This page is a list of the owners and executives of the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They have been a member of the American League since its inaugural season of , playing their first seven seasons as the Boston Americans.
Owners
Majority owners NameYears Joseph C. Pelletier 1901 Charles Somers 1901–1903 Henry Killilea 1903–1904 John I. Taylor April 19, 1904–September 1911 John I. Taylor & Jimmy McAleer September 1911–December 21, 1913 John I. Taylor & Joseph Lannin December 21, 1913–May 15, 1914 Joseph Lannin May 15, 1914–November 2, 1916 Harry Frazee November 2, 1916–August 2, 1923 Bob Quinn August 2, 1923–February 25, 1933 Tom Yawkey February 25, 1933–July 9, 1976 Jean R. Yawkey (with Buddy LeRoux and Haywood Sullivan) July 9, 1976–February 26, 1992 JRY Trust (John Harrington, CEO) February 26, 1992–December 20, 2001 New England Sports Ventures / Fenway Sports Group (John W. Henry, majority owner) December 20, 2001–present During the ownership tenure of Mrs. Jean R. Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux became general partners. A purchase of the team from the estate of Tom Yawkey was approved by the league in May 1978, resulting in each of Mrs. Yawkey, Sullivan, and LeRoux having a one-third controlling interest in the team as general partners. This stood until March 1987, when Yawkey bought out LeRoux, following a failed attempt by LeRoux to take control of the team. Mrs. Yawkey's majority ownership of the team passed upon her death in February 1992 to JRY Trust, which later bought out Sullivan in November 1993.
Minority owners
Eddie Collins Thomas R. DiBenedetto Robert Drury John A. Kaneb Seth Klarman Buddy LeRoux Larry Lucchino George J. Mitchell Phillip H. Morse Les Otten Frank Resnek Samuel A. Tamposi Haywood Sullivan Jeffrey Vinik Tom Werner LeBron James Richard Warke
Executives
Team presidents
NameYearsNotes Joseph C. Pelletier 1901 Concurrent with ownership Charles Somers 1901–1903 Concurrent with ownership Henry Killilea 1903–1904 Concurrent with ownership John I. Taylor 1904–1911 Concurrent with sole ownership Jimmy McAleer 1911–1913 Concurrent with part ownership Joseph Lannin 1913–1916 Concurrent with part then sole ownership Harry Frazee 1916–1923 Concurrent with ownership Bob Quinn 1923–1933 Concurrent with ownership Tom Yawkey 1933–1976 Concurrent with ownership Jean R. Yawkey 1976–1987 John Harrington 1987–2001 First non-owner to serve as president Larry Lucchino 2002–2015 Served through end of 2015 season Sam Kennedy 2015–present Began tenure after 2015 season Source:
Heads of baseball operations The team has used different titles for the person superior to a general manager.
NameYearsTitle Dave Dombrowski 2015–2019 President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom 2020–2023 Chief Baseball OfficerBrian O'Halloran2023–presentExecutive Vice President of Baseball OperationsCraig BreslowChief Baseball Officer Source:
General Managers
NameStart dateEnd dateRef. Eddie Collins February 25, 1933 September 29, 1947 Joe Cronin September 29, 1947 January 15, 1959 Bucky Harris January 15, 1959 September 27, 1960 none September 27, 1960 October 6, 1962 Pinky Higgins October 6, 1962 September 16, 1965 Dick O'Connell September 16, 1965 October 24, 1977 Haywood Sullivan October 24, 1977 June 5, 1984 Lou Gorman June 5, 1984 November 9, 1993 Lou Gorman (acting) November 9, 1993 January 27, 1994 Dan Duquette January 27, 1994 February 28, 2002 Mike Port (acting) February 28, 2002 November 25, 2002 Theo Epstein November 25, 2002 October 31, 2005 none October 31, 2005 December 12, 2005 Ben Cherington & Jed Hoyer December 12, 2005 January 25, 2006 Theo Epstein January 25, 2006 October 21, 2011 none October 21, 2011 October 25, 2011 Ben Cherington October 25, 2011 August 18, 2015 none August 18, 2015 September 24, 2015 Mike Hazen September 24, 2015 October 16, 2016 none October 16, 2016 October 2019 Brian O'Halloran October 2019 September 2023
Other executives
John Alevizos Allard Baird Dick Bresciani Josh Byrnes John Claiborne George J. Digby Billy Evans David Howard Bill James Eddie Kasko Edward F. Kenney, Sr. Bill Lajoie Neil Mahoney Johnny Murphy Herb Pennock Bob Schaefer Craig Shipley Specs Toporcer
Notes
References
External links Baseball America: Executive Database