Bill Bavasi

Bill Bavasi carries one of baseball's great front-office surnames, the son of Buzzie Bavasi who helped build the Dodgers dynasty, so the executive life was practically in his blood. His tenure as Mariners general manager from 2003 to 2008 is, let's be honest, remembered mostly by Seattle fans with a wince, thanks to some famously lopsided trades. But that's the brutal scorekeeping of the GM job, where you're judged on a handful of decisions made under enormous uncertainty. I find the Bavasi family story fascinating as a window into how baseball knowledge and connections get passed down across generations of the sport.

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Bill Bavasi (born December 27, 1957) is an American baseball executive who served as general manager of two Major League Baseball clubs. He was general manager of the California/Anaheim Angels in the 1990s and later of the Seattle Mariners from 2003 to 2008. A member of the prominent Bavasi baseball family, he is the son of longtime executive Buzzie Bavasi and continued the family's long involvement in the front-office side of the game.

Name (English)

Bill Bavasi

Name (Japanese)

ビル・バベシ

Reading

びる・ばべし

Born

December 27, 1957 (age 68)

Origin

Scarsdale, New York, United States

Occupation

General Manager

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

University

University of San Diego

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Bavasi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%99%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908064

Tags

• From New York
• General Manager

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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