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{{Short description|American baseball executive (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name  = Dave Dombrowski
| image = Red Sox President of Baseball Operations David Dombrowski (23655867925) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dombrowski in 2015
| team  = Philadelphia Phillies 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|7|27}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| position = President of Baseball Operations
| teams = 
* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1986}})
* [[Montreal Expos]] ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1991}})
* [[Florida Marlins]] ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|2001}})
* [[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2015}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|2015}}–{{mlby|2019}})
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|2021}}–present)
| highlights = 
* 2× [[World Series]] champion ([[1997 World Series|1997]], [[2018 World Series|2018]])
* 1990 [[UPI |UPI Executive of the Year]] 
* 2× [[Baseball America|''Baseball America'' Executive of the Year]] (2006, 2018)
* 2011 co-[[Sporting News|''Sporting News'' Executive of the Year]] (with [[Doug Melvin]])
}}

'''David Dombrowski''' (born July 27, 1956) is an American baseball executive who serves as the [[president of baseball operations]] for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). Dombrowski also previously served as the [[general manager (baseball)|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]]. He has helped build four different franchises (Marlins, Tigers, Red Sox, Phillies) into pennant-winning teams, and he has won the [[World Series]] twice — with the Marlins in [[1997 World Series|1997]] and the Red Sox in [[2018 World Series|2018]].

==Career==
===Chicago White Sox===
Dombrowski began his career with the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1978, as an administrative assistant in their minor league organization.<ref name=mlb_bio>{{cite web |title=David Dombrowski |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/det/team/team_frontoffice_bio.jsp?loc=david_dombrowski |work=mlb.com |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726084219/http://mlb.mlb.com/det/team/team_frontoffice_bio.jsp?loc=david_dombrowski |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>  He 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.

===Montreal Expos===
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.<ref name="Lawson">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lyIVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3656,2585038&dq=baseball+dave-dombrowski&hl=en|title=Los Angeles amazes Lasorda|last=Lawson|first=Earl|date=July 23, 1988|work=[[Star-Banner|Ocala Star-Banner]]|page=4D|access-date=July 7, 2010}}</ref>

Dombrowski built up the Expos [[farm system]] during his term. He drafted, among others, [[Rondell White]] and [[Cliff Floyd]]. The team enjoyed .500 or better seasons in 1988–90 but struggled on the field in 1991. Concurrently, the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] expanded to 14 teams, with two new franchises to begin play in 1993. One of those teams, the [[Florida Marlins]], recruited Dombrowski to become its first general manager; he was appointed on September 19, 1991.

===Florida Marlins===
Dombrowski spent about a decade in [[Miami]], working under owners [[H. Wayne Huizenga]] and [[John W. Henry]]. In 1996, he hired [[Jim Leyland]] to manage the team; they had previously worked together for the White Sox in the early 1980s, with Dombrowski as assistant general manager and Leyland as [[third base coach]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/story/2011-10-10/tigers-dombrowski-leyland-alcs/50724066/1|title=Dombrowski, Leyland dynamic duo for Tigers|work=USATODAY.COM|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> Although Dombrowski built a sound minor league system, the Marlins achieved their first great success—the NL pennant and [[1997 World Series]] title—with a team composed of many high-salaried players signed as free agents. The following year, Dombrowski presided over Huizenga's mandated [[fire sale]] of those veteran players, and the Marlins failed to reach a .500 winning percentage in each of Dombrowski's final four years with the franchise.  In November 2001, Dombrowski left Florida to become the president of the Detroit Tigers.<ref>"Dombrowski leaves Marlins to head Tigers," November 5, 2001, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/11/05/dombrowski_tigers_ap/#null {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011121085630/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/11/05/dombrowski_tigers_ap/#null |date=November 21, 2001 }}.</ref>  Nevertheless, after Henry sold the club in early 2002, the Marlins managed to rebuild behind a nucleus of young players, and the following season, with a roster consisting chiefly of players Dombrowski had acquired,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-13 |title=Prospectus Q&A: Dave Dombrowski |url=https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/5191/prospectus-qa-dave-dombrowski/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Baseball Prospectus}}</ref> the team won the [[2003 World Series]].

