Scott Harris

Scott Harris

• School UCLA, Columbia University, Northwestern University

• Born c. 1987 in Redwood City, CA USA

Biographical Information

Scott Harris was 32 years old when he was appointed General Manager of the San Francisco Giants on November 11, 2019. During the ptevious year, President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi had served as his own GM.

Harris worked for the Chicago Cubs for seven years under Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer before taking the Giants' job, joining the team in 2012 and rising to the rank of Assistant GM early in 2019. He had grown up in the Bay Area as a Giants fan and started working for Major League Baseball in 2010 before moving to the Cubs.

On September 19, 2022, he was named President of Baseball Operations for the Detroit Tigers. He was taking over for GM Al Avila, who had been fired the previous August, and Sam Menzin, who had filled the position on an interim basis. He combined the duties of President and GM for one year, then on September 21, 2023, hired Jeff Greenberg to be the GM. Greenberg had been until then the Assistant GM of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League, but had previously spent over a decade working for the Chicago Cubs under Theo Epstein.

Preceded by Farhan Zaidi

San Francisco Giants General Manager 2019-2022

Succeeded by Pete Putila

Preceded by Sam Menzin

Detroit Tigers General Manager 2022-2023

Succeeded by Jeff Greenberg

Further Reading

• David Ginsburg (Associated Press): "Tigers hire Giants GM Harris to oversee baseball operations", Yahoo! News, September 19, 2022. [1]
• Alex Pavlovic: "Why Farhan Zaidi chose Scott Harris as Giants' new general manager", NBCSports.com, November 11, 2019. [2]