There’s often a stereotype associated with the executives who run our favorite teams: whip-smart young men with penchants for advanced mathematical modeling and Ivy League degrees to their names. But how does this archetypal image of MLB’s GM and PoBO sphere hold up in reality?

Scouring Wikipedia articles, LinkedIn pages, media guides, and the depths of local newspaper profiles, I’ve assembled a list of the top ~120 baseball executives—pulling 3-5 from each team—and their educational and occupational backgrounds. The job roles I pulled included presidents of baseball operations, general managers, vice presidents, assistant general managers, directors of operations, directors of analytics, and chief research and development folks.

I tracked their undergraduate majors, undergraduate schools, graduate degrees, graduate institutions, as well as executives’ first experience working in baseball and any prior non-athletic career experience.

First, let’s look at undergraduate majors. From most frequent to least frequent, executives studied: economics (16), communications (8), history (8), business administration (7), finance (5), mathematics (5), english (4), political science (4), sports management (4), psychology (4), accounting (2), American studies (1), biomedical engineering (1), cognitive science (1), computer science (1), east Asian studies (1), eastern languages and civilization (1), education (1), engineering physics (1), food and nutrition (1), art history (1), industrial engineering (1), industrial labor relations (1), information technology (1), journalism (1), kinesiology (1), latin classics (1), mechanical engineering (1), molecular biophysics (1), physical education (1), public policy (1), sociology (1), sports marketing (1), statistics (1).

I wasn’t able to find majors for some of the older executives, but this seems like a broad enough sampling.

Now, for undergraduate colleges and universities. From most frequent to least frequent, executives attended: Harvard (7), Yale (7), Princeton (5), Dartmouth (3), Haverford (3), Northwestern (3), Notre Dame (3), UC Berkeley (3), Cornell (2), George Mason (2), Georgetown (2), MIT (2), Tufts (2), Tulane (2), UC Davis (2), UC San Diego (2), UChicago (2), UPenn (2), University of Illinois

1. George Washington

Term: 1781-1789

Grade: A

A man who bravely fought for American independence, Washington oversaw a remarkably strong presidential character. Met with several challenges, he dealt with them wonderfully. He first assembled a cabinet, full of intellectuals, such as John Jay, Robert Morris, Thomas McKean, Oliver Wolcott, Henry Knox, Nathaniel Greene, Thomas Jefferson and much more. Washington's idea of a cabinet and the way he went about it was genius.

in state affairs, he favored a Hamiltonian economic style, which was opposed by many, but ultimately it was worth experimenting with the young republic, and it put the nation on the correct road to stability, despite its massive flaws. Did he make mistakes? Yes. The excise tax especially caused much controversy, however, as I said, it was worth the experiment.

This doesn't mention his signature on the Bill of Rights, a wonderful document that has granted the U.S. much liberty and I can't thank him enough for his efforts to pass it. In general, Washington was very Democratic, making a strong democracy. Another showcase is how he dealt with the Supreme Court, another massive success. He also accepted the state of Kentucky.

In foreign affairs, he built up a strong Navy and Army, making the United States stable. He signed a treaty with Spain which firmly established several border disputes concerning the border between. He signed the Franklin Treaty which fixed the issue of disputed land for 15 years straight. Washington also avoided controversial topics such as Native Removal and compromised on slavery.

Overall, Washington was the strongest leader the country had and it is truly amazing at how great a leader can be. Washington deserves his number 1 spot.

2. Andrew Jackson

Term: 1825-1833

Grade: A-

A man of strong moral courage and integrity, Jackson fought many corrupt evils during his tenure which he made targets from the start. He first targeted Spain, a tyrannical empire which enslaved and starved its population in the North American colonies. Jackson teamed up with those colonies to free them from those awful oppressors and effectively spread freedom across the continent, while also expanding America's borders with the taking of Cuba.

In his second term, he oversaw the beginnings of the Civil War, with which he effectively dealt with, as he surrounded himself with smart, wise and strong generals, as well as reforming his cabinet to fit the war style. Jacks

This is part one of this list. This list is based off of accomplishments in the NBA (or ABA), not college or international leagues. Please let me know of any mistakes or if I missed something.

