019 $1 billion
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Arte Moreno Angels Baseball LP, Moreno Baseball LP 2003 $184 million
Los Angeles Dodgers Mark Walter, Magic Johnson and others Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC 2012 $2.15 billion includes $150 million for land around Dodger Stadium; winning bid selected through a bankruptcy process
Miami Marlins Bruce Sherman 2017 $1.2 billion
Milwaukee Brewers Mark Attanasio Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee Brewers Holdings LLC 2005 $223 million
Minnesota Twins Jim Pohlad Minnesota Twins, MTI Partnership LLP 2009 $44 million Inherited team; price listed is from 1984 purchase
New York Mets Steven Cohen 2020 $2.4 billion Price includes sale of Citi Field
New York Yankees Hal Steinbrenner New York Yankees Partnership 2009 $10 million Inherited team; price listed is from 1973 purchase
Oakland Athletics John Fisher Athletics Investment Group LLC d/b/a Oakland Athletics Baseball Co. LLC 2005 $180 million
Philadelphia Phillies Dave Montgomery The Phillies 1981 $30 million
Pittsburgh Pirates Robert Nutting Pittsburgh Associates LP, Pittsburgh Baseball Inc. 1996 $92 million
St. Louis Cardinals William DeWitt, Jr. St. Louis National Baseball Club Inc. 1995 $150 million
San Diego Padres Peter Seidler et al. The San Diego Padres 2012 $800 million
San Francisco Giants Larry Baer San Francisco Baseball Associates LP 1992 $100 million
Seattle Mariners First Avenue Entertainment LLLP Baseball Club of Seattle LP, Baseball of Seattle Inc. 2016 $1.4 billion The ownership group was restructured in 2016, with minority shareholders buying most of the stock formerly owned by Nintendo of America; purchase price includes majority ownership of the ROOT Sports regional sports network
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Stuart Sternberg Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ltd. 2004 $200 million
Texas Rangers Ray Davis Rangers Baseball Express 2010 $593 million
Toronto Blue Jays Edward Rogers Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership 2008 $137 million Inherited team; price listed is from 2000 purchase by Ted Rogers
Washington Nationals Mark Lerner Washington Nationals Baseball Club LLC 2018 $450 million Took over for his father Ted Lerner, who had purchased the team in 2006

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