Brian Sabean, who is currently the longest-tenured General Manager in Major League Baseball, was named San Francisco's senior vice president and general manager on Sept. 30, 1996. During his 14 years as GM, he has seen the Giants capture five post season berths, including two World Series appearances, with the club having earned more than half of its nine playoff appearances overall in its first 53 seasons in San Francisco.

In 2010 he stewarded the Giants to their first World Series Championship since the team moved West in 1958 and the organization's first title since 1954. During the campaign, Sabean acquired several key players, as well as promoting Madison Bumgarner and National League Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey from the minors. Each move reinforced the already strong homegrown corps to form the World Series winners.

Since Sabean assumed the GM reins, the Giants have won two National League pennants (2002 and 2010), four NL West Division flags (1997, 2000, 2003 and 2010), been a Wild Card entry (2002) and forced a Wild Card tie-breaker game with Chicago in 1998, while posting a 1,212-1,054 (.535) mark during that 14-year span. Sabean is currently the longest tenured GM in all of the Majors.

In his 19th year with the organization and 26th season as a baseball front office executive, the 54-year-old Sabean was honored as 2010 Major League Baseball Executive of the Year by the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA. He was tabbed with the same honors by both The Sporting News and Baseball America in 2003. In his first year as the Giants' GM, the Concord, NH native finished second in The Sporting News' 1997 Executive of the Year balloting. He seized national headlines for his bold player moves that season, engineering some of baseball's most successful blockbuster trades, which catapulted San Francisco to its first divisional championship in eight years.

During his tenure as GM, Sabean has acquired some of the game's best players via trades. They have included: Giants' All-Stars Jeff Kent, Jason Schmidt and Robb Nen, as well as standout performers J.T. Snow, David Bell, Kenny Lofton, Andres Galarraga, Ellis Burks, Joe Carter, Roberto Hernandez, Wilson Alvarez and Jose Mesa. The Giants GM has been known to bring reinforcements during the July 31 trading deadline, acquiring the likes of Schmidt, Burks, Hernandez, Alvarez, Freddy Sanchez, Randy Winn, Javier Lopez and Ramon Ramirez.

The team architect also brought future Hall of Famers Omar Vizquel to San Francisco in 2005 and Randy Johnson in 2008, while adding Giants' All-Star Benito Santiago in 2001, two-time Gold Glove catcher Bengie Molina and Cy Young winner Zito in 2007, Gold Glove outfielder Aaron Rowand in 2008, five-time National League All-Star Edgar Renteria in 2009 and former MVP Miguel Tejada in 2011.

Before his promotion to GM in 1996, Sabean served one season as the club's senior vice president, player personnel in 1995 and enjoyed a three-year stint as assistant to the general manager and vice president of scouting/player personnel. Prior to joining the Giants, Sabean played a vital role in developing the Yankees' farm system into one of baseball's finest. During his eight-year tenure with the Yankees, he held several positions of increasing responsibility, including director of scouting from 1986-90 and vice president of player development/scouting from 1990-92.

Sabean, who graduated from Concord (NH) High School in 1974 and Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL) in 1978, served as an assistant baseball coach at St. Leo (FL) College in 1979 and the University of Tampa from 1980-82. He was then promoted to head coach at Tampa in 1983, holding that post for two years, compiling a 61-36 record and making the school's first-ever appearance in an NCAA regional tournament in 1984. Sabean and his wife, Amanda, have one son, Aidan. They are also the proud dad and stepmom to Colin, Sean, Brendan and Darren.