Bobby EvansVice President and Assistant General Manager
Bobby Evans begins his 20th season in the Giants baseball operations department, his first year as the Vice President and Assistant General Manager. Previously the team's director of player personnel, he assists Brian Sabean in heading contract negotiations, waiver and rule compliance, budgets at both the major and minor league levels and is involved in all areas of baseball operations. Evans has had an integral role in helping the organization win two World Series titles in the past three seasons (2010 and 2012). In 2012, Evans received the Bowie Kuhn Award, which is presented annually at the Baseball Winter Meetings (since 1984) to an individual, team or organization who demonstrates support of the chapel program in professional baseball. Evans is a 1991 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he was the recipient of the John Motley Morehead Scholarship Award. He first joined San Francisco in 1994 as administrative assistant, minor leagues. He was elevated to assistant director of player development the following year and served the Giants in that capacity until his promotion to director of minor league administration in 1998. Previously, Evans served as an administrator in the Commissioner's Office in New York. During his three-year tenure there, he worked in baseball operations and minor league operations. Evans also interned with the Boston Red Sox in the player development and scouting departments during the summer of 1989. Evans and his wife, Gwen, reside in San Francisco and have a son, Jonathan and a daughter, Anjali. |
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