Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers general manager (1950–1968)
San Diego Padres president (1969–1977)
California Angels general manager (1977–1988)
Career highlights and awards
4x World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965)
San Diego Padres Hall of Fame
Emil Joseph "Buzzie" Bavasi (/bəˈveɪzi/; December 12, 1914 – May 1, 2008) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who played a major role in the operation of three California baseball franchises from the late 1940s through the mid-1980s.
He was best known as the general manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1951 to 1968, during which time the team captured eight National League pennants and its first four World Series titles. He was previously a key figure in the integration of minor league baseball in the late 1940s while working for the Dodgers organization. He went on to become the first president of the San Diego Padres (1968–77); then, between 1977 and 1984, as general manager, he assembled the California Angels teams that made the franchise's first two postseason appearances. His sons Peter Bavasi and Bill Bavasi have also served as big league general managers.
Emil Joseph "Buzzie" Bavasi (/bəˈveɪzi/; December 12, 1914 – May 1, 2008) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who played a major role in...
Bavasi (born 1942 in Bronxville, New York) is an American former front-office executive in Major League Baseball. The son of Emil J. "Buzzie" Bavasi,...
manager Walt Jocketty. The son of longtime MLB executive BuzzieBavasi and the brother of Peter Bavasi, also a former MLB executive, Bill also spent six full...
general manager BuzzieBavasi to negotiate their contracts for the upcoming season. Koufax still harbored ill feelings towards Bavasi stemming from his...
excitement, the guidance of longtime baseball executives, Eddie Leishman and BuzzieBavasi, as well as a new playing field, the team struggled; the Padres finished...
executive BuzzieBavasi. Bavasi was planning to attend law school, but Frick introduced him to Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Bavasi was given...
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Giants general manager Chub Feeney approached Dodgers general manager BuzzieBavasi to attempt to arrange a handshake between Marichal and Roseboro. However...
Associated Press photo with Drysdale, Koufax and Dodgers general manager BuzzieBavasi announcing the pitchers' new contracts. Contrary to erroneous reports...
some changes among the team management when long time general manager BuzzieBavasi resigned to take over the expansion San Diego Padres. He was replaced...
Both wanted to be paid $500,000 over three seasons, but Dodgers' GM BuzzieBavasi preferred to give them one-year contracts according to team policy....
considerable media attention, he did not persuade Angels general manager BuzzieBavasi, who dismissed him as a flashy .500 pitcher (Ryan was 26–27 in the last...
executive, responsible for all minor league operations, while another VP, BuzzieBavasi, assumed control of the big-league Dodgers' operations. Thompson continued...
Padres have had seven primary owners in team history. Sandy Alderson BuzzieBavasi Mike Dee Paul DePodesta Larry Doughty Theo Epstein Chub Feeney Billy...
the "Bavasi Division", named after the series founder's father and former Brooklyn Dodger and Los Angeles Dodger General Manager Emil "Buzzie" Bavasi. The...
general managers—Howsam (Cardinals), Devine (Mets), Brown (Pirates), BuzzieBavasi (Dodgers) and Bill DeWitt (Reds), as well as NL president Giles—had...
Dodgers executive BuzzieBavasi fought for Alston to be hired in Brooklyn. Bringing Alston to Brooklyn has been described as Bavasi's biggest contribution...
on to win the series in five games. Before the 1983 season, Angel GM BuzzieBavasi extended John's contract for three years. Assistant GM Mike Port disagreed...
Giants general manager Chub Feeney approached Dodgers general manager BuzzieBavasi to attempt to arrange a handshake between Marichal and Roseboro. However...
promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. BuzzieBavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager. Vin...
manager of the MLB Padres, with club president and minority investor BuzzieBavasi, formerly GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers (having resigned to take the...
manager of the MLB Padres, with club president and minority investor BuzzieBavasi, formerly GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers (having resigned to take the...
Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]25 June 1994: A.2., "Where are they now? BUZZIEBAVASI Baseball" Patton, Paul. The Globe and Mail; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto,...
Giants General Manager Chub Feeney approached Dodgers General Manager BuzzieBavasi to attempt to arrange a handshake between Marichal and Roseboro but...
TSN Manager of the Year Walter Alston TSN Executive of the Year Award BuzzieBavasi NL Player of the Month Don Drysdale (July 1959) 1959 Major League Baseball...
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