| Sporting News Executive of the Year Award |
| Year |
Executive |
LG |
Team |
| 1936 |
Branch Rickey |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1937 |
Ed Barrow |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1938 |
Warren Giles |
NL |
Cincinnati Reds |
| 1939 |
Larry MacPhail |
NL |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1940 |
Walter Briggs, Sr. |
AL |
Detroit Tigers |
| 1941 |
Ed Barrow |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1942 |
Branch Rickey |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1943 |
Clark Griffith |
AL |
Washington Senators |
| 1944 |
Billy DeWitt |
AL |
St. Louis Browns |
| 1945 |
Phil Wrigley |
NL |
Chicago Cubs |
| 1946 |
Tom Yawkey |
AL |
Boston Red Sox |
| 1947 |
Branch Rickey |
NL |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1948 |
Bill Veeck, Jr. |
AL |
Cleveland Indians |
| 1949 |
Bob Carpenter |
NL |
Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1950 |
George Weiss |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1951 |
George Weiss |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1952 |
George Weiss |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1953 |
Lou Perini |
NL |
Milwaukee Braves |
| 1954 |
Horace Stoneham |
NL |
New York Giants |
| 1955 |
Walter O'Malley |
NL |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1956 |
Gabe Paul |
NL |
Cincinnati Reds |
| 1957 |
Frank Lane |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1958 |
Joe Brown |
NL |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1959 |
Buzzie Bavasi |
NL |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1960 |
George Weiss |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1961 |
Dan Topping |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1962 |
Fred Haney |
NL |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1963 |
Bing Devine |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1964 |
Bing Devine |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1965 |
Cal Griffith |
AL |
Minnesota Twins |
| 1966 |
Lee MacPhail |
MLB |
Commissioner |
| 1967 |
Dick O'Connell |
AL |
Boston Red Sox |
| 1968 |
Jim Campbell |
AL |
Detroit Tigers |
| 1969 |
John Murphy |
NL |
New York Mets |
| 1970 |
Harry Dalton |
AL |
Baltimore Orioles |
| 1971 |
Cedric Tallis |
AL |
Kansas City Royals |
| 1972 |
Roland Hemond |
AL |
Chicago White Sox |
| 1973 |
Bob Howsam |
NL |
Cincinnati Reds |
| 1974 |
Gabe Paul |
AL |
New York Yankees |
| 1975 |
Dick O'Connell |
AL |
Boston Red Sox |
| 1976 |
Joe Burke |
AL |
Kansas City Royals |
| 1977 |
Bill Veeck, Jr. |
AL |
Chicago White Sox |
| 1978 |
Spec Richardson |
NL |
San Francisco Giants |
| 1979 |
Hank Peters |
AL |
Baltimore Orioles |
| 1980 |
Tal Smith |
NL |
Houston Astros |
| 1981 |
John McHale |
NL |
Montreal Expos |
| 1982 |
Harry Dalton |
NL |
Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1983 |
Hank Peters |
AL |
Baltimore Orioles |
| 1984 |
Dallas Green |
NL |
Chicago Cubs |
| 1985 |
John Schuerholz |
AL |
Kansas City Royals |
| 1986 |
Frank Cashen |
NL |
New York Mets |
| 1987 |
Al Rosen |
NL |
San Francisco Giants |
| 1988 |
Fred Claire |
NL |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1989 |
Roland Hemond |
AL |
Baltimore Orioles |
| 1990 |
Bob Quinn |
NL |
Cincinnati Reds |
| 1991 |
Andy MacPhail |
AL |
Minnesota Twins |
| 1992 |
Dan Duquette |
NL |
Montreal Expos |
| 1993 |
Lee Thomas |
NL |
Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1994 |
John Hart |
AL |
Cleveland Indians |
| 1995 |
John Hart |
AL |
Cleveland Indians |
| 1996 |
Doug Melvin |
AL |
Texas Rangers |
| 1997 |
Cam Bonifay |
NL |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1998 |
Gerry Hunsicker |
NL |
Houston Astros |
| 1999 |
Jim Bowden |
NL |
Cincinnati Reds |
| 2000 |
Walt Jocketty |
NL |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2001 |
Pat Gillick |
AL |
Seattle Mariners |
| 2002 |
Terry Ryan |
AL |
Minnesota Twins |
| 2003 |
Brian Sabean |
NL |
San Francisco Giants |
