Baseball Commissioner

In 1920 the owners of Major League Baseball in order to re establish confidence of fans in the sport following the Black Sox Scandal, establish the office of Commissioner of Baseball.

Commissioners of Baseball

• Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1920-1944)
• Albert Happy Chandler (1945-1951)
• Ford Frick (1951-1965)
• William Eckert (1965-1968)
• Bowie Kuhn (1969-1984)
• Peter Ueberroth (1984-1989)
• Bart Giamatti (1989-1989)
• Fay Vincent (1989-1992)
• Bud Selig (1992-1998) (as acting Commissioner)
• Bud Selig (1998-present)