List of National League presidents


The National League President was the chief executive of the National League of professional baseball until 2000, when the NL and the American League merged into Major League Baseball.

National League presidents

Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

NameYearRef
1876
1877–1882
1882
1883–1884
1885–1902
1903–1909
1909
1910–1913
1913–1918
1918–1934
1934–1951
1951–1969
1970–1986
1986–1989
1989–1994
1994–1999

Honorary president

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. In 2001, Bill Giles, son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL.