List of National League presidents
The National League President was the chief executive of the National League of professional baseball until 1999, when the NL and the American League merged into Major League Baseball.[1]
National League presidents
| † | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame |
|---|
| Name | Year(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Bulkeley† | 1876 | [2] |
| William Hulbert† | 1877–1882 | [2] |
| Arthur Soden | 1882 | |
| Abraham G. Mills | 1883–1884 | [3] |
| Nicholas Young | 1885–1902 | |
| Harry Pulliam | 1903–1909 | |
| John Heydler | 1909 | |
| Thomas Lynch | 1910–1913 | |
| John K. Tener | 1913–1918 | |
| John Heydler | 1918–1934 | [4] |
| Ford Frick† | 1934–1951 | [4][5] |
| Warren Giles† | 1951–1969 | [5][6] |
| Chub Feeney | 1970–1986 | [6][7] |
| A. Bartlett Giamatti | 1986–1989 | [7][8] |
| Bill White | 1989–1994 | [8] |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. | 1994–1999 | [9][10] |
Honorary president
Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated.[10] In 2001, Bill Giles, son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Chass, Murray (September 16, 1999). "BASEBALL; League Presidents Out as Baseball Centralizes". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "A Baseball Debt That's Long Overdue". CNN. February 26, 1990.
- ^ "A. G. Mills - SABR". sabr.org. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Time. November 19, 1934 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125082651/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847368,00.html. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010.
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- ^ a b "St. Joseph Gazette - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ a b "Ludington Daily News - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Martinez, Michael (February 4, 1989). "Bill White a Unanimous Choice to Head National League". The New York Times.
- ^ KAMIN, ARTHUR Z. (March 6, 1994). "New Jersey Q & A: Leonard S. Coleman Jr.; A New Leader in Baseball's Hierarchy - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ a b Chass, Murray (September 16, 1999). "BASEBALL; League Presidents Out As Baseball Centralizes". The New York Times.
- ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. June 14, 2001.
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National League presidents
- Morgan Bulkeley (1876)
- William Hulbert (1877–1882)
- Arthur Soden (1882)
- Abraham G. Mills (1883–1884)
- Nicholas Young (1885–1902)
- Harry Pulliam (1903–1909)
- John Heydler (1909)
- Thomas Lynch (1910–1913)
- John K. Tener (1913–1918)
- John Heydler (1918–1934)
- Ford Frick (1934–1951)
- Warren Giles (1951–1969)
- Chub Feeney (1970–1986)
- A. Bartlett Giamatti (1986–1989)
- Bill White (1989–1994)
- Leonard S. Coleman Jr. (1994–1999)
- Bill Giles (Honorary, 2001–present)
