List of National League presidents

The National League president was the chief executive of the National League of professional baseball until 1999, when the NL and the American League merged into Major League Baseball.^[1]

National League presidents

Morgan Bulkeley, the first president of the National League

Key

†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Name	Year(s)	Ref(s)
Morgan Bulkeley^†	1876	[2]
William Hulbert^†	1877–1882	[2]
Arthur Soden	1882
Abraham G. Mills	1883–1884	[3]
Nicholas Young	1885–1902
Harry Pulliam	1903–1909
John Heydler	1909
Thomas Lynch	1910–1913
John K. Tener	1913–1918
John Heydler	1918–1934	[4]
Ford C. Frick^†	1934–1951	[4][5]
Warren Giles^†	1951–1969	[5][6]
Chub Feeney	1970–1986	[6][7]
A. Bartlett Giamatti	1986–1989	[7][8]
Bill White	1989–1994	[8]
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.	1994–1999	[9][10]

Honorary president

Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated.^[10] In 2001, Bill Giles, son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL.^[11]

Key

†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Name	Years	Ref
Bill Giles	2001–present

See also

• List of American League presidents

References

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10. Chass, Murray (September 16, 1999). "BASEBALL; League Presidents Out As Baseball Centralizes". The New York Times.
11. "Transactions". The New York Times. June 14, 2001.