Dave Littlefield

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David Littlefield is a Major League Baseball executive.

Littlefield is currently employed as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, positions he has held since July 13, 2001. He took over as GM for Roy Smith, who had assumed the position on a temporary basis after the firing of GM Cam Bonifay on June 11.

[edit] As GM

Littlefield has traded players such as Jeff Suppan, Jason Schmidt, Jason Kendall, Sean Casey, Aramis Ramírez, Chris Young, and Kenny Lofton for little or nothing in return. He also has allowed many young players to be taken in the Rule 5 Draft, including Chris Shelton and José Bautista. He is currently under contract through the 2008 season.

In the 2002 draft he had the overall Number 1 pick and passed on players such as Prince Fielder, Scott Kazmir, Cole Hamels, Jeff Francoeur, Jeff Francis, Nick Swisher, B.J. Upton and Khalil Greene to draft Bryan Bullington, who as of yet has not made an impact in the major leagues.