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Executive of the Year Award by The Sporting News

The Sporting News is nothing short of the most respected and legendary magazine / newspaper in sports history. Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of historical baseball statistics anywhere. Listed below in chronological order are the executives chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the Executive of the Year Award.

"It's an organizational award and some of the things we experienced this year certainly add to this award for me individually. Unfortunately, the people who contributed to all the things that went right don't get much acknowledgement. I accepted this on behalf of the organization because that's exactly what it is. Everybody affiliated with the Minnesota Twins had a part in this and I'm proud to accept it on behalf of the organization." - Minnesota Twins Vice President & General Manager Terry Ryan

Executive of the Year Award by The Sporting News ©
Year	Name^(Quantity)	League	Team
1936	Branch Rickey⁽¹⁾	NL	St. Louis
1937	Ed Barrow⁽¹⁾	AL	New York
1938	Warren Giles⁽¹⁾	NL	Cincinnati
1939	Larry MacPhail⁽¹⁾	NL	Brooklyn
1940	Walter Briggs, Sr.⁽¹⁾	AL	Detroit
1941	Ed Barrow⁽²⁾	AL	New York
1942	Branch Rickey⁽²⁾	NL	St. Louis
1943	Clark Griffith⁽¹⁾	AL	Washington
1944	Billy DeWitt⁽¹⁾	AL	St. Louis
1945	Phil Wrigley⁽¹⁾	NL	Chicago
1946	Tom Yawkey⁽¹⁾	AL	Boston
1947	Branch Rickey⁽³⁾	NL	Brooklyn
1948	Bill Veeck, Jr.⁽¹⁾	AL	Cleveland
1949	Bob Carpenter⁽¹⁾	NL	Philadelphia
1950	George Weiss⁽¹⁾	AL	New York
1951	George Weiss⁽²⁾	AL	New York
1952	George Weiss⁽³⁾	AL	New York
1953	Lou Perini⁽¹⁾	NL	Milwaukee
1954	Horace Stoneham⁽¹⁾	NL	New York
1955	Walter O'Malley⁽¹⁾	NL	Brooklyn
1956	Gabe Paul⁽¹⁾	NL	Cincinnati
1957	Frank Lane⁽¹⁾	NL	St. Louis
1958	Joe Brown⁽¹⁾	NL	Pittsburgh
1959	Buzzie Bavasi⁽¹⁾	NL	Los Angeles
1960	George Weiss⁽⁴⁾	AL	New York
1961	Dan Topping⁽¹⁾	AL	New York
1962	Fred Haney⁽¹⁾	AL	Los Angeles
1963	Bing Devine⁽¹⁾	NL	St. Louis
1964	Bing Devine⁽²⁾	NL	St. Louis
1965	Cal Griffith⁽¹⁾	AL	Minnesota
1966	Lee MacPhail⁽¹⁾	MLB	Commissioner
1967	Dick O'Connell⁽¹⁾	AL	Boston
1968	Jim Campbell⁽¹⁾	AL	Detroit
1969	John Murphy⁽¹⁾	NL	New York
1970	Harry Dalton⁽¹⁾	AL	Baltimore
1971	Cedric Tallis⁽¹⁾	AL	Kansas City
1972	Roland Hemond⁽¹⁾	AL	Chicago
1973	Bob Howsam⁽¹⁾	NL	Cincinnati
1974	Gabe Paul⁽²⁾	AL	New York
1975	Dick O'Connell⁽²⁾	AL	Boston
1976	Joe Burke⁽¹⁾	AL	Kansas City
1977	Bill Veeck, Jr.⁽²⁾	AL	Chicago
1978	Spec Richardson⁽¹⁾	NL	San Francisco
1979	Hank Peters⁽¹⁾	AL	Baltimore
1980	Tal Smith⁽¹⁾	NL	Houston
1981	John McHale⁽¹⁾	NL	Montreal
1982	Harry Dalton⁽²⁾	AL	Milwaukee
1983	Hank Peters⁽²⁾	AL	Baltimore
1984	Dallas Green⁽¹⁾	NL	Chicago
1985	John Schuerholz⁽¹⁾	AL	Kansas City
1986	Frank Cashen⁽¹⁾	NL	New York
1987	Al Rosen⁽¹⁾	NL	San Francisco
1988	Fred Claire⁽¹⁾	NL	Los Angeles
1989	Roland Hemond⁽²⁾	AL	Baltimore
1990	Bob Quinn⁽¹⁾	NL	Cincinnati
1991	Andy MacPhail⁽¹⁾	AL	Minnesota
1992	Dan Duquette⁽¹⁾	NL	Montreal
1993	Lee Thomas⁽¹⁾	NL	Philadelphia
1994	John Hart⁽¹⁾	AL	Cleveland
1995	John Hart⁽²⁾	AL	Cleveland
1996	Doug Melvin⁽¹⁾	AL	Texas
1997	Cam Bonifay⁽¹⁾	NL	Pittsburgh
1998	Gerry Hunsicker⁽¹⁾	NL	Houston
1999	Jim Bowden⁽¹⁾	NL	Cincinnati
2000	Walt Jocketty⁽¹⁾	NL	St. Louis
2001	Pat Gillick⁽¹⁾	AL	Seattle
2002	Terry Ryan⁽¹⁾	AL	Minnesota
2003	Brian Sabean⁽¹⁾	NL	San Francisco
2004	Walt Jocketty⁽²⁾	NL	St. Louis
2005	Mark Shapiro⁽¹⁾	AL	Cleveland
2006	Terry Ryan⁽²⁾	AL	Minnesota
2007	Mark Shapiro⁽²⁾	AL	Cleveland
2008	Not Yet Announced^(11-2008)	--	--
Year	Name^(Quantity)	League	Team
Executive of the Year Award

Branch Rickey, who won first ever Sporting News Executive of the Year Award in 1936, not only signed Jackie Robinson, but also "invented" the modern farm system.

Multiple winners include George Weiss with four; Branch Rickey with three; and Ed Barrow, Bing Devine, Gabe Paul, Dick O'Connell, Bill Veeck Jr., Harry Dalton, Hank Peters, Roland Hemond, John Hart, Walt Jocketty & Mark Shapiro with two each.

Each of the executives won the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award due to actions they took to improve the game itself or their specific team. If you know specific reasons why each has won, share them with fellow fans on our message board.

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