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Fay Vincent
8th Commissioner of Baseball
In office
September 13, 1989 – September 7, 1992
Preceded byA. Bartlett Giamatti
Succeeded byBud Selig
Personal details
Born
Francis Thomas Vincent Jr.

(1938-05-29) May 29, 1938 (age 85)
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materWilliams College
Yale Law School (J.D.)
Known forPresident of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (1998–2003)
MLB Commissioner

Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, 1938), known as Fay Vincent, is a former entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989, to September 7, 1992.

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