Commissioner of Baseball

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chief executive role governing authority in professional sports sports executive position

The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive and governing authority of Major League Baseball, responsible for overseeing the sport’s rules, operations, and integrity at the professional level.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball	23
Commissioner of Baseball canonical	10
Commissioner of Major League Baseball	10
MLB Commissioner	3
Major League Baseball Commissioner	2
MLB Commissioner’s Office	1
Major League Baseball commissioner	1
National Commission of Baseball	1
Rob Manfred	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief executive role ⓘ governing authority in professional sports ⓘ sports executive position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Commissioner of Major League Baseball ⓘ Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ surface form: MLB Commissioner
appliesTo	Major League Baseball ⓘ professional baseball in North America ⓘ
appointedBy	Major League Baseball club owners ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAfter	1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
employer	Major League Baseball ⓘ Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
firstHolder	Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
firstHolderStart	1920 ⓘ
governingBody	Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasDuties	approving franchise relocations and expansions ⓘ disciplining players, managers, and clubs ⓘ enforcing Major League Baseball rules and policies ⓘ maintaining integrity of the game ⓘ negotiating national media contracts ⓘ overseeing drug and performance‑enhancing substance policies ⓘ overseeing labor relations with the MLB Players Association ⓘ overseeing postseason structure and scheduling ⓘ overseeing rules of Major League Baseball ⓘ representing Major League Baseball in public and governmental affairs ⓘ
headOf	Major League Baseball executive structure ⓘ Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
inception	1920 ⓘ
incumbent	Rob Manfred ⓘ
incumbentStart	2015 ⓘ
industry	professional sports ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalAuthority	Major League Constitution ⓘ collective bargaining agreements with MLBPA ⓘ
notableHolder	Bowie Kuhn ⓘ Bud Selig ⓘ Fay Vincent ⓘ Ford Frick ⓘ Happy Chandler ⓘ Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ Peter Ueberroth ⓘ Rob Manfred ⓘ
officeLocation	Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Manhattan, New York
replaces	Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Commission of Baseball position of Chairman of the National Commission ⓘ
reportsTo	Major League Baseball club owners ⓘ
seat	New York City ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Commissioner ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Major League Baseball → commissioner → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rob Manfred

Major League Baseball → commissionerTitle → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

American League East → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

American League → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Commissioner of Baseball → employer → Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Commissioner of Baseball → headOf → Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Commissioner of Baseball → replaces → Commissioner of Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Commission of Baseball

Commissioner of Baseball → alsoKnownAs → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: MLB Commissioner

Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring) → parentOrganization → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Official Baseball Rules → publishedBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

MLB Draft → administeredBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: MLB Commissioner’s Office

American League Championship Series → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

American League Division Series → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

MLB playoffs → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

National League East → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

National League → commissionerIsPartOf → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

MLB All-Star Game → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

William Harridge Trophy → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Commissioner’s Trophy → presentedBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Commissioner’s Trophy → namedAfter → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Commissioner’s Trophy → awardingOrganization → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

American League Central → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Major League Baseball owners → coordinatesWith → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Commissioner

AL → commissionerScope → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

subject surface form: American League

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Commissioner

National League Central → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Major League Constitution → governs → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Major League Constitution → definesRoleOf → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Major League Constitution → grantsPowersTo → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Major League Constitution → bindingOn → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Major League Constitution → enforcedBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Major League Baseball awards → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Major League Baseball Rules Committee → parentOrganization → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Edgar Martínez Award → governingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Bud Selig → occupation → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Roberto Clemente Award → awardingBody → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Rob Manfred → hasEmployer → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

Rob Manfred → hasTitle → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement → hasParty → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

World Series championship trophy → presentedBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: MLB Commissioner

MLB owners meetings → hasParticipant → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: MLB Commissioner

Landis → hasNotableAssociation → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Bowie → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

subject surface form: Bowie Kuhn

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award → presentedBy → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. → notableRole → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Robert D. Manfred Jr. → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

A. Bartlett Giamatti → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Kenesaw → linkedToRole → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Bud → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

subject surface form: Bud Selig

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Happy → positionHeld → Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ

subject surface form: Happy Chandler

this entity surface form: Commissioner of Major League Baseball