Andrew Bowen MacPhail (born April 5, 1953) is an American

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executive. He has previously served as

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for the

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and

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is locate ...

, and as president for the

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and

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

. MacPhail is the son of

Lee MacPhail Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr. (October 25, 1917 – November 8, 2012) was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. MacPhail was a baseball executive for 45 years, serving as the director of player personnel for the New York Ya ...

and the grandson of Larry MacPhail, both of whom were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for their careers as executives in MLB.

Career

MacPhail began his career as a baseball executive with the

' Rookie-level Minor League Baseball affiliate in 1976. After a year in the role, he became an assistant in the Cubs' parks operations department, and was promoted to assistant director of player development. He joined the front office of the

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as their assistant director of scouting in 1981, and then was promoted to assistant to the

in 1982. He was hired as the

' vice president of player development in 1984, and then as the Twins' general manager in 1985. As the Twins' general manager, he hired Tom Kelly to serve as the team's field manager, and traded for

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, Dan Gladden, Joe Niekro, and Dan Schatzeder. Under MacPhail, the Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series championships. The 1991 Twins rebounded from a last place finish after MacPhail signed Jack Morris in the offseason. MacPhail won '' Sporting News'' Executive of the Year Award in 1991. At the end of the 1994 season, the Cubs hired MacPhail as their president and

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. MacPhail demoted

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, the Cubs' general manager, and hired Ed Lynch to fill the role. The Cubs reached the playoffs when they won the

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wild card spot in 1998. They won the National League Central division in 2003. MacPhail served with the Cubs until the end of the 2006 season, when he stepped down and was succeeded by John McDonough. Peter Angelos, the owner of the

, hired MacPhail as the team's president of Baseball Operations on June 20, 2007. Before the 2008 season, MacPhail traded Érik Bédard for a package that included Adam Jones and Chris Tillman. He acquired

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after the 2010 season and Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter at the trade deadline in 2011. He also hired

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as manager during the 2010 season. MacPhail's contract expired at the end of the 2011 season, following the Orioles' 14th consecutive losing season, and he opted to leave the team. Many of the players acquired by MacPhail, as well as Showalter, helped the Orioles reach the postseason after MacPhail's departure. On June 29, 2015, the

hired MacPhail as a special assistant to Pat Gillick, the team's president. MacPhail succeeded Gillick as president at the end of the 2015 season. On December 11, 2020, he was succeeded by

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Personal

MacPhail is the youngest of four sons born to

, who served as president of the

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. He is the grandson of Larry MacPhail, who with Lee forms the only father-and-son members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Andy's uncle, Bill MacPhail (Lee MacPhail's brother), was president of

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and later was president of CNN Sports. MacPhail graduated with a degree in American studies from

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = Jo ...

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, in 1977, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He played

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as an

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for Dickinson at the Division III level.Major League Genes

References

External links

Andy MacPhail
at Baseball America Executive Database :
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacPhail, Andy 1953 births Living people Dickinson College alumni Baltimore Orioles executives Major League Baseball executives Chicago Cubs executives Major League Baseball team presidents Minnesota Twins executives Major League Baseball general managers Philadelphia Phillies executives