===Detroit Tigers===
[[File:Dave Dombrowski 2010.jpeg|left|thumb|240px|Dombrowski watches a [[West Michigan Whitecaps]] game at [[Fifth Third Ballpark]], 2010]]
For the 2002 season, his first with the Tigers after being hired by owner [[Mike Ilitch]], Dombrowski was to serve as president and chief executive officer of the rebuilding Tigers. Incumbent general manager [[Randy Smith (baseball)|Randy Smith]] would continue in his role, reporting to Dombrowski.  However, when Detroit lost its first six games in 2002, Dombrowski quickly fired both Smith and manager [[Phil Garner]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chass |first=Murray |date=2002-04-09 |title=BASEBALL; Tigers Dismiss Garner And Smith |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/sports/baseball-tigers-dismiss-garner-and-smith.html |access-date=2022-07-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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 (baseball executive)|Jim Campbell]] held both titles from 1978 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0IlIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wnMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6563,4180053&hl=en |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=news.google.com}}</ref>

In 2003, the Tigers lost a then [[American League]]-record 119 games, one fewer than the modern MLB record at the time, set by the [[1962 New York Mets season|1962 New York Mets]]. The manager was [[Alan Trammell]], a popular ex-Tiger player who had been the [[1984 World Series]] MVP. Three years later, the [[2006 Detroit Tigers season|2006 Tigers]], led by manager [[Jim Leyland]], won their first AL pennant since their [[1984 World Series|championship season of 1984]]. Along the way, they won the AL [[Wild card (sports)#Major League Baseball|wild card]], defeated the favored New York Yankees in four games in the [[2006 American League Division Series]] (ALDS), then swept the [[Oakland Athletics]] in the [[2006 American League Championship Series]] (ALCS). In the [[2006 World Series]], they were defeated in five games by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. Dombrowski was subsequently named Executive of the Year by ''[[Baseball America]]''.<ref name=BA-EOY/>

In addition to bringing Leyland out of semi-retirement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060623&content_id=1519368&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det|title=Tigers getting ferocious under Leyland|last=Greenberg|first=Jon|date=June 23, 2006|work=mlb.com|access-date=December 14, 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Dombrowski presided over the acquisition and development of a corps of hard-throwing young [[pitcher]]s, and signed [[free agent]]s such as [[catcher]] [[Iván Rodríguez]], left-handed pitcher [[Kenny Rogers (baseball)|Kenny Rogers]], and outfielder [[Magglio Ordóñez]].

In 2012, the Tigers reached their second World Series under Dombrowski's tenure by defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games in the [[2012 American League Division Series|2012 ALDS]] and sweeping the New York Yankees in the [[2012 American League Championship Series|2012 ALCS]]. The Tigers were then swept by the San Francisco Giants in four straight games, losing the [[2012 World Series]].

On August 4, 2015, Dombrowski was released by the Tigers, and was replaced by his former assistant general manager [[Al Avila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/141107462/tigers-name-al-avila-new-general-manager|title=Avila replaces Dombrowski as Tigers GM|last=Simon|first=Andrew|date=August 4, 2015|work=MLB.com|access-date=August 4, 2015|archive-date=August 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807004459/http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/141107462/tigers-name-al-avila-new-general-manager|url-status=dead}}</ref> In fourteen years with Tigers organization, Dombrowski led the Tigers to five playoff appearances, four consecutive [[American League Central]] division titles, four [[American League Championship Series]] appearances, including three [[List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks#League Championship Series appearance streaks|consecutive ALCS appearances]] from 2011 to 2013, and two [[List of American League pennant winners|AL pennants]], in [[2006 Detroit Tigers season|2006]] and [[2012 Detroit Tigers season|2012]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/04/dave-dombrowski-detroit-tigers-released-end-era|title=Dave Dombrowski's departure marks the end of an era for Detroit Tigers|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=August 4, 2015 |access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> Prior to his hiring, the Tigers had missed the playoffs in fourteen consecutive seasons, and had just four playoff appearances in the 60 season stretch from 1946 to 2005.

