Brian Sabean

Brian Sabean
Sabean at the 2010 San Francisco Giants World Series parade.
Born	(1956-07-01) July 1, 1956 (age 60) Concord, New Hampshire
Occupation	Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations General Manager (1996—2015)
Employer	San Francisco Giants
Term	1993—present
Awards	Executive of the Year, 2003 Commissioner's Trophy, 2010, 2012, 2014 World Series
Website	Giants Bio

Executive of the Year, 2003

Brian R. Sabean (born July 1, 1956), as of 2015, is the executive vice president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants. He served as the team's general manager for eighteen seasons, from 1997 to 2014. He succeeded general manager Bob Quinn. The Giants had a winning record in thirteen of the eighteen seasons in which Sabean served as general manager. Prior to his tenure, the team had suffered losing seasons in five out of six years. He is a native of Concord, New Hampshire.

Sabean attended Concord High School and Eckerd College (of St. Petersburg, Florida), playing with former major leaguer Joe Lefebvre on both schools' baseball teams. Prior to starting his scouting career, Sabean was an assistant baseball coach at Saint Leo University in 1979 and University of Tampa from 1980 to 1982. He was promoted to head coach in 1983 and led Tampa to its first-ever NCAA regional tournament appearance in 1984.

Sabean began his involvement in Major League Baseball as a scout for the New York Yankees organization in 1985. Sabean was promoted to Director of Scouting in 1986 and Vice President of Player Development/Scouting in 1990. With the Yankees, he drafted or signed as amateurs the likes of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, J. T. Snow, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte. Sabean joined the Giants in 1993, serving as assistant to the general manager and vice president of scouting/player personnel. Sabean served one year as senior vice president of player personnel in 1995 before his promotion to general manager in 1996.