18 Facts About Dave Dombrowski

David Dombrowski was born on July 27,1956 and is an American baseball executive who serves as the President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.

Dave Dombrowski previously served as the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the general manager and president of the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers, and president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox.

Dave Dombrowski began his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1978, as an administrative assistant in their minor league organization.

Dave Dombrowski moved up the ladder to assistant general manager to Roland Hemond by his late 20s, but was purged during Ken Harrelson's one-year reign in 1986 as the White Sox front-office boss.

Dave Dombrowski joined the Montreal Expos front office as director of player development for the 1987 season under Bill Stoneman, and on July 5,1988, he became, at age 31, Montreal's general manager—the youngest in MLB at the time.

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Dave Dombrowski drafted, among others, Rondell White and Cliff Floyd.

One of those teams, the Florida Marlins, recruited Dave Dombrowski to become its first general manager; he was appointed on September 19,1991.

In November 2001, Dave Dombrowski left Florida to become the president of the Detroit Tigers.

Dave Dombrowski assumed the general manager's role himself, becoming the first person to serve as both president and GM for the Tigers since Jim Campbell held both titles from 1978 to 1983.

Dave Dombrowski was named Executive of the Year by Baseball America.

In fourteen years with Tigers organization, Dave Dombrowski led the Tigers to five playoff appearances, four consecutive American League Central division titles, four American League Championship Series appearances, including three consecutive ALCS appearances from 2011 to 2013, and two AL pennants, in 2006 and 2012.

Dave Dombrowski signed high-profile free agent pitcher David Price to a seven-year, $217 million contract.

Dave Dombrowski chose not to appoint a successor, assuming general manager responsibilities without the added title, and promoting other Red Sox executives to key supporting positions, including former MLB general managers Frank Wren and Allard Baird.

Later that month, Dave Dombrowski hired Alex Cora, then bench coach of the Astros, to be the next Red Sox manager.

On December 11,2020, Dave Dombrowski was named the president of baseball operations of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Dave Dombrowski briefly attended Cornell University, where he was a member of the Big Red football team.

Dave Dombrowski later transferred to Western Michigan University, where he earned a degree in business administration in 1979.

Dave Dombrowski is married to Karie Ross, who worked as an ESPN reporter from 1988 to 1990.