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Rob Manfred announces that he will step down as MLB commissioner in 2029
Manfred became Major League Baseball’s 10th commissioner when he replaced Bud Selig, who was his predecessor for 17 seasons (1998-2015).
Rob Manfred has put an end date to his time as commissioner of the Major League Baseball. The 65-year-old lawyer announced that his tenure as boss of the MLB will end in 2029.
At a press conference for MLB spring training, the commissioner since 2015 said that he will be leaving when he completes 14 years in office.
“You can only have this much fun once in your life,” said Manfred, who will be 70 when his term ends.
Manfred became Major League Baseball's 10th commissioner when he replaced Bud Selig, who was his predecessor for 17 seasons (1998-2015).
The 10 commissioners of the Major Leagues
The first commissioner of the Major Leagues was Kanesaw Mountain Landis, who was in charge of organizing American baseball between 1921 and 1944. The next was Happy Chandler, who was in charge of the MLB between 1945 and 1951, who was in charge of integrating African-American players.
From the 50s to the 80s of the last century there were five commissioners. Ford Christopher Frick presided from 1951 to 1965, General William D. Eckert from 1965 to 1968, Bowie Kent from 1969 to 1984, Peter Victor Ueberroth from 1984 to 1988, and A Bartlett Giammati.
The league has had stability over the last four decades as the last forty years have been divided between Francis T. Vincent Jr. (1989-1992, Bud Selig (1998-2015) and Rob Manfred (2015-present).