===Boston Red Sox===
On August 18, 2015, Dombrowski was named the president of baseball operations of the [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/08/18/red-sox-hire-dave-dombrowski-president-baseball-operations-ben-cherington-out/31959267/|title=Red Sox hire Dave Dombrowski; Ben Cherington stepping down as GM|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref> At the announcement of his hiring, the Red Sox also announced that general manager [[Ben Cherington]] would step down. In September, Dombrowski filled Cherington's post with senior vice president [[Mike Hazen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.necn.com/news/sports/Mike-Hazen-Named-Red-Sox-General-Manager-329258221.html |title=Mike Hazen Named Red Sox General Manager |first=Mike |last=Pescaro |website=[[New England Cable News|NECN]] |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref> Dombrowski made his first significant trade for the Red Sox in November, when he acquired closer [[Craig Kimbrel]] from the [[San Diego Padres]] for four prospects.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14124091/boston-red-sox-acquire-craig-kimbrel-san-diego-padres |title=Padres trade Craig Kimbrel to Red Sox in exchange for 4 prospects |website=[[ESPN]] |date=November 13, 2015}}</ref> He also signed high-profile free agent pitcher [[David Price (baseball)|David Price]] to a seven-year, $217 million contract.

In Dombrowski's first full season with the team, the [[2016 Boston Red Sox season|2016 Red Sox]] won 93 regular-season games and the [[American League East]] division title, but were swept in the [[2016 American League Division Series]] by the eventual AL champions, the [[2016 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]]. In mid-October, Hazen resigned from the Red Sox to take an expanded role as executive vice president and general manager of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. 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]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/51343/dombrowski-red-sox-wont-hire-a-general-manager |title=Dave Dombrowski: Red Sox won't hire a general manager |first=Scott |last=Lauber |website=[[ESPN]] |date=October 25, 2016}}</ref>

Prior to the 2017 season, Dombrowski acquired starting pitcher [[Chris Sale]] from the White Sox, in exchange for four prospects including [[Yoan Moncada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/210441104/chris-sale-traded-to-red-sox-for-yoan-moncada/|title=Red Sox acquire Chris Sale in blockbuster trade with White Sox|date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2016|work=MLB.com|author=Scott Merkin|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002745/http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/210441104/chris-sale-traded-to-red-sox-for-yoan-moncada/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[2017 Boston Red Sox season|2017 Red Sox]] won their division again, but lost the [[2017 American League Division Series]] to the eventual World Series champions, the [[2017 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]]. In October, Dombrowski fired [[John Farrell (manager)|John Farrell]], who had served five years as Boston's manager.<ref>{{cite web|last=Browne|first=Ian|title=Red Sox release manager John Farrell after five seasons|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-dismiss-john-farrell-c258211184|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=October 11, 2017|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013185139/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/258211184/red-sox-dismiss-john-farrell/?topicId=27118122|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, Dombrowski hired [[Alex Cora]], then bench coach of the Astros, to be the next Red Sox manager.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-name-alex-cora-manager-c259274274 |title=Sox finalize 3-year deal with Cora to manage |first=Ian |last=Browne |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022233622/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/259274274/red-sox-name-alex-cora-manager/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[2018 Boston Red Sox season|2018 Red Sox]] won their division for the third consecutive season; the team recorded 108 wins, the most in franchise history. The team went on to win the [[2018 World Series]], with a pitching staff led by players that Dombrowski had acquired—including Kimbrel, Price, and Sale—along with [[designated hitter]] [[J. D. Martinez]], whom Dombrowski had acquired in February 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22584613/boston-red-sox-officially-sign-jd-martinez-5-year-deal-2022 |title=Red Sox officially sign J. D. Martinez to 5-year deal through 2022 |work=ESPN.com |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> It was Dombrowski's first championship since he was general manager of the Marlins in 1997, and he was later named Executive of the Year by ''Baseball America'', the second time he won the award.<ref name=BA-EOY>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2018/11/27/dave-dombrowski-executive-of-the-year-red-sox-baseball-america |title=Dave Dombrowski was named Executive of the Year |first=Calli |last=Remillard |website=[[Boston.com]]|date=November 27, 2018 |access-date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> In June 2019, the [[National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame]] awarded its Excellence in Sports Award to Dombrowski.

