Career as general manager Bob Quinn (baseball grandson)

1 career general manager

1.1 new york yankees
1.2 cincinnati reds
1.3 san francisco giants

career general manager
new york yankees

in 1987, quinn joined yankees vice president, baseball administration. in may 1988, bombers incumbent gm, lou piniella, turned in resignation; on june 8, quinn named successor. not 2 weeks tenure, quinn faced mutiny manager inherited, billy martin. quinn had activated catcher, don slaught, disabled list based on input yankees medical staff. martin disagreed vehemently slaught decision , announced boycott team s management meetings. owner george steinbrenner did not intercede on martin s behalf, , martin replaced piniella manager on june 23 yankees 40–28 , 2½ games behind detroit tigers in american league east division. went 45–48 under piniella finish fifth in 1988, posted 74–87 mark in 1989, first losing season since 1973, , quinn resigned october 12.

cincinnati reds

quinn succeeded murray cook general manager of cincinnati reds, , proceeded hire piniella field manager. 1989 cincinnati season had been disaster on , off field: reds finished 75–87 , in fifth place in year marred gambling allegations against , suspension , disbarment of manager pete rose. during offseason, quinn acquired fireballing relief pitcher randy myers , rookie first baseman hal morris. in 1990, morris posted .340 batting average , finished third in national league rookie of year balloting. myers teamed rob dibble , norm charlton form nasty boys, formidable bullpen trio.

the 1990 reds won 91 games , national league west division championship, defeated pittsburgh pirates in 6 games in nlcs (with morris hitting .417), , swept favored oakland athletics in world series behind nasty boys dominant relief work. quinn named executive of year sporting news in recognition of cincinnati s 1990 turnaround.

the reds suffered down season in 1991, falling fifth place, recovered win 90 games in 1992, although finished 8 games behind division champion atlanta braves. there turbulence in cincinnati front office. owner marge schott cut quinn s scouting , farm system budget, fired him @ end of 1992 season.

san francisco giants

two months later, quinn became general manager of giants @ 1 of turning points in history in san francisco bay area. 1992 giants finished 72–90, 26 games behind braves (and 18 games in arrears of quinn s reds) , had drawn 1.56 million fans candlestick park—next last in national league. of season, appeared giants move tampa–saint petersburg after owner bob lurie agreed sell them florida businessman vince naimoli. in november, national league rejected tampa deal, , lurie instead sold giants bay area investment group headed peter magowan. new owners announced team staying in san francisco, hired quinn general manager on december 1, 1992, signed free agent superstar left fielder barry bonds on december 9, , promoted dusty baker manager on december 16. 1993 giants proceeded improve 31 games, going 103–59, bonds won nl valuable player award, , attendance jumped 2.6 million. however, giants finished game behind braves in nl west , did not qualify postseason in last pre-wild card full season in major league baseball.

three sub-.500 seasons followed giants 1993 breakout year, , @ close of 1996, quinn stepped down general manager in favor of brian sabean, had been yankees director of scouting during quinn s gm tenure, , had been brought giants quinn in 1993 assistant general manager/director of player personnel , scouting. under sabean, gm 1997 through 2014, giants win 3 world series championships , 4 national league pennants. under magowan moved at&t park in 2000 , solidified popularity in bay area. quinn remained giants vice president , senior adviser 1 more season, through 1997.

he resides in scottsdale, arizona.