List of National League presidents explained
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
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
Notes and References
- News: BASEBALL; League Presidents Out as Baseball Centralizes. The New York Times. September 16, 1999. Chass. Murray.
- News: A Baseball Debt That's Long Overdue . CNN . February 26, 1990.
- Web site: A. G. Mills - SABR. sabr.org. October 26, 2015.
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847368,00.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125082651/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847368,00.html . dead . November 25, 2010 . Time . November 19, 1934.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vzpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2814,1681764&dq=frick+giles&hl=en
- Web site: St. Joseph Gazette - Google News Archive Search. google.com. October 26, 2015.
- Web site: Ludington Daily News - Google News Archive Search. google.com. October 26, 2015.
- News: Bill White a Unanimous Choice to Head National League . The New York Times . Michael . Martinez . February 4, 1989.
- News: ARTHUR Z. . KAMIN . March 6, 1994 . New Jersey Q & A: Leonard S. Coleman Jr.; A New Leader in Baseball's Hierarchy - New York Times . . June 8, 2013.
- News: BASEBALL; League Presidents Out As Baseball Centralizes . The New York Times . Murray . Chass . September 16, 1999.
- News: Transactions . The New York Times . June 14, 2001.