Dombrowski was fired by the Red Sox early on September 9, 2019, just 10 months after winning the 2018 World Series, following a 10–5 loss to the New York Yankees, which dropped Boston's record for the season to 76–67.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/dave-dombrowski-red-sox-fired-world-series-041332777.html |title=Red Sox fire president Dave Dombrowski less than a year after winning World Series |work=sports.yahoo.com |date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/09/08/red-sox-part-ways-with-dave-dombrowski/MI6P23paliFaFMVRCoaqPN/story.html |title=Dave Dombrowski out as Red Sox president of baseball operations |first=Pete |last=Abraham |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> During his time leading baseball operations, the Red Sox were fined for participating in electronic sign stealing against the Yankees in 2017, and improper use of video replay to decode signs during the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Perry |first=Dayn |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/alex-coras-managerial-career-which-started-with-historic-success-appears-to-be-over/ |title=Alex Cora's managerial career, which started with historic success, appears to be over |publisher=CBSSports.com |date=January 15, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Billy Witz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/sports/baseball/red-sox-fined-stealing-signs-yankees.html |title=Manfred Fines Red Sox Over Stealing Signs and Issues Warning to All 30 Teams - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 15, 2017|access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref> Following an MLB investigation into the 2018 allegations, findings released in February 2020 did not implicate Dombrowski in any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.masslive.com/sports/2020/02/boston-red-sox-sign-stealing-investigation-mlb-will-find-dave-dombrowski-not-involved-report.html|title=Boston Red Sox sign-stealing investigation: MLB will find Dave Dombrowski 'not involved' (report)|first=Christopher|last=Smith|publisher=Masslive|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bosoxinjection.com/2020/02/19/red-sox-miss-dombrowski-roenicke/|title = Red Sox News: Investigation to pass Dave Dombrowski and Ron Roenicke|date = February 19, 2020}}</ref>

=== Philadelphia Phillies ===
On December 11, 2020, Dombrowski was named the president of baseball operations of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/phillies-hire-dave-dombrowski-as-president-of-baseball-operations/ |title=Phillies hire Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations |first1=Katherine |last1=Acquavella |first2=Matt |last2=Snyder |website=[[CBS Sports]] |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref> After missing the playoffs in 2021, the [[2022 Philadelphia Phillies season|2022 Phillies]] qualified for the postseason as a wild card team and secured the National League pennant, where they lost to the [[Houston Astros]] in six games in the [[2022 World Series|World Series]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/sports-world-reacts-to-phillies-winning-first-nl-pennant-since-2009/ar-AA13i6UW |title=Sports world reacts to Phillies winning first NL pennant since 2009 |first=Vincent |last=Frank |website=Sportsnaut |via=MSN.com |date=October 23, 2022 |accessdate=October 23, 2022}}</ref> It was Dombrowski's first league title with Philadelphia and fifth overall of his executive career.

