List of Atlanta Braves owners and executives
Appearance
Owners
[edit]Name | Years |
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Ivers Whitney Adams, John Conkey, Henry L. Pierce, Eben Dyer Jordan, John F. Mills, Harrison Garnder, James A. Freeland, Edward A. White, Frank G. Webster, and others | 1871–1887[1] |
Arthur Soden, James B. Billings, and William H. Conant | 1887[1]–November 28, 1906 |
George & John Dovey | November 28, 1906[2]–June 19, 1909 |
John Dovey | June 19, 1909 – November 15, 1910 |
John P. Harris | November 15, 1910 – December 17, 1910[3][4] |
William Hepburn Russell & Louis Coues Page | December 17, 1910 – November 21, 1911 |
Estate of William Hepburn Russell | November 21, 1911 – December 19, 1911 |
John Montgomery Ward & James Gaffney | December 19, 1911 – July 31, 1912[5] |
James Gaffney | July 31, 1912 – January 8, 1916[6] |
Millet, Roe & Hagen (represented by Arthur Chamberlin Wise) & Percy Haughton | January 8, 1916 – January 30, 1919[7] |
George W. Grant | January 30, 1919 – February 20, 1923[8] |
Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson, and James MacDonough | February 20, 1923 – October 7, 1925[9] |
Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson Jr., and James MacDonough | October 7, 1925 – 1926 |
Emil Fuchs, Albert H. Powell, & James V. Giblin | 1926–May 15, 1927 |
Emil Fuchs, James V. Giblin, Charles Adams, Bruce Wetmore, and Charles H. Farnsworth | May 15, 1927 – July 31, 1935[10][11] |
Charles Adams, Bruce Wetmore, and Charles H. Farnsworth | July 31, 1935 – December 10, 1935[12] |
Bob Quinn, Charles Adams, Bruce Wetmore, and Weston Adams | December 10, 1935–February 1941[13] |
Bob Quinn, Max Meyer, Lou Perini, John Quinn, Joseph Conway, C. Joseph Maney, Dan Marr, Frank McCourt, J. W. Powdrell, Guido Rugo, William Wrang, Francis Ouimet, and Casey Stengel | April 20, 1941 – January 21, 1944[14] |
Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and C. Joseph Maney | January 21, 1944 – January 22, 1951[15] |
Lou Perini and C. Joseph Maney | 1951–1952[16] |
Perini Corporation | 1952–1962[17] |
William Bartholomay, Thomas A. Reynolds, John McHale, John J. Louis Jr., Daniel C. Searle, Delbert W. Coleman, James B. McCahey Jr., and Perini Corporation | November 16, 1962 – January 6, 1976[18] |
Ted Turner/Turner Broadcasting | January 6, 1976–October 1996[19] |
Time Warner | October 1996–May 16, 2007 |
Liberty Media | May 16, 2007–August 3, 2023[20] |
Presidents
[edit]Name | Years |
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Ivers Whitney Adams | 1871 |
John Conkey | 1872 |
Charles H. Porter | 1873–1874 |
Nicholas Apollonio | 1875–1876 |
Arthur Soden | 1877–1907 |
George Dovey | 1907–1909 |
John Dovey | 1909–1910 |
William Hepburn Russell | 1910–1911 |
John Montgomery Ward | 1911–1912 |
James E. Gaffney | 1912–1916 |
Percy Haughton | 1916–1918[8] |
George W. Grant | 1919–1923 |
Christy Mathewson | 1923–1925 |
Emil Fuchs | 1925–1935 |
Bob Quinn | 1935–1945[21] |
Lou Perini | 1945–1957[22] |
Joseph Cairnes | 1957–1961[23] |
John McHale | 1961–1967[24] |
William Bartholomay | 1967–1973[25] |
Daniel Donahue | 1973–1975 |
Ted Turner | 1976–1986 |
Stan Kasten | 1986–2003[26] |
Terry McGuirk | 2003–2007[27] |
John Schuerholz | 2007–2016 |
Derek Schiller | 2016-Present |
General Managers
[edit]- Bob Quinn
- John Quinn
- John McHale
- Paul Richards
- Eddie Robinson
- John Alevizos
- Bill Lucas
- John Mullen
- Bobby Cox
- John Schuerholz
- Frank Wren
- John Hart
- John Coppolella
- Alex Anthopoulos
Other executives
[edit]- Hank Aaron
- Jim Fanning
- Bill Lajoie
- Chuck LaMar
- Ricky Mast
- Wid Matthews
- Dayton Moore
- Paul Snyder
- Dean Taylor
- David Wilder
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tuohey, George V. (1897). A History of the Boston Base Ball Club. Boston: M. F. Quinn & Co. pp. 62, 174–175. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Deal for Boston National League Club Completed". The Boston Daily Globe. November 29, 1906.
- ^ "A New Owner For Boston Doves". Portsmouth Daily Times. November 15, 1910. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "Boston Nationals Sold". Boston Evening Transcript. December 17, 1910. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "Boston Club Sale Closed". The New York Times. December 20, 1911.
- ^ Webb Jr, Melville E. (August 1, 1912). "Gaffney Buys Ward's Stock". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ "P.D. HAUGHTON BUYS BOSTON NATIONALS; Harvard Football Coach Heads Syndicate of Baseball Club Owners. STALLINGS AS MANAGER James E. Gaffney Surprises Sporting Circles by Disposing of Braves -- Price Said to be $500,000. P.D. HAUGHTON BUYS BOSTON NATIONALS". New York Times. 9 January 1916. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ a b "G. W. Grant Buys Braves". The New York Times. January 31, 1919.
- ^ "Matty Heads Group Which Buys Braves". The New York Times. February 21, 1923.
- ^ "Charles F. Adams Buys Powell Stock In Boston Braves". The Hartford Courant. May 16, 1927.
- ^ O'Leary, James (May 16, 1927). "Boston Men Buy Share in Braves". Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ King, Bill (August 1, 1935). "Fuch's Move Is No Surprise; To Find Purchaser". Associated Press. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ O'Leary, James C. (December 7, 1935). "Bob Quinn to Buy Braves Club". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ Hurwitz, Hy (April 21, 1941). "Hub-Controlled Syndicate Buys Adams' Stock in Bees:". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ Nason, Jerry (January 22, 1944). "Trio Ultimately Will Buy Braves Club Outright". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ Hurwitz, Hy (January 23, 1951). "Rugo Sells Braves Stock to Perini and Maney". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ Birtwell, Roger (November 27, 1952). "Perini Contracting Firm to Acquire Braves Stock". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ "Wisconsin Men Buy Braves for $5,500,000; Club Will Stay in Milwaukee". The New York Times. November 17, 1962.
- ^ "Yachtsman Turner Purchases Braves". The New York Times. January 7, 1976.
- ^ Bowman, Mark (May 16, 2007). "Braves excited by news of team sale". Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Atlanta Braves. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ Webb, Melville (February 15, 1945). "Quinn Quits as Braves Chief; Son Named General Manager". The Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ "Perini Succeeds Quinn as President of Boston Braves". The Boston Daily Globe. March 20, 1945.
- ^ "Lou Perini Resigns As Braves President". The Boston Daily Globe. January 27, 1957.
- ^ "Braves Pick GM McHale As President". The Boston Globe. September 24, 1961.
- ^ "Chairman of Atlanta Braves Also Takes President's Post". Wall Street Journal. January 20, 1967.
- ^ "Braves name president". Toronto Star. November 7, 1986.
- ^ O'Brien, David (November 22, 2003). "Braves: Front office reorganized". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.