List of Pittsburgh Pirates owners and executives

The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central division. The team began play in 1882 as the Alleghenies (alternately spelled "Alleghenys"[1]) in the American Association. The franchise moved to the National League after owner William Nimick became upset over a contract dispute, thus beginning the modern day franchise.[2]

From the franchise's beginning, the owner and manager fulfilled the duties of the general manager. However, in 1946, Roy Hamey left his position as president of the second American Association to become the Pirates' first general manager.[3] The franchise's second general manager, Branch Rickey, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1967.[4] Hired in September 2007, Neal Huntington is the Pirates's previous general manager.[5] Barney Dreyfuss purchased the franchise in 1900, bringing players including Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke with him from the Louisville Colonels, which he had previously owned. In his 32 years as owner, Dreyfuss built Forbes Field and helped to organize the World Series.[6] Dreyfuss was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2008.[7] Robert Nutting served as chairman of the board from 2003 to 2007, at which point he became majority owner of the franchise.[8]

Table key

Years Seasons; each is linked to an article about that particular season
Div Division titles: number of division titles won by the general manager
Pen Pennants: number of pennants (league championships) won by the manager
WS World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
* Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Owners

Owner(s) Years Div Pen WS Ref
Denny McKnight 1882–1886 — — — [9]
William A. Nimick 1887–1891 — — — [10]
William Kerr and Phil Auten 1892–1899 — — — [10]
Barney Dreyfuss* 1900–1932 0 6 2 [6]
Florence W. Dreyfuss 1932–1946 — — — [11]
John Galbreath (Majority Owner 1946–86),
with Frank E. McKinney, Thomas P. Johnson,
Bing Crosby (1%) and Warner Communications (48% 1982–86)		 1946–1986 6 3 3 [12][13]
Pittsburgh Associates 1986–1996 3 0 0 [14]
Kevin McClatchy 1996–2007 — — — [15]
Robert Nutting 2007–present — — — [8]

General managers

# General manager Years Div Pen WS
1 Denny McKnight 1882–1883 — — —
2 Edmund C. Converse 1884 — — —
3 William A. Nimick 1885–1890 — — —
4 J. Palmer O'Neil 1891 — — —
5 William Chase Temple 1892 — — —
6 Al Buckenberger 1893 — — —
7 William Kerr 1894–1897 — — —
8 Bill Watkins 1898 — — —
9 William Kerr 1899 — — —
10 Barney Dreyfuss* 1900–1932 0 6 2
11 William Benswanger 1932–1946 — — —
  • Prior to 1946, the club presidents performed the current duties of general manager.
  • As the deceased owner's son-in-law, Benswanger officially served as "president and chief executive" but in effect was general manager for his mother-in-law owner.
# General manager Years Div Pen WS Ref
12 Ray Kennedy 1946 — — — [16]
13 Roy Hamey 1946–1950 — — — [3]
14 Branch Rickey* 1951–1955 — — — [16]
15 Joe L. Brown 1956–1976, 1985 5 2 2 [17]
16 Harding Peterson 1976–1985 1 1 1 [18]
17 Syd Thrift 1985–1988 — — — [19]
18 Larry Doughty 1988–1992 2 0 0 [16]
19 Ted Simmons 1992–1993 1 0 0 [20]
20 Cam Bonifay 1993–2001 — — — [21]
21 Dave Littlefield 2001–2007 — — — [22]
22 Neal Huntington 2007–2019 — — — [5]
23 Ben Cherington 2019–present — — —

Presidents

# President Years Div Pen WS Ref
1 Denny McKnight 1882–1883 — — — [23]
2 Edmund C. Converse 1884 — — — [23]
3 William A. Nimick 1885–1890 — — — [23]
4 J. Palmer O'Neil 1891 — — — [23]
5 William Chase Temple 1892 — — — [23]
6 Al Buckenberger 1893 — — — [23]
7 William Kerr 1894–1897 — — — [23]
8 Bill Watkins 1898 — — — [23]
9 William Kerr 1899 — — — [23]
10 Barney Dreyfuss* 1900–1932 0 6 2 [23]
11 William Benswanger 1932–1946 — — — [23]
12 Frank E. McKinney 1946–1950 — — — [23]
13 John Galbreath 1951–1969 1 1 1 [23]
14 Dan Galbreath 1970–1985 2 2 2 [23]
15 Malcolm Prine 1986–1987 — — — [23]
16 Carl Barger 1989–1991 1 0 0
17 Mark Sauer 1991–1996 2 0 0
18 Kevin McClatchy 1996–2007 — — —
19 Frank Coonelly 2007–2019 — — —
20 Travis Williams 2019–present — — —

Other executives

References

General
  • Finoli, David; Ranier, Bill (2003). The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia (Illustrated ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing L.L.C. p. 626. ISBN 1-58261-416-4. OCLC 52480758.
Specific
  1. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 2–3
  3. ^ a b Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 463
  4. ^ "Branch Rickey". The Hall of Famers. BaseballHallofFame.org. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Langosch, Jenifer (September 25, 2007). "Pirates hire Huntington as new GM". MLB.com. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
  6. ^ a b Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 472
  7. ^ "Barney Dreyfuss". The Hall of Famers. BaseballHallofFame.org. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Robert Nutting, Chairman". Front Office biographies. PittsburghPirates.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
  9. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 1–2
  10. ^ a b Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 471
  11. ^ Johnson, Vince (January 2, 1947). "Benswanger, Out of Game, Relaxes By Writing History of Baseball". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  12. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 474
  13. ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  14. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 473
  15. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 476
  16. ^ a b c Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 464–65
  17. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 465–66
  18. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 466–67
  19. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 467–68
  20. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 469
  21. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, pp. 469–70
  22. ^ Finoli & Ranier 2003, p. 470
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Thorn, J.; Palmer, P.; Gershman, M., eds. (2001). Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball (7th ed.). Kingston, NY: Total Sports Publishing. p. 2460. ISBN 978-1-930844-01-8.
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