Andrew Bowen MacPhail (born April 5, 1953) is an American

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executive. He has previously served as

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for the

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and

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, and as president for the

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and

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. MacPhail is the son of

Lee MacPhail Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Y ...

and the grandson of

Larry MacPhail Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr. (February 3, 1890 – October 1, 1975) was an American lawyer and an executive in Major League Baseball. He served as a high-ranking executive, including club president and general manager, with the Cincin ...

, both of whom were inducted into the

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for their careers as executives in MLB.

Career

MacPhail began his career as a baseball executive with the

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affiliate in 1976. After a year in the role, he became an assistant in the Cubs' parks operations department, and was promoted to assistant director of player development. He joined the front office of the

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as their assistant director of scouting in 1981, and then was promoted to assistant to the

in 1982. He was hired as the

' vice president of player development in 1984, and then as the Twins' general manager in 1985. As the Twins' general manager, he hired Tom Kelly to serve as the team's field manager, and traded for Jeff Reardon,

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, Joe Niekro, and Dan Schatzeder. Under MacPhail, the Twins won the

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and

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championships. The 1991 Twins rebounded from a last place finish after MacPhail signed Jack Morris in the offseason. MacPhail won ''

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'' Executive of the Year Award in 1991. At the end of the 1994 season, the Cubs hired MacPhail as their president and

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. MacPhail demoted Larry Himes, the Cubs' general manager, and hired Ed Lynch to fill the role. The Cubs reached the playoffs when they won the

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wild card spot in 1998. They won the

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division in 2003. MacPhail served with the Cubs until the end of the 2006 season, when he stepped down and was succeeded by John McDonough. Peter Angelos, the owner of the

, hired MacPhail as the team's president of baseball operations on June 20, 2007. Before the 2008 season, MacPhail traded

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for a package that included Adam Jones and Chris Tillman. He acquired J. J. Hardy after the 2010 season and Chris Davis and

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at the trade deadline in 2011. He also hired Buck Showalter as manager during the 2010 season. MacPhail's contract expired at the end of the 2011 season, following the Orioles' 14th consecutive losing season, and he opted to leave the team. Many of the players acquired by MacPhail, as well as Showalter, helped the Orioles reach the postseason after MacPhail's departure. On June 29, 2015, the

hired MacPhail as a special assistant to

Pat Gillick Lawrence Patrick David Gillick (born August 22, 1937) is an American professional baseball executive. He previously served as the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1994), Baltimore Orioles ( 1996– 1998), Seattle ...

, the team's president. MacPhail succeeded Gillick as president at the end of the 2015 season. On December 11, 2020, he was succeeded by David Dombrowski.

Personal

MacPhail is the youngest of four sons born to

, who served as president of the

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. He is the grandson of

, who with Lee forms the only father-and-son members of the

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. Andy's uncle,

Bill MacPhail William Curtis MacPhail (March 25, 1920 – September 4, 1996) was an American television sports executive. Early life and family MacPhail was born in Columbus, Ohio, son of Larry MacPhail, a baseball executive and innovator. He was a graduate ...

(Lee MacPhail's brother), was president of

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and later was president of

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Sports. MacPhail graduated with a degree in American studies from

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, in 1977, where he was a member of

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fraternity. He played

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as an

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for Dickinson at the Division III level.Major League Genes

References

External links

Andy MacPhail
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