List of Texas Rangers owners and executives

The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the old Washington Senators team of the American League moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. The new Senators remained in Washington through 1971. In 1972, the team moved to Arlington, Texas, where it became the Texas Rangers. In the franchise's history, 11 general managers (GMs) have been employed to oversee day-to-day operations.

Majority owners

No.	Majority owner(s)	Dates	Ref.
1	Elwood Richard Quesada	1961–1963
2	James Johnston & James Lemon	1963–1967
3	James Lemon	1967–December 3, 1968
4	Bob Short	December 3, 1968–May 29, 1974	[1]
5	Brad Corbett	May 29, 1974–April 29, 1980	[1]
6	Eddie Chiles	April 29, 1980–March 18, 1989	[1]
7	George W. Bush & Edward W. Rose	March 18, 1989–November 1994	[1]
8	Tom Schieffer & Edward W. Rose	November 1994–June 16, 1998	[1]
9	Tom Hicks	June 16, 1998–August 11, 2010	[1]
10		2011–present	[1]

Presidents of Baseball Operations and General managers

Former Senators/Rangers outfielder Tom Grieve served as the team's GM from 1984 to 1994.^[2][3]

No.	President of Baseball Operations	Years	Ref.
1	Jon Daniels	2013–2022

No.	General manager	Years	Ref.
1	Ed Doherty	1961–1962
2	George Selkirk	1963–1968
3	Bob Short	1969–1971
4	Joe Burke	1972–1973	[2]
5	Dan O'Brien Sr.[a]	1973–1979	[2]
6	Eddie Robinson[a]	1976–1982	[2]
7	Joe Klein	1982–1984	[2]
8	Tom Grieve	1984–1994	[2]
9	Doug Melvin	1994–2001	[2]
10	John Hart	2001–2005	[2]
11	Jon Daniels	2005–2020	[2]
12	Chris Young	2020–present	[2]

Notes

1. Dan O'Brien Sr. and Eddie Robinson served as co-GMs from 1976 to 1979.^[2]

References

1. "All-Time Owners". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2. "All-Time General Managers". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
3. "Tom Grieve Stats". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2020.