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TheNational League Presidentwas the chief executive of theNational Leagueof professional baseball until 1999, when the NL and theAmerican Leaguemerged intoMajor League Baseball.[1]

National League presidents

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Morgan Bulkeley,the first president of theNational League
Key
† Member of theBaseball Hall of Fame
Name Year(s) Ref(s)
Morgan Bulkeley† 1876 [2]
William Hulbert† 1877–1882 [2]
Arthur Soden 1882
Abraham G. Mills 1883–1884 [3]
Nicholas Young 1885–1902
Harry Pulliam 1903–1909
John Heydler 1909
Thomas Lynch 1910–1913
John K. Tener 1913–1918
John Heydler 1918–1934 [4]
Ford C. Frick† 1934–1951 [4][5]
Warren Giles† 1951–1969 [5][6]
Chub Feeney 1970–1986 [6][7]
A. Bartlett Giamatti 1986–1989 [7][8]
Bill White 1989–1994 [8]
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. 1994–1999 [9][10]

Honorary president

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Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated.[10]In 2001,Bill Giles,son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL.[11]

Key
† Member of theBaseball Hall of Fame
Name Years Ref
Bill Giles 2001–present

See also

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References

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  1. ^Chass, Murray (September 16, 1999)."BASEBALL; League Presidents Out as Baseball Centralizes".The New York Times.
  2. ^ab"A Baseball Debt That's Long Overdue".CNN.February 26, 1990. Archived fromthe originalon August 25, 2013.
  3. ^"A. G. Mills - SABR".sabr.org.RetrievedOctober 26,2015.
  4. ^abTime.November 19, 1934https://web.archive.org/web/20101125082651/http:// time /time/magazine/article/0,9171,847368,00.html.Archived fromthe originalon November 25, 2010.{{cite magazine}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
  5. ^abhttps://news.google /newspapers?id=vzpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2814,1681764&dq=frick+giles&hl=en[dead link]
  6. ^ab"St. Joseph Gazette - Google News Archive Search".google.RetrievedOctober 26,2015.
  7. ^ab"Ludington Daily News - Google News Archive Search".google.RetrievedOctober 26,2015.
  8. ^abMartinez, Michael (February 4, 1989)."Bill White a Unanimous Choice to Head National League".The New York Times.
  9. ^KAMIN, ARTHUR Z. (March 6, 1994)."New Jersey Q & A: Leonard S. Coleman Jr.; A New Leader in Baseball's Hierarchy - New York Times".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 8,2013.
  10. ^abChass, Murray (September 16, 1999)."BASEBALL; League Presidents Out As Baseball Centralizes".The New York Times.
  11. ^"Transactions".The New York Times.June 14, 2001.
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