List of Philadelphia Phillies owners and executives explained

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies compete in MLB as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. In the franchise's history, the owners and ownership syndicates of the team have employed 11 general managers (GMs) and appointed 15 team presidents. The GM controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts.^[1] The team president is the representative for the owner or the ownership group within the front office and is responsible for overseeing the team's staff, minor league farm system, and scouting.^[2]

The longest-tenured general manager is Paul Owens, with 11 years of service to the team in that role, from 1972 to 1983. Owens also served as the team manager in 1972, and from 1983 to 1984.^[3] After this time, he served as a team executive until 2003, and was inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in recognition of his services.^[4] The longest-tenured owner is Bob Carpenter, Jr., who was the team's primary shareholder from 1943 to 1972. He appointed the team's first general manager, Herb Pennock, during his tenure. In combination with his son, Ruly, the Carpenter family owned the Phillies for nearly 50 years (until 1981) until it was sold to Bill Giles, son of former league president Warren Giles. The Phillies are currently overseen by team president, Andy MacPhail.^[5]

Presidents and owners

The Phillies have employed 15 team presidents since their founding in 1883, beginning with sporting goods salesman Al Reach. The longest-tenured president is Bob Carpenter, Jr., who oversaw the club for 30 years. Currently, the office of team president is held by David Dombrowski, who assumed the mantle in 2020. Ownership groups have often included the team president, but at other times, such as the tenure of Charles Phelps Taft, others were appointed to fill the president's role.

All-time team presidents and owners

Name	Position	Tenure	Ref
	President and owner	1883 - 1902	^[6]
	Owner	1883 - 1902
	President and owner	1903 - 1909	^[7]
	President	1905 - 1908
	President and owner	1909	^[8]
	Owner	1909 - 1913
	President	1909 - 1912	^[9]
	Interim president	1912 - 1913
	President and owner	1913	^[10]
	President and owner	1913 - 1930	^[11]
	President	1931 - 1932	^[12]
	President	1932 - 1943	^[13]
	President and owner	1943	^[14]
	President and owner	1943 - 1972	^[15]
	President and owner	1972 - 1981	^[16]
	President and owner	1981 - 1997	^[17]
	President and owner	1997 - 2014	^[18]
	President	2015	^[19]
	Owner	2015–present	^[20]
	President	2016–2020	^[21]
	President of Baseball Operations	2020-present	^[22]

General managers

Key to symbols in tables below

	Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum^[23]
	Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

The Phillies' first GM was Herb Pennock, selected by owner Bob Carpenter, Jr. to oversee the team when he went into the army; before this time, GM duties were handled primarily by the team owner, and this would continue after Pennock's tenure when a GM was not present. On September 10, 2015, the Phillies announced they would not extend GM Rubén Amaro, Jr.'s contract. Amaro had led the team since 2008.^[24]

All-time general managers

Name	Tenure	Ref
	1944 - 1948	^[25]
	1950 - 1953	^[26]
	1954 - 1958	^[27]
	1959 - 1972	^[28]
^§	1972 - 1983	^[29]
	1984 - 1987
	1987 - 1988	^[30]
	1988 - 1997	^[31]
	1998 - 2005	^[32]
	2006 - 2008
	2008–2015	^[33]
	2015–2020
	2020-present	^[34]

Footnotes

• Carpenter, as the owner, assumed GM duties after Pennock's death in 1948.
• Giles, as team president, assumed GM duties after Owens' resignation in 1983.

See also

Other executives

• Jim Baumer (director of scouting)
• Howie Bedell (director of farm system)
• Dallas Green (director of scouting; special assistant to the GM)
• Jay Hankins (director of scouting)
• Chuck LaMar (assistant GM)
• Gene Martin (director of farm system)
• Sean Walker (Chief Technology Officer)

Related lists

• List of Philadelphia Phillies managers

References

General

• Book: Westcott. Rich. Bilovsky. Frank. The Phillies Encyclopedia. 3rd. 2004. Temple University Press. 1-59213-015-1. 365 - 391.

