Baseball's Longest-Tenured GMs

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By Ben Nicholson-Smith [October 15, 2012 at 3:12pm CST]

It?s been an unusually quiet offseason for general manager turnover -- so far. The Rockies re-structured their baseball operations department, the Marlins are mulling changes, and the White Sox are expected to promote two top executives. Otherwise, it?s been relatively slow, with no dismissals midway through a month that?s often filled with GM turnover.

Using Baseball America's executive database I?ve compiled a list of baseball?s longest-tenured general managers. The list shows how long GMs have been with their current teams, not when they got their first gig running a team. That list would look different, with Dave Dombrowski, Sandy Alderson and Dan Duquette at the top (I'm using the term 'GM' loosely; some of the executives below have different titles on their business cards).?

The Bay Area has two of the sport?s three longest-tenured GMs in Brian Sabean and Billy Beane. There's been lots of turnover in the past five years, as nearly half (14) of baseball's GMs were hired in that time. Here's the complete list:

1. Terry Ryan, Twins, 1994 (stepped aside from 2007-11)
2. Brian Sabean, Giants, 1996
3. Billy Beane, Athletics, 1997
4. Brian Cashman, Yankees, 1998
5. Dan O'Dowd, Rockies, 1999 (Bill Geivett assumes many GM duties as Sr. VP of Major League operations)
6. Kenny Williams, White Sox, 2000 (expected to be promoted, replaced by Rick Hahn)
7. Larry Beinfest, Marlins, 2002
8. Dave Dombrowski, Tigers, 2002
9. Doug Melvin, Brewers, 2002
10. Jon Daniels, Rangers, 2005
11. Andrew Friedman, Rays, 2005
12. Ned Colletti, Dodgers, 2005
13. Dayton Moore, Royals, 2006
14. Neal Huntington, Pirates, 2007
15. Frank Wren, Braves, 2007
16. John Mozeliak, Cardinals, 2007
17. Walt Jocketty, Reds, 2008
18. Jack Zduriencik, Mariners, 2008
19. Ruben Amaro, Jr., Phillies, 2008
20. Mike Rizzo, Nationals, 2009
21. Alex Anthopoulos, Blue Jays, 2009
22. Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks, 2010
23. Chris Antonetti, Indians, 2010
24. Sandy Alderson, Mets, 2010
25. Jed Hoyer, Cubs, 2012
26. Josh Byrnes, Padres, 2012
27. Jerry Dipoto, Angels, 2012
28. Jeff Luhnow, Astros, 2012
29. Ben Cherington, Red Sox, 2012
30. Dan Duquette, Orioles, 2012

Check out MLBTR's 2010 series on the reaction each GM generated upon taking his first GM job: AL East, AL Central, AL West, NL East, NL Central, NL West.

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