List of Major League Baseball principal owners

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Current Major League Baseball team owners and the principal corporate entities that operate the clubs:


Team name Principal owner(s) Operating entities Most recent purchase price Year
Arizona Diamondbacks Jeff Moorad AZPB LP, AZPBI Inc. $130 million 1995
Atlanta Braves Time Warner Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc. $173 million 1993
Baltimore Orioles Peter Angelos Baltimore Orioles LP, Baltimore Orioles Inc., Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. $173 million 1993
Boston Red Sox John Henry Boston Red Sox Baseball Club LP, New England Sports Ventures LLC $700 million 2002
Chicago Cubs Tribune Company Chicago National League Ball Club Inc. $20.5 million 1981
Chicago White Sox Jerry Reinsdorf Chicago White Sox Ltd., Chisox Corp. $20 million 1981
Cincinnati Reds Robert Castellini Cincinnati Reds LLC $270 million 2005
Cleveland Indians Larry Dolan Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. LP $323 million 1999
Colorado Rockies Charlie Monfort Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Ltd. $95 million 1992
Detroit Tigers Mike Ilitch Detroit Tigers Inc. $82 million 1992
Florida Marlins Jeffrey Loria Florida Marlins LP, Florida Marlins Inc., Florida Marlins Baseball Ltd. $158 million 2002
Houston Astros Drayton McLane, Jr. Houston McLane Co. Inc. $102.7 million 1992
Kansas City Royals David Glass Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp. $96 million 2000
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Arturo Moreno Angels Baseball LP, Moreno Baseball LP $184 million 2003
Los Angeles Dodgers Frank McCourt Los Angeles Dodgers LLC $371 million 2004
Milwaukee Brewers Mark Attanasio Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee Brewers Holdings LLC $223 million 2005
Minnesota Twins Carl Pohlad Minnesota Twins, MTI Partnership LLP $44 million 1984
New York Mets Fred Wilpon Sterling Doubleday Enterprises LC, Mets Partners Inc. $391 million 2002
New York Yankees George Steinbrenner New York Yankees Partnership $8.7 million[1] 1973
Oakland Athletics Lewis Wolff Athletics Investment Group LLC d/b/a Oakland Athletics Baseball Co. LLC $180 million 2005
Philadelphia Phillies David Montgomery The Phillies $30 million 1981
Pittsburgh Pirates Kevin McClatchy Pittsburgh Associates LP, Pittsburgh Baseball Inc. $92 million 1996
St. Louis Cardinals William O. DeWitt, Jr. St. Louis National Baseball Club Inc. $150 million (including Busch Stadium) 1995
San Diego Padres John Moores Padres LP, Padres Inc. $94 million 1995
San Francisco Giants Peter Magowan San Francisco Baseball Associates LP $100 million 1992
Seattle Mariners Nintendo Baseball Club of Seattle LP, Baseball of Seattle Inc. $106 million 1992
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Stuart Sternberg Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ltd. $130 million 1995
Texas Rangers Thomas O. Hicks Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, SSG Partnership Holdings LLC, Southwest Sports Group LLC $250 million 1998
Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Communications Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership $140 million 2000
Washington Nationals Theodore N. Lerner Washington Nationals Baseball Club LLC $450 million 2006

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  1. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/411291p-347875c.html

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