Matt Klentak

Matthew Klentak

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
• School Dartmouth College
• High School Xaverian Brothers High School

• Born August 14, 1980 in Medfield, MA USA

Biographical Information

Matt Klentak has been a General Manager.

Klentak was the shortstop for Dartmouth College, helping them win two Ivy League divisional titles. He worked in the Colorado Rockies baseball operations department in 2003 then moved to Major League Baseball's Labor Relations Department (2004-2007). In 2008, he joined the Baltimore Orioles as Director of Baseball Operations. He was assistant GM for the Los Angeles Angels from 2012-2015. The Philadelphia Phillies hired him as their GM in October 2015. At age 35, he was the youngest GM in team history. He stayed until the end of the 2020 season, as the Phillies were coming off three straight disappointing season, failing to play above .500 or to take the opportunity of the expanded playoffs to play in the postseason, in spite of spending lavishly on free agents, most prominently Bryce Harper, and trading aggressively for front-line players such as J.T. Realmuto.

Sources include 2018 Phillies Media Guide

Preceded by Scott Proefrock

Philadelphia Phillies General Manager 2015-2020

Succeeded by Sam Fuld

Further Reading

• Tom Moore: "Plenty of Middleton mixed messages after firing Klentak as Phillies GM", USA Today, October 3, 2020. [1]