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List Of Chicago White Sox Managers And Ownership ...
This is a list of Chicago White Sox owners and executives. Owners General managers * Harry Grabiner (1915–1945) *Leslie O'Connor (1946–1948) *Frank Lane (1948–1955) *Chuck Comiskey (1956–1958) *Johnny Rigney (1956–1958) *Hank Greenberg (1959–1961) *Ed Short (1961–1970) *Roland Hemond (1970–1985) *Ken Harrelson (1985–June 1986) *Tom Haller (June 1986–October 1986) *Larry Himes (1986–1990) *Ron Schueler (1990–2000) * Kenny Williams (2000–2012) *Rick Hahn (2012–present) Other executives *Bill DeWitt *Dave Dombrowski *Scott Reifert *Terry Savarise * David Wilder External linksBaseball America: Executive Database {{Chicago White Sox general managers Chicago White Sox Owners Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, tangible or intangible. Ownership can involve multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Comiskey
Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "The Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League, and was also founding owner of the Chicago White Sox. Comiskey Park, the White Sox's storied baseball stadium, was built under his guidance and named for him. Comiskey's reputation was permanently tarnished by his team's involvement in the Black Sox Scandal, although he was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. Early life Comiskey was born on August 15, 1859, in Chicago, the son of Illinois politician John Comiskey. He attended public and parochial schools in Chicago, including St. Ignatius Preparatory School, and, later, St. Mary's College (in St. Mary's, Kansas). He played baseball at St. Mary's, and played for several professional teams in Chicago while apprenticed to a plumber and working at construction jobs includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Hemond
Roland A. Hemond (October 26, 1929 – December 12, 2021) was an American professional baseball executive who worked in Major League Baseball. He served as the scouting director of the California Angels, general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, senior executive vice president of the Arizona Diamondbacks, executive advisor to the general manager of the White Sox, and special assistant to the president for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Career After graduating from high school, Hemond served in the United States Coast Guard for four years from 1947 to 1951 and was stationed at Brooklyn Navy Yard for three of those years. In 1951, he took a job with the Hartford Chiefs, a Minor League Baseball team. After two months, he was hired by the Boston Braves, and stayed with the team when it relocated to Milwaukee. In 1961, the Los Angeles Angels hired him as their scouting director. Both Hemond and Chuck Tanner joined the Chicago White Sox from the Angels on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago White Sox Executives
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Chicago White Sox Owners
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David Wilder (baseball)
David Scott Wilder (born October 14, 1960) is a former minor-league baseball player and a former major-league baseball executive. Early life and education Wilder attended Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California and Contra Costa College. He earned a bachelor's degree in management from St. Mary's College of California, completing his degree while in the minor leagues. Baseball career An outfielder, Wilder played minor-league baseball in the Oakland A's and Chicago Cubs farm systems, but never advanced to the major leagues. He hit .267 in six seasons in the minors. On April 3, 1987, the Chicago Cubs famously traded future Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley and infielder Dan Rohn to the A's for Wilder and two other players. "Hey, I could have been traded for Joe Blow," Wilder told the San Francisco Chronicle in an article that was published on July 26, 2004. "It's part of baseball history." Wilder's playing career ended in 1988. After his career ended, he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Savarise
Terry Savarise is the senior vice president of stadium operations for the Chicago White Sox major league baseball team. He is the executive responsible for all aspects of the operation of Guaranteed Rate Field, including the over 2,000 employees who staff the ballpark on game days. Savarise directed the planning and construction of the ballpark, which opened in 1991. A phased, multi-year series of major renovations to the facility is currently underway. Under Savarise’s leadership seating has been moved closer to the field of play, a popular "Fan Deck" was added in center field, and the entire color scheme of the ballpark was changed from whites and blues to dark greys and greens. In a dramatic move that shocked and delighted fans, the team also removed the top eight rows of the ballpark’s upper deck and added a new roof over this portion of the stadium. Together, these changes had an enormous impact on fan perceptions of the facility; previously the ballpark was maligned for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Reifert
