Baseball Commissioner
In 1920 the owners of Major League Baseball, in order to reestablish confidence of fans in the sport following the Black Sox Scandal, established the office of Commissioner of Baseball. Under the direction of the commissioner, he or she hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts. The commissioner is chosen by a vote of the owners of the teams; it is said that current President of the United States George W. Bush once angled for the position.
Commissioners of Baseball
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1920-1944)
- A. B. "Happy" Chandler I (1945-1951)
- Ford Frick (1951-1965)
- William Eckert (1965-1968)
- Bowie Kuhn (1969-1984)
- Peter Ueberroth (1984-1989)
- Bart Giamatti (1989)
- Fay Vincent (1989-1992)
- Bud Selig (1992-present; only held title of "acting commissioner" from 1992-1998)
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