List of Atlanta Braves owners and executives

Owners

• Ivers Whitney Adams, John Conkey, Henry L. Pierce, Eben Dyer Jordan, John F. Mills, Harrison Garnder, James A. Freeland, Edward A. White, Frank G. Webster, and others (1871–1877)^[1]
• Arthur Soden, James B. Billings, and William H. Conant (1877–1907)^[1]
• George & John Dovey (1907–June 19, 1909)
• John Dovey (June 19, 1909 – November 15, 1910)
• John P. Harris (November 15, 1910 – December 17, 1910)^[2][3]
• William Hepburn Russell & Lewis C. Paige (December 17, 1910 – November 21, 1911)
• Estate of William Hepburn Russell (November 21, 1911 – December 19, 1911)
• John Montgomery Ward & James Gaffney (December 19, 1911 – July 31, 1912)^[4]
• James Gaffney (July 31, 1912 – January 8, 1916)^[5]
• Millet, Roe & Hagen (represented by Arthur Chamberlin Wise) & Percy Haughton (January 8, 1916 – January 30, 1919)^[6]
• George W. Grant (January 30, 1919 – February 20, 1923)^[7]
• Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson, and James MacDonough (February 20, 1923 – October 7, 1925)^[8]
• Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson Jr., and James MacDonough (October 7, 1925 – 1926)
• Emil Fuchs, Albert H. Powell, & James V. Giblin (1926–May 15, 1927)
• Emil Fuchs, James V. Giblin, Charles Adams, V. C. Bruce Wetmore, and Charles H. Farnsworth (May 15, 1927 – July 31, 1935)^[9][10]
• Charles Adams, V. C. Bruce Wetmore, and Charles H. Farnsworth (July 31, 1935 – December 10, 1935)^[11]
• Bob Quinn, Charles Adams, V. C. Bruce Wetmore, and Weston Adams (December 10, 1935–February 1941)^[12]
• Bob Quinn, Max Meyer, Lou Perini, John Quinn, Joseph Conway, C. Joseph Maney, Dan Marr, Frank McCourt, J. W. Powdrell, Guido Rugo, William Wrang, Francis Ouimet, and Casey Stengel (April 20, 1941 – January 21, 1944)^[13]
• Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and C. Joseph Maney (January 21, 1944 – January 22, 1951)^[14]
• Lou Perini and C. Joseph Maney (1951–1952)^[15]
• Perini Corporation (1952–1962)^[16]
• William Bartholomay, Thomas A. Reynolds, John McHale, John J. Louis Jr., Daniel C. Searle, Delbert W. Coleman, James B. McCahey Jr., and Perini Corporation (November 16, 1962 – January 6, 1976)^[17]
• Ted Turner/Turner Broadcasting (January 6, 1976–October 1996)^[18]
• Time Warner (October 1996–May 16, 2007)
• Liberty Media (May 16, 2007–present)^[19]

Presidents

• Ivers Whitney Adams (1871)
• John Conkey (1872)
• Charles H. Porter (1873–1874)
• Nicholas Apollonio (1875–1876)
• Arthur Soden (1877–1907)
• George Dovey (1907–1909)
• John Dovey (1909–1910)
• William Hepburn Russell (1910–1911)
• John Montgomery Ward (1911–1912)
• James E. Gaffney (1912–1916)
• Percy Haughton (1916–1918)^[7]
• George W. Grant (1919–1923)
• Christy Mathewson (1923–1925)
• Emil Fuchs (1925–1935)
• Bob Quinn (1935–1945)^[20]
• Lou Perini (1945–1957)^[21]
• Joseph Cairnes (1957–1961)^[22]
• John McHale (1961–1967)^[23]
• William Bartholomay (1967–1973)^[24]
• Daniel Donahue (1973–1975)
• Ted Turner (1976–1986)
• Stan Kasten (1986–2003)^[25]
• Terry McGuirk (2003–2007)^[26]
• John Schuerholz (2007–present)

General Managers

• Bob Quinn
• John Quinn
• John McHale
• Paul Richards
• Eddie Robinson
• John Alevizos
• Bill Lucas
• John Mullen
• Bobby Cox
• John Schuerholz
• Frank Wren
• John Hart

Other executives

• Hank Aaron
• Jim Fanning
• Bill Lajoie
• Chuck LaMar
• Wid Matthews
• Dayton Moore
• Paul Snyder
• Dean Taylor
• David Wilder

References

1. Tuohey, George V. (1897). A History of the Boston Base Ball Club. Boston: M. F. Quinn & Co. pp. 62, 174–175. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
2. "A New Owner For Boston Doves". Portsmouth Daily Times. November 15, 1910. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
3. "Boston Nationals Sold". Boston Evening Transcript. December 17, 1910. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
4. "Boston Club Sale Closed.". The New York Times. December 20, 1911.
5. Webb Jr, Melville E. (August 1, 1912). "Gaffney Buys Ward's Stock". The Boston Daily Globe.
6. "P.D. HAUGHTON BUYS BOSTON NATIONALS; Harvard Football Coach Heads Syndicate of Baseball Club Owners. STALLINGS AS MANAGER James E. Gaffney Surprises Sporting Circles by Disposing of Braves -- Price Said to be $500,000. P.D. HAUGHTON BUYS BOSTON NATIONALS". New York Times. 9 January 1916. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
7. "G. W. Grant Buys Braves". The New York Times. January 31, 1919.
8. "Matty Heads Group Which Buys Braves". The New York Times. February 21, 1923.
9. "Charles F. Adams Buys Powell Stock In Boston Braves". The Hartford Courant. May 16, 1927.
10. O'Leary, James (May 16, 1927). "Boston Men Buy Share in Braves". Boston Daily Globe.
11. King, Bill (August 1, 1935). "Fuch's Move Is No Surprise; To Find Purchaser". Associated Press. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
12. O'Leary, James C. (December 7, 1935). "Bob Quinn to Buy Braves Club". The Boston Daily Globe.
13. Hurwitz, Hy (April 21, 1941). "Hub-Controlled Syndicate Buys Adams' Stock in Bees:". The Boston Daily Globe.
14. Nason, Jerry (January 22, 1944). "Trio Ultimately Will Buy Braves Club Outright". The Boston Daily Globe.
15. Hurwitz, Hy (January 23, 1951). "Rugo Sells Braves Stock to Perini and Maney". The Boston Daily Globe.
16. Birtwell, Roger (November 27, 1952). "Perini Contracting Firm to Acquire Braves Stock". The Boston Daily Globe.
17. "Wisconsin Men Buy Braves for $5,500,000; Club Will Stay in Milwaukee". The New York Times. November 17, 1962.
18. "Yachtsman Turner Purchases Braves". The New York Times. January 7, 1976.
19. Bowman, Mark (May 16, 2007). "Braves excited by news of team sale". Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Atlanta Braves. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
20. Webb, Melville (February 15, 1945). "Quinn Quits as Braves Chief; Son Named General Manager". The Boston Daily Globe.
21. "Perini Succeeds Quinn as President of Boston Braves". The Boston Daily Globe. March 20, 1945.
22. "Lou Perini Resigns As Braves President". The Boston Daily Globe. January 27, 1957.
23. "Braves Pick GM McHale As President". The Boston Globe. September 24, 1961.
24. "Chairman of Atlanta Braves Also Takes President's Post". Wall Street Journal. January 20, 1967.
25. "Braves name president". Toronto Star. November 7, 1986.
26. O'Brien, David (November 22, 2003). "Braves: Front office reorganized". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

External links

• Baseball America: Executive Database