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
YearsSeasons; each is linked to an article about that particular season
DivDivision titles: number of division titles won by the general manager
PenPennants: number of pennants (league championships) won by the manager
WSWorld Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
* Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Owners
Owner(s)YearsDivPenWSRef
Denny McKnight1882–1886———[9]
William A. Nimick1887–1891———[10]
William Kerr and Phil Auten1892–1899———[10]
Barney Dreyfuss*1900–1932062[6]
Florence W. Dreyfuss1932–1946———[11]
John Galbreath (99% 1946–82, 51% 1983–86),
with Frank E. McKinney, Thomas P. Johnson,
Bing Crosby (1%) and Warner Communications (48% 1982–86)		1946–1986633[12][13]
Pittsburgh Associates1986–1996300[14]
Kevin McClatchy1996–2007———[15]
Robert Nutting2007–present———[8]

General managers
#General managerYearsDivPenWS
1Denny McKnight1882–1883———
2Edmund C. Converse1884———
3William A. Nimick1885–1890———
4J. Palmer O'Neil1891———
5William Chase Temple1892———
6Al Buckenberger1893———
7William Kerr1894–1897———
8Bill Watkins1898———
9William Kerr1899———
10Barney Dreyfuss*1900–1932062
11William Benswanger1932–1946———
  • 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 managerYearsDivPenWSRef
12Ray Kennedy1946———[16]
13Roy Hamey1946–1950———[3]
14Branch Rickey*1951–1955———[16]
15Joe L. Brown1956–1976, 1985522[17]
16Harding Peterson1976–1985111[18]
17Syd Thrift1985–1988———[19]
18Larry Doughty1988–1992200[16]
19Ted Simmons1992–1993100[20]
20Cam Bonifay1993–2001———[21]
21Dave Littlefield2001–2007———[22]
22Neal Huntington2007–2019———[5]
23Ben Cherington2019–present———

Presidents
#PresidentYearsDivPenWSRef
1Denny McKnight1882–1883———[23]
2Edmund C. Converse1884———[23]
3William A. Nimick1885–1890———[23]
4J. Palmer O'Neil1891———[23]
5William Chase Temple1892———[23]
6Al Buckenberger1893———[23]
7William Kerr1894–1897———[23]
8Bill Watkins1898———[23]
9William Kerr1899———[23]
10Barney Dreyfuss*1900–1932062[23]
11William Benswanger1932–1946———[23]
12Frank E. McKinney1946–1950———[23]
13John Galbreath1951–1969111[23]
14Dan Galbreath1970–1985222[23]
15Malcolm Prine1986–1987———[23]
16Carl Barger1989–1991100
17Mark Sauer1991–1996200
18Kevin McClatchy1996–2007———
19Frank Coonelly2007–2019———
20Travis Williams2019–present———

Other executives

References
  1. "Pittsburgh Pirates History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  2. Finoli, Ranier 2003, pp. 2–3
  3. Finoli, Ranier 2003, p. 463
  4. "Branch Rickey". The Hall of Famers. BaseballHallofFame.org. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  5. Langosch, Jenifer (25 September 2007). "Pirates hire Huntington as new GM". MLB.com. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  6. Finoli, Ranier 2003, p. 472
  7. "Barney Dreyfuss". The Hall of Famers. BaseballHallofFame.org. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  8. "Robert Nutting, Chairman". Front Office biographies. PittsburghPirates.com. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  9. Finoli, Ranier 2003, pp. 1–2
  10. Finoli, Ranier 2003, p. 471
  11. Johnson, Vince (2 January 1947). "Benswanger, Out of Game, Relaxes By Writing History of Baseball". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 13 July 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. 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. 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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