Jim Campbell (baseball executive)

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James A. "Jim" Campbell (February 5, 1924 – October 31, 1995) was an American baseball executive in Major League Baseball. He served 27 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization as either general manager or president.

Campbell initially started with the Tigers as a scout in 1960. In 1963 he became the team's general manager and served in that capacity until 1983, winning the 1968 World Series along the way. He was also team president from 1974 until 1990, during which time the Tigers won the 1984 World Series.

Bo Schembechler replaced him as president in 1990, but Campbell remained as chairman. After owner Tom Monaghan agreed to sell the team to Mike Ilitch in 1992, both Campbell and Schembechler were fired.^[1]

Campbell died of a heart attack at age 71 in 1995.

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In the late '40s, Jim Campbell was general manager of the Thomasville, GA baseball club (Tiger minor league club)--his first job in baseball. That first year there was a fire at the ball park, but was saved by the local fire department from worse damage. Campbell was up all night before the first game painting and doing whatever he could do to get this stadium ready for that opener. He succeeded and went on to better jobs with the Detroit Tiger organization.