Scott Reifert is the vice president of communications for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He currently pens ''Inside the White Sox'', the team's official blog. He also serves as president of Chicago White Sox Charities. He first joined the club in 1983. In his current role, he oversees the club’s strategic communications efforts, media services, mass communications functions, public relations activities, community relations initiatives and the team’s Web sitewhitesox.com A 1982 graduate of the University of Iowa, Reifert also has a master's degree in sports management from Western Illinois University. He is married to Amy Howley, head women’s soccer coach at the University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b .... External links Inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Dombrowski
David Dombrowski (born July 27, 1956) is an American baseball executive who serves as the President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Dombrowski also previously served as the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the general manager and president of the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers, and president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox. He has helped build four different franchises (Marlins, Tigers, Red Sox, Phillies) into pennant-winning teams, and he has won the World Series twice — with the Marlins in 1997 and the Red Sox in 2018. Career Chicago White Sox Dombrowski began his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1978, as an administrative assistant in their minor league organization. He moved up the ladder to assistant general manager to Roland Hemond by his late 20s, but was purged during Ken Harrelson's one-year reign in 1986 as the White Sox front-office boss. Montreal Expos Dombrowski joined the Montrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill DeWitt
William Orville DeWitt Sr. (August 3, 1902 — March 4, 1982) was an American professional baseball executive and club owner whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned more than 60 years. His son William Jr. is currently the principal owner and managing partner of the St. Louis Cardinals, while grandson William III is the Cardinals' president. The senior DeWitt held multiple ownership and upper management positions in the major leagues, including general manager and owner of both the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox, and president of the Detroit Tigers. Early life and career DeWitt grew up in St. Louis. One of his first jobs, in 1916, was selling soda pop at the St. Louis Browns' home field, Sportsman's Park. He began his formal baseball career with the Cardinals as a protégé of Branch Rickey, who moved from the Browns to the Redbirds late in 1916 and would become a legendary executive and member of the Baseball H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Hahn
Rick Hahn (born March 20, 1971) is an American baseball executive who serves as the Senior Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. Following the 2020 season, in which the White Sox made their first post-season appearance since 2008, Hahn was voted winner of the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award by a panel of his peers. Hahn joined Roland Hemond (1972) and Bill Veeck (1977) to become only the third White Sox executive to win the honor in the 85-year history of the award. During Hahn's tenure, the White Sox had seven losing seasons before they made the post-season in back-to-back seasons for the first time in the franchise's 121-year history when they won the 2021 American League Central Division. Biography Hahn was raised in Winnetka, Illinois, and graduated from New Trier High School. He then went on to receive his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and his Master of Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Williams (baseball)
Kenneth Royal Williams (born April 6, 1964) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball and the current Executive Vice President of the Chicago White Sox. Playing career Selected by the White Sox in the third round of the amateur draft, Williams made his debut in and spent three years in Chicago, primarily as a center fielder, before being traded to the Detroit Tigers in . The Tigers waived him during the season, and he was claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays. Williams remained a bit player with the Blue Jays, usually coming on as a pinch-runner due to his speed. He was the starting center fielder when Dave Stieb threw his only no-hitter, the first no-hitter in Toronto history. He is best remembered as a player for a bizarre incident during the 1990 season, where a series of wild throwing errors resulted in him (on base as a pinch-runner) rounding third base and mauling over third base coach John McLaren, knocking him out in the process (Williams himself was winded, but eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Schueler
Ronald Richard Schueler (born April 18, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, pitching coach, executive and scout. Over the course of his eight-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Schueler played for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox. Schueler then spent nearly four decades as a pitching coach, scout, and front office executive. From to , he served as general manager of the White Sox, with his teams compiling regular season win–loss totals of 817–729, while winning two division championships; they had a 2–7 record in their two postseason appearances. Early life and career Born in Catharine in Ellis County, Kansas, Schueler graduated from Hays High School, where he played baseball and basketball, then went on to attend Fort Hays State University. A right-handed pitcher listed as tall and , he was first drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates (but did not sign), in the 1966; he was then selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
