25 Facts About Brian Sabean

Brian Sabean was the executive vice president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants.

Brian Sabean served as the team's general manager for eighteen seasons, from 1997 to 2014.

Brian Sabean attended Concord High School and Eckerd College, playing with former major leaguer Joe Lefebvre on both schools' baseball teams.

In 1978, Brian Sabean was field manager of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, a collegiate summer baseball team in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.

Brian Sabean was an assistant baseball coach at Saint Leo University in 1979 and University of Tampa from 1980 to 1982.

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Brian Sabean was promoted to head coach in 1983 and led Tampa to its first-ever NCAA regional tournament appearance in 1984.

Brian Sabean began his involvement in Major League Baseball as a scout for the New York Yankees organization in 1985.

Brian Sabean served one year as senior vice president of player personnel in 1995 before his promotion to general manager in 1996.

When Brian Sabean replaced Bob Quinn in 1996, the team was in disarray, finishing last place in the National League West with 94 losses.

Brian Sabean is often credited for the team's turnaround, but his first major decision was very controversial at the time, trading fan favorite Matt Williams to the Cleveland Indians for Jose Vizcaino, Joe Roa, Julian Tavarez and Jeff Kent.

Brian Sabean traded away many prospects that never materialized into major leaguers in exchange for experienced major leaguers during late season pushes toward the playoffs.

Brian Sabean hired Felipe Alou to replace fan favorite Dusty Baker who became the manager of the Chicago Cubs.

Brian Sabean was named Executive of the Year by the Sporting News in 2003, the first time a member of the Giants organization had received that award since Al Rosen in 1987.

Trade of Moss and Kurt Ainsworth for Sidney Ponson, which Brian Sabean arranged late in the 2003 season, was criticized by some Giants fans and columnists.

Brian Sabean signed Michael Tucker to a free agent contract just before the deadline to declare arbitration making him an obvious inclusion for a team that would otherwise have passed in the Kansas City Royals, this cost the Giants a compensation draft pick that would not have been sacrificed had Sabean waited a few more hours to sign Tucker.

Brian Sabean continued to build a team of veterans around Barry Bonds but some of them began to achieve below expectations.

Brian Sabean defended himself in a press conference, dismissing his critics as a "lunatic fringe".

Brian Sabean faced increasing criticism that the Giants' success was more related to Bonds than him, and that he was too enamored with older players.

On several occasions, Brian Sabean's signing of veteran players before the arbitration deadline cost the team future draft picks.

In 2004, Brian Sabean forfeited the team's number one pick to sign Michael Tucker.

In previous years, Brian Sabean had been under some pressure to put a team that could "win now" around Barry Bonds instead of rebuilding.

In 2012, Brian Sabean traded for Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan in the offseason and acquired Marco Scutaro and Hunter Pence before the trading deadline.

Brian Sabean had the longest tenure with the same club among active general managers.

Brian Sabean guided the club to seven post season berths—the club's most since it made eight appearances in a 14-season span from 1911 to 1924.

In June 2011, Brian Sabean was the subject of controversy over comments he made regarding Scott Cousins after Cousins' collision with Giants catcher Buster Posey, which resulted in season-ending injuries for Posey.

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