General Manager (baseball)

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The general manager ( GM ) is a person on a major league baseball team who has primary responsibility for contract talks with players. The general manager is also typically the person who hires and dismisses the coaching staff , including the field manager who acts as the head coach. In baseball, the term manager almost always refers to the field manager, not the general manager.

Before the 1960s, and in some rare cases still today, the general manager was also responsible for a non-player area of ​​the ball club, such as the ball club. B. the administration of the stadiums and the radio.

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1. ↑ General Manager - GM Definition - Sporting Charts. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .