Travis Williams (sports executive)

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Travis Williams is an American attorney and sports front office executive. He is the president of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

Williams is from Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and his Juris Doctor from the Duquesne University School of Law.^[1] He was a partner at the law firm Reed Smith, and served as outside counsel for the Pirates.^[2] He joined the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2008, becoming chief operating officer in 2011.^[3] He left the Penguins to become the president of business operations for the NHL's New York Islanders in 2018.^[4] Williams succeeded Frank Coonelly as president of the Pirates in October 2019.^[5]

Williams and his wife, Nikki, have six children.^[2]

References

^ DiPaola, Jerry (October 28, 2019). "New Pirates president Travis Williams eager 'to crack the code'". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Berry, Adam (October 28, 2019). "Travis Williams named Pirates president | Pittsburgh Pirates". Mlb.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^ "Travis Williams, Penguins chief operating officer, leaving to join Islanders | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^ "Travis Williams hired by Islanders to run business operations". Newsday. November 29, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^ "Travis Williams brings fresh perspective to Pirates' president role | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.

Major League Baseball presidents

American League

East	vacant (Baltimore Orioles) Sam Kennedy (Boston Red Sox) Randy Levine (New York Yankees) Matthew Silverman & Brian Auld (Tampa Bay Rays) Mark Shapiro (Toronto Blue Jays)
Central	Jerry Reinsdorf (Chicago White Sox) Chris Antonetti (Cleveland Indians) vacant (Detroit Tigers) vacant (Kansas City Royals) Dave St. Peter (Minnesota Twins)
West	vacant (Houston Astros) John Carpino (Los Angeles Angels) Dave Kaval (Oakland Athletics) vacant (Seattle Mariners) vacant (Texas Rangers)

National League

East	Derek Schiller (Atlanta Braves) Caroline O'Connor (Miami Marlins) vacant (New York Mets) vacant (Philadelphia Phillies) vacant (Washington Nationals)
Central	vacant (Chicago Cubs) Bob Castellini (Cincinnati Reds) vacant (Milwaukee Brewers) Travis Williams (Pittsburgh Pirates) Bill DeWitt III (St. Louis Cardinals)
West	Derrick Hall (Arizona Diamondbacks) Greg Feasel (Colorado Rockies) Stan Kasten (Los Angeles Dodgers) vacant (San Diego Padres) Larry Baer (San Francisco Giants)

Note: Those listed here hold the title of President for their team, not be be confused with President of Baseball Operations or similar. Not all MLB teams have a person designated as President.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Established in 1882
Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; McCulloch Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/LECOM Park

Culture

Pirate Parrot
Great Pierogy Race
Green Weenie
"Black and Yellow"
Zoltan
Bob Prince
Bob Gessner
Vince Lascheid
T206 Honus Wagner
J. P. "Honus" Wagner (Vittor)
In the Name of the Law
Angels in the Outfield
The Odd Couple
"We Are Family"
The Natural
The Winning Season
Chasing 3000
Dude, Where's My Car?
Million Dollar Arm
Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories
No No: A Dockumentary

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game
Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
1985 drug trials
Sid Bream's slide
NL Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
MLB Little League Classics
- 2017
- 2019

Rivalries

Minors

Triple-A: Indianapolis Indians
Double-A: Altoona Curve
High-A: Greensboro Grasshoppers
Single-A: Bradenton Marauders
Rookie: FCL Pirates; DSL Pirates Black; DSL Pirates Gold
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (144)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Presidents of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise

Denny McKnight (1882–1883)
Edmund C. Converse (1884)
William A. Nimick (1885–1890)
J. Palmer O'Neill (1891)
William Chase Temple (1892–1893)
Al Buckenberger (1893)
William Kerr (1894–1897)
Bill Watkins (1898)
William Kerr (1899)
Harry Pulliam (1900)
Barney Dreyfuss (1900–1932)
William Benswanger (1932–1946)
Frank E. McKinney (1946–1950)
John Galbreath (1950–1985)
Malcolm Prine (1985–1987)
Carl Barger (1987–1991)
Mark Sauer (1991–1996)
Kevin McClatchy (1996–2007)
Frank Coonelly (2007–2019)
Travis Williams (2019–present)

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