Inline citations

External links

• Baseball America: Executive Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 General Manager Roundtable. Schwarz. Alan. December 21, 2005. Baseball America. December 29, 2008. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201133122/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/features/051221gmround.html. live.
2. Web site: Here's looking at you, Theo. Edes. Gordon. October 24, 2011. ESPN. October 30, 2011. November 3, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103065745/http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7133676/red-sox-leading-man-theo-epstein-moves-cubs. live.
3. Web site: Philadelphia Phillies Managerial Register. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. July 23, 2008. March 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100315220613/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/managers.shtml. live.
4. Web site: Phillies Wall of Fame. MLB Advanced Media. Phillies.com. May 9, 2019. December 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221227063504/https://www.mlb.com/phillies/history/records-stats-awards/wall-of-fame. live.
5. News: Cassavell. AJ. Sources: Phillies select Klentak as new GM. MLB Advanced Media. Phillies.com. October 26, 2015. May 9, 2019. June 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629232412/http://m.phillies.mlb.com/news/article/155453350/matt-klentak-hired-as-phillies-gm/. live.
6. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 365 - 367.
7. Westcott & Bilovsky, p. 367.
8. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 367 - 368.
9. Westcott & Bilovsky, p. 368.
10. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 368 - 369.
11. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 369 - 370.
12. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 370 - 371.
13. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 371 - 373.
14. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 373 - 374.
15. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 374 - 377.
16. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 377 - 379.
17. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 379 - 380.
18. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 380 - 381.
19. Web site: Phillies Announce David Montgomery is Out as President. CBS Local Media. January 28, 2015. July 14, 2015. July 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022549/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/01/28/phillies-announce-david-montgomery-is-out-as-president/. live.
20. Web site: Middleton named Phillies' control person . . June 3, 2020 . June 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603123052/https://www.mlb.com/news/john-middleton-named-phillies-control-person-c209072104 . live .
21. News: Zolecki. Todd. MacPhail to be Phillies president after season. MLB Advanced Media. MLB.com. June 29, 2015. July 14, 2015. July 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715104359/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/133563016/andy-macphail-to-be-phillies-president. live.
22. Web site: Passan . Jeff . Sources: Philadelphia Phillies finalizing deal to make Dave Dombrowski president of baseball operations . ESPN . December 10, 2020 . December 11, 2020 . December 11, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201211000752/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30492194/sources-philadelphia-phillies-finalizing-deal-make-dave-dombrowski-president-baseball-operations . live .
23. Web site: Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 29, 2008. January 4, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100104093600/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml. live.
24. News: Zolecki. Todd. Phillies elect not to extend Amaro's contract. MLB Advanced Media. Phillies.com. September 10, 2015. May 9, 2019. May 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509031253/https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/phillies-wont-offer-ruben-amaro-new-contract/c-148481818. live.
25. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 381 - 382.
26. Web site: Executive Database. Baseball America. July 23, 2008. September 15, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915181127/http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=franchise&fid=phi#gm. live.
27. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 382 - 383.
28. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 383 - 384.
29. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 384 - 386.
30. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 386 - 387.
31. Westcott & Bilovsky, pp. 387 - 388.
32. Web site: Phillies fire GM Wade after eight seasons. October 10, 2005. ESPN. July 25, 2008. May 15, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070515180750/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2186589. live.
33. Web site: Amaro Jr. takes over reins for Phillies. Mandel. Ken. November 3, 2008. Philadelphia Phillies. November 4, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081107184746/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081103&content_id=3660782&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi. November 7, 2008.
34. Salisbury . Jim . JSalisburyNBCS . 1341457492707045379 . December 22, 2020 . According to sources, Phillies will name Sam Fuld general manager. Former big leaguer has been in front office for several years with Phillies. . en . December 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220616030913/https://twitter.com/jsalisburynbcs/status/1341457492707045379 . June 16, 2022 . live.