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{{short description|American professional baseball executive (born 1937)}}
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| name = Pat Gillick
| image = Pat Gillick holds up 2008 WS trophy CROP.jpg
| caption = Gillick at the 2008 Phillies World Series parade
| position = [[General manager]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|8|22}}
| birth_place = [[Chico, California]], U.S.
| teams = 
'''As general manager'''
*[[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{Baseball year|1978}}–{{Baseball year|1994}})
*[[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{Baseball year|1996}}–{{Baseball year|1998}})
*[[Seattle Mariners]] ({{Baseball year|2000}}–{{Baseball year|2003}})
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{Baseball year|2006}}–{{Baseball year|2008}})
'''As president'''
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{Baseball year|2014}}–{{Baseball year|2015}})
| highlights = 
*3× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1992}}, {{wsy|1993}}, {{wsy|2008}})
*[[Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence]]
* [[Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame|Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
| hofdate = [[2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2011]]
| hofvote = 81.3%
| hofmethod = Expansion Era Committee<ref name="Gillick elected">{{cite web |agency=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |title=Pat Gillick Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Expansion Era Committee |date=December 6, 2010 |url=http://www.baseballhall.org/news/press-releases/pat-gillick-elected-national-baseball-hall-fame-expansion-era-committee |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045101/http://baseballhall.org/news/press-releases/pat-gillick-elected-national-baseball-hall-fame-expansion-era-committee |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Lawrence Patrick David Gillick''' (born August 22, 1937) is an American [[professional baseball]] executive. He previously served as the [[General manager (baseball)|general manager]] of four MLB teams: the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ([[1978 Toronto Blue Jays season|1978]]–[[1994 Toronto Blue Jays season|1994]]), [[Baltimore Orioles]] ([[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|1996]]–[[1998 Baltimore Orioles season|1998]]), [[Seattle Mariners]] ([[2000 Seattle Mariners season|2000]]–[[2003 Seattle Mariners season|2003]]), and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ([[2006 Philadelphia Phillies season|2006]]–[[2008 Philadelphia Phillies season|2008]]). He guided the Blue Jays to [[World Series]] championships in [[1992 World Series|1992]] and [[1993 World Series|1993]], and  the Phillies in [[2008 World Series|2008]].

He won a national championship in college while pitching for the [[University of Southern California]] (USC). Gillick was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1997, the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] on July 24, 2011, the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2013, and the [[Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame|Phillies Wall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref name="Gillick elected"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Gillick |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/124-pat-gillick |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |date=April 21, 2014 |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125903/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/124-pat-gillick |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegoodphight.com/2018/2/27/17058956/phillies-announce-2018-wall-of-fame-inductees|title=Roy Halladay & Pat Gillick are the 2018 Phillies Wall of Fame inductees|access-date=7 July 2018|date=27 February 2018|first=John|last=Stolnis}}</ref>

==Early life==
Gillick was born to former minor league baseball player Larry Gillick in [[Chico, California]]. In 1951, he earned his [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] from the Boy Scouts of America. He continued to stay involved in Scouting and received the [[Order of the Arrow]]'s [[Vigil Honor]] mere months after winning the College World Series at USC. After graduating from [[Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, California)|Notre Dame High School]] in [[Sherman Oaks, California]], he hitchhiked to [[Vulcan, Alberta]], to toil as a kid pitcher with the semi-pro Vulcan Elks of the Foothills-Wheatbelt League. Gillick had to wire his grandmother for $25 to finance his last leg from Montana to Vulcan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2011/07/22/gillick_takes_winding_road_to_cooperstown.html|title=Gillick takes winding road to Cooperstown|date=July 22, 2011|website=thestar.com}}</ref> In 1956 while playing for Vulcan Elks, Gillick was picked up by George Wesley of the Granum White Sox to pitch in tournaments. He threw a no hitter in Medicine Hat, fanned 17 batters in Calgary and pitched Granum to an 18-1 victory in Fernie.