On November 22, 2022, the Phillies signed Dombrowski to a contract extension that runs through the 2027 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phillies extend Dave Dombrowski through 2027|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dave-dombrowski-phillies-contract-extension|access-date=July 31, 2023|website=mlb.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Record as general manager / president of baseball operations===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="4"|Regular Season !! colspan="1"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!!Result
|-
![[1988 Montreal Expos season|MON]]||[[1988 MLB season|1988]]
||41||40||.506|| N/A{{double dagger}} || Appointed on July 5<!-- team was 40–41 through July 4, finished 41–40-->
|-
![[1989 Montreal Expos season|MON]]||[[1989 MLB season|1989]]
||81||81||.500||4th in NL East|| -
|-
![[1990 Montreal Expos season|MON]]||[[1990 MLB season|1990]]
||85||77||.525||3rd in NL East|| -
|-
![[1991 Montreal Expos season|MON]]||[[1991 MLB season|1991]]
||64||81||.441||6th in NL East{{dagger}}
| Hired by [[Florida Marlins]] on September 19<!--last game he was GM for was on September 18-->
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
! colspan="2"|MON Total||271||279||.493||||
|-
![[1993 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1993 MLB season|1993]]
||64||98||.395||6th in NL East|| -
|-
![[1994 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1994 MLB season|1994]]
||51||64||.443||5th in NL East|| -
|-
![[1995 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1995 MLB season|1995]]
||67||76||.469||4th in NL East|| -
|-
![[1996 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1996 MLB season|1996]]
||80||82||.494||3rd in NL East|| -
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1997 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1997 MLB season|1997]]
||92||70||.568||2nd in NL East|| <small>'''Defeated [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] in [[1997 World Series]]'''</small>
|-
![[1998 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1998 MLB season|1998]]
||54||108||.333||5th in NL East|| -
|-
![[1999 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[1999 MLB season|1999]]
||64||98||.395||5th in NL East|| -
|-
![[2000 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[2000 MLB season|2000]]
||79||82||.491||3rd in NL East|| -
|-
![[2001 Florida Marlins season|FLA]]||[[2001 MLB season|2001]]
||76||86||.469||4th in NL East|| -
|-
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
! colspan="2"|FLA Total||627||764||.451||||1 Playoff Appearance, 1 Pennant, 1 World Series Title
|-
![[2002 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2002 MLB season|2002]]
||55||100||.355||5th in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2003 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2003 MLB season|2003]]
||43||119||.265||5th in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2004 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2004 MLB season|2004]]
||72||90||.444||4th in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2005 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2005 MLB season|2005]]
||71||91||.438||4th in AL Central|| -
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2006 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2006 MLB season|2006]]
||95||67||.586||2nd in AL Central|| <small>'''Lost to [[2006 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] in [[2006 World Series]]'''</small>
|-
![[2007 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2007 MLB season|2007]]
||88||74||.543||2nd in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2008 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2008 MLB season|2008]]
||74||88||.457||5th in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2009 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2009 MLB season|2009]]
||86||77||.528||2nd in AL Central|| -
|-
![[2010 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2010 MLB season|2010]]
||81||81||.500||3rd in AL Central|| -
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2011 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2011 MLB season|2011]]
||95||67||.586||'''1st in AL Central'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2011 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] in [[2011 American League Championship Series|2011 ALCS]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2012 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2012 MLB season|2012]]
||88||74||.543||'''1st in AL Central'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2012 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] in [[2012 World Series]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2013 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2013 MLB season|2013]]
||93||69||.574||'''1st in AL Central'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2013 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] in [[2013 American League Championship Series|2013 ALCS]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2014 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2014 MLB season|2014]]
||90||72||.556||'''1st in AL Central'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2014 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] in [[2014 American League Division Series|2014 ALDS]]'''</small>
|-
![[2015 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||[[2015 MLB season|2015]]
||51||54||.486||3rd in AL Central{{dagger}}
| Released on August 4<!--last game he was GM for was on August 3-->
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
! colspan="2"|DET Total||1,082||1,123||.491||||5 Playoff Appearances, 2 Pennants
|-
![[2015 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]||[[2015 MLB season|2015]]
||26||18||.591|| N/A{{double dagger}} || Hired on August 18<!-- team was 52–66 through August 17, finished 78–84-->
|-
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2016 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]||[[2016 MLB season|2016]]
||93||69||.574||'''1st in AL East'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2016 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] in [[2016 American League Division Series|2016 ALDS]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2017 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]||[[2017 MLB season|2017]]
||93||69||.574||'''1st in AL East'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2017 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in [[2017 American League Division Series|2017 ALDS]]'''</small>
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[2018 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]||[[2018 MLB season|2018]]
| 108 ||54 ||.667 ||'''1st in AL East'''
| <small>'''Defeated [[2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in [[2018 World Series]]'''</small>
|-
![[2019 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]||[[2019 MLB season|2019]]
| 76 || 67 || .531 || 3rd in AL East{{dagger}}  <!-- record when he was dismissed -->
| Released on September 9<!--last game he was PresBO for was on September 8-->
|-
! colspan="2"|BOS Total||396||277||.588||||3 Playoff Appearances, 1 Pennant, 1 World Series Title
|-
![[2021 Philadelphia Phillies season|PHI]]||[[2021 MLB season|2021]]
| 82 ||80 ||.506 ||2nd in NL East || -
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2022 Philadelphia Phillies season|PHI]]||[[2022 MLB season|2022]]
| 87 ||75 ||.537 ||3rd in NL East || <small>'''Lost to [[2022 St. Louis Cardinals season|Houston Astros]] in [[2022 World Series]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2023 Philadelphia Phillies season|PHI]]||[[2023 MLB season|2023]]
| 90 ||72 ||.556 ||2nd in NL East || <small>'''Lost to [[2022 Atlanta Braves|Arizona Diamondbacks]] in [[2023 NLCS]]'''</small>
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2024 Philadelphia Phillies season|PHI]]||[[2024 MLB season|2024]]
| 95 ||67 ||.586 ||'''1st in NL East'''|| <small>'''Lost to [[2024 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in [[2024 NLDS]]'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|PHI Total||354||294||.546 || {{nbsp}} || 3 Playoff Appearances, 1 Pennant
|-
! colspan="2"|Total||2,635||2,670||{{winpct|2635|2670}}|| ||12 Playoff Appearances, 5 Pennants, 2 World Series Titles
|}
{{dagger}} Reflects team's record and position in standings at the time Dombrowski was dismissed.
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{{double dagger}} Reflects team's record from when Dombrowski was hired through end of season.

