Cleveland Indians General Managers

Cleveland Indians General Managers

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a chronological list of (known) persons who have served as General Manager for the Cleveland Indians franchise.

"The brief, tempestuous tenure of (Frank 'Trader') Lane was followed by an era of Tribe baseball dominated by new general manager Gabe Paul. Paul was (at different times) general manager, part owner, and CEO of the club from 1961-73 and 1978-84." - MLB.com (Trying Times)

Cleveland Indians General Managers Click Logo For Team History In Chronological Order
Cleveland Indians General Managers	Seasons
Ernest S. "Barney" Barnard	1903-1916
Bob McRoy	1916-1917
Ernest S. "Barney" Barnard	1917-1927
Billy Evans	1927-1935
C. C. "Cy" Slapnicka	1935-1941
Roger Peckinpaugh	1941-1946
Bill Veeck	1946-1949
Hank Greenberg	1950-1957
Frank Lane	1957-1961
Gabe Paul *	1961-1973
Phil Seghi	1973-1985
Joe Klein	1985-1987
Henry J. "Hank" Peters	1987-1991
John Hart	1991-2001
Mark Shapiro	2001-Today
Cleveland Indians General Managers	Seasons
Cleveland Indians General Managers

The Cleveland Indians chart of General Managers seen above was the first one to appear on Baseball Almanac. If you have a similar list for another team please send it to us as this is the only one we had on file.

* Gabe Paul was replaced by Phil Seghi in 1973. From 1978 through 1984 Paul resumed the helm and Seghi retained his Vice-President / General Manager title.

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