Lee Pelekoudas is a former executive with the

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club, most notable for serving as the club's

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from June 16 to October 21, .

Biography

He is of

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descent and the son of former MLB

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Chris Pelekoudas Christos George Pelekoudas (January 23, 1918 – November 30, 1984) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1960 to 1975. Early life Born in Chicago into a family of 14 children, Pelekoudas graduat ...

. He grew up in Sunnyvale, California. Pelekoudas was selected by the

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in the 48th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but attended Arizona State University instead. He has held various front office positions with the Mariners since 1979. Pelekoudas was the Mariners' associate GM under

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when the latter was dismissed on June 16, , and Pelekoudas was named interim GM by team CEO

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and president Chuck Armstrong. During his tenure as interim GM, several of the field personnel who had become scapegoats for the team's poor performance during the 2008 season were dismissed, including hitting

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, field manager John McLaren,

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, and

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. He returned to his former position when

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was hired as the Mariners' general manager on October 21, and resigned from the Mariners on September 1, 2009.

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