Dombrowski's title with Boston was president of baseball operations. [[Mike Hazen]] served as Boston's general manager during 2016 and reported to Dombrowski.

== Personal life ==
Dombrowski grew up in [[Palos Heights, Illinois]], and graduated from [[Harold L. Richards High School]] in [[Oak Lawn, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/20/turning-in-a-work/|title=Turning in A+ work|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="detroit.tigers.mlb.com">{{cite web|url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/team/team_frontoffice_bio.jsp?loc=david_dombrowski|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215235543/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/team/team_frontoffice_bio.jsp?loc=david_dombrowski|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2012|title=tigers.com: Team|work=Detroit Tigers|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

Dombrowski briefly attended [[Cornell University]], where he was a member of the [[Cornell Big Red football|Big Red football team]].  He later transferred to [[Western Michigan University]], where he earned a degree in [[business administration]] in 1979.<ref name=mlb_bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/landing?blockID=398138|title=Detroit|author=Fox Sports|work=FOX Sports|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>  Dombrowski would later be the recipient of Western Michigan University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998.<ref name="detroit.tigers.mlb.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmich.edu/business/alumni/recipients|title=Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients|work=wmich.edu|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> In 2018, Dombrowski was honored with the [[National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame]] Excellence in Sports Award, in Troy, Michigan.

Dombrowski is married to [[Karie Ross]],<ref name=friedman/> who worked as an [[ESPN]] reporter from 1988 to 1990. They met in 1992 while Dombrowski was serving as general manager of the Florida Marlins and Ross was a reporter at [[WTVJ]] in Miami.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2751492/south-florida-cottons-to-ross-spunk-ex-tv-reporter-is-full-time-mom-with-fond-memories-of-oklahoma |title=South Florida cottons to Ross' spunk Ex-TV reporter is full-time mom with fond memories of Oklahoma |first=John |last=Rohde |website=oklahoman.com |date=August 12, 2001 |access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> The couple has two children,<ref name=friedman>{{cite web |url=http://mikefriedman.oucreate.com/uncategorized/karie-ross-dombrowski-qa-extra-credit/ |title=Karie Ross Dombrowski Q&A Extra Credit |first=Michael |last=Friedman |website=mikefriedman.oucreate.com |date=April 30, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref> Darbi and Landon.<ref>{{cite book |title=2015 Detroit Tigers Media Guide. pg.12}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20503914/introducing_dave_dombrowski/ |title=Introducing... Dave Dombrowski |first=Walter |last=Buchignani |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette|The Gazette]] |location=[[Montreal]] |page=2 |date=July 17, 1988 |access-date=May 29, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}
* {{cite book |title=Tales from the Detroit Tigers Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Tigers Stories Ever Told |first=Jack |last=Ebling |others=Richard Kincaide (Contributor) |publisher=Sports Publishing |date=2018 |isbn=978-1613218808 }}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512031422/https://www.baseballamerica.com/today/execdb/showperson.php/?idx=DombrDa01&fname=Dave&lname=Dombrowski Career profile] at [[Baseball America]] via [[Wayback Machine]]
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