In past decades, someone like Saltwell could probably have done a good job as baseball GM. He lived to be 96 and passed away in 2020. “Salty” Saltwell, who worked for the Cubs for decades, largely in business management. Since Holland, the longest-tenured Cubs GMs/Baseball Operations Presidents have been Theo Epstein (nine years) and Jim Hendry (fired during his ninth year). Brian Cashman has been Yankees GM since 1998, 25 years, but most current baseball operations executives stay in the job for far shorter.
John Holland retired as Cubs general manager after 1975, following 20 years in the position.