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Key:

AS - All-Star

AN - All-NBA, All-ABA, All-BAA

AD - All-Defensive

AR - All-Rookie

MVP - Most Valuable Player

FMVP- Finals Most Valuable Player

DPOY - Defensive Player of the Year

6MOY - Sixth Man of the Year

MIP- Most Improved Player

COTY - Coach of the Year

EOTY- Executive of the Year

ScrC - Points Leader

AstC - Assists Leader

RebC - Rebounds Leader

StlC - Steals Leader

BlkC - Blocks Leader

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Acadia University (1): Brian Heaney (1969-70) - 2.0/0.3/0.4 - 14 G

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Akron (4): Bill Turner (1967-1973) - 5.4/3.5/0.6 - 294 G

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Alabama (32): Latrell Sprewell (1992-2005) - 18.3/4.1/4.0 - 913 G - 4x AS, 1x AN, 1x AD, AR

Honorable Mentions: Antonio McDyess, Robert Horry, Mo Williams, Gerald Wallace

Active: JaMychal Green, Collin Sexton, Kira Lewis Jr, Herb Jones, Joshua Primo

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Alabama A&M (1): Mickell Gladness (2011-12) - 2.2/2.2/0.2 - 26 G

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Alabama at Birmingham (11): Elijah Millsap (2015-2017) - 4.2/2.8/1.1 - 69 G

Active: Nate Darling

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Alabama State (2): Kevin Loder (1981-84) - 5.9/2.3/1.2 - 148 G

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Alabama-Huntsville (1): Josh Magette (2017-20) - 2.2/1.0/2.4 - 26 G

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Albany State (5): Caldwell Jones (1973-1990) - 7.9/8.2/1.4 - 1299 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Wil Jones

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Albertson College of Idaho (1): Elgin Baylor (1958-72) - 27.4/13.5/4.3 - 846 G - HOF, 11x AS, 10x AN, ROY

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Alcorn State (6): Lindsey Hunter (1993-2010) - 8.5/2.2/2.7 - 937 G - 2x Champ, AR

Honorable Mention: Larry Smith

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Alliance College (1): Don Asmonga (1953-54) - 0.7/0.1/0.7 - 7 G

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American (2): Kermit Washington (1973-82, 1987) - 9.2/8.3/1.4 - 507 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Andre Ingram

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American International (1): Mario Elie (1990-2001) - 8.6/2.8/2.6 - 732 G - 3x Champ

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Appalachian State (1): Belus Smawley (1947-51) - 12.7/2.8/23 - 261 G

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Arizona (60): Gilbert Arenas (2001-12) - 20.7/3.9/5.3 - 552 G - 3x AS, 3x AN, MIP

Honorable Mentions: Andre Iguodala, Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Damon Stoudamire, Steve Kerr

Active: Deandre Ayton, Aaron Gordon, Josh Green, Solomon Hill, Andre Iguodala, Stanley Johnson, Lauri Markkanean, TJ McConnell, Zeke Nnaji

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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

TL;DR

Made all-time hometown rosters with original 30 NBA teams + 25 new teams to split populated areas and big teams (spreadsheet + map)

Player Pool and Team Pool

I used the top 969 players who have at least 10000 minutes played in their career.

Why 10000 minutes played? Because that's the lower standard set by Basketball-Reference to get on their ABA career leaderboard (15000 MP for NBA). I added George Mikan, because even though he hasn't played enough minutes, he's featured in All-Time ESPN NBARank and Bill Simmons Hall of Fame Pyramid.

I started off with the current 30 teams. To split up the Lakers and Clippers, I gave the Clippers their proposed Inglewood site.

As I looked at the map of player hometowns, I realized that there were:

• some areas that had a lot of players, but few close NBA teams
• some areas that had bloated rosters with too many players

Based off city population and arena size, I added 25 new teams.

• I obviously had to give Seattle their team back
• Birmingham, North Little Rock and Shreveport helped to split up the South
• Pittsburgh and St. Louis were big cities without teams
• Berkeley added to siphon off San Francisco
  • if I add Oakland, it takes away too many players
• Anaheim and Westwood added in Southern California (Clippers & Lakers)
• Winston-Salem and Raleigh to pare down Charlotte
• Lansing to prune Detroit
• 2nd Atlanta team in suburb of College Park
• 2nd Washington team and Baltimore
• 2 more teams in Chicago (Rosemont and South Side) + a team in Gary
• 2nd Indiana team + Louisville & Lexington
• 2nd Philadelphia team in suburb of Wynnewood
• 3 more teams in the New York Area (Newark, Queens and Long Island)

The Method

I started off gathering hometowns due to this fantastic database by Reuben Fischer-Baum ([original article source here](https://deadspin.com/infographics-where-do-pro-basketball-players-come-from-5132615

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)