He attended [[University of Southern California|USC]] and joined the Delta Chi Fraternity. He graduated in 1958 with a degree in [[business]]. He was also a gifted [[pitcher]], playing on the [[1958 College World Series|1958 National Title]] baseball team at USC and spending five years in the minor league systems of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], venturing as high as Triple-A. A left-hander, Gillick posted a win–loss record of 45–32 with an [[earned run average]] of 3.42 in 164 minor league games.

==Front office career==
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Gillick retired from playing and began a front-office career in 1963, when he became the assistant farm director with the [[Houston Astros|Houston Colt .45s]]. He would eventually work his way up to the position of director of scouting before moving to the [[New York Yankees]] system in 1974, as a coordinator of player development. In 1976, he moved, this time to the expansion [[Toronto Blue Jays]], becoming their vice-president of player personnel, and in 1977, their vice-president of baseball operations and general manager. In 1984, he was named executive vice-president of baseball operations.

As Toronto's general manager, Gillick won five division titles ([[1985 Toronto Blue Jays season|1985]], [[1989 Toronto Blue Jays season|1989]], [[1991 Toronto Blue Jays season|1991]], [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|1992]] and [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|1993]]) and led the club to their first [[World Series]] championships in [[1992 World Series|1992]] and [[1993 World Series|1993]]. Shortly after Gillick resigned in [[1994 Toronto Blue Jays season|1994]], the Blue Jays went into decline, not finishing higher than third place until [[2006 Toronto Blue Jays season|2006]], and failing to make the playoffs until [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|2015]].

In 1995, Gillick was named the general manager of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] to replace [[Roland Hemond]], who had resigned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Orioles hire Pat Gillick|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iqAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4805,4522407&dq=allintitle:+pat+gillick&hl=en|access-date=1 December 2012|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=28 November 1995|page=3C}}</ref><ref name="GM">{{cite news|last=Ginsburg|first=David|title=Gillick accepts GM job with O's|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hdFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5650,8167436&dq=allintitle:+pat+gillick&hl=en|access-date=1 December 2012|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|date=28 November 1995|agency=Associated Press|location=Ocala, Florida|page=3D}}</ref> He cited the fact that they were close to winning a championship as a factor to his decision to come out of retirement.<ref name="GM"/> He guided the Orioles to the playoffs in [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|1996]] and [[1997 Baltimore Orioles season|1997]]. He announced on September 20, 1998 his departure from the Orioles when his three-year contract expired after the conclusion of the [[1998 Baltimore Orioles season|1998 season]].<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-09-21-9809210075-story.html Strom, Rich. "Gillick Steps Down as Orioles' GM," ''Chicago Tribune'', Monday, September 21, 1998.] Retrieved August 13, 2021</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gillick is out as Orioles' GM|url=http://articles.philly.com/1998-09-21/sports/25758286_1_cuban-defector-larry-dierker-devil-rays|access-date=16 December 2023|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=21 September 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102203943/http://articles.philly.com/1998-09-21/sports/25758286_1_cuban-defector-larry-dierker-devil-rays|archivedate=2 November 2013}}</ref> The Orioles struggled shortly after his departure, failing to achieve a winning season until 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orioles Timeline|url=http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/history/timeline.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216094522/http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/history/timeline.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2010|work=orioles.com: History|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P.|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref>

Gillick then became the general manager of the [[Seattle Mariners]], who had parlayed their incredible [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|1995]] playoff run into a new ballpark and the financial resources to become a perennial contender. Upon his hiring, the responsibility fell on Gillick to trade [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] to [[Cincinnati Reds|Cincinnati]] after Griffey played out his final season in Seattle. The Mariners made back-to-back playoff appearances for the first (and only) time in franchise history in [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|2000]] and [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|2001]], and the 2001 team, with a 116–46 record, tied the [[1906 Chicago Cubs season|1906 Chicago Cubs]] for the all-time [[Major League Baseball]] record for most wins in a single season. However, the Mariners failed to make it past the [[American League Championship Series]] in either year, and did not make the playoffs for the rest of Gillick's tenure as general manager and advisor. Following his departure, the Mariners would not reach the playoffs again until [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|2022]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Jake|last=Rake|title=Pat Gillick Rules|work=Rake Blog|date=December 6, 2008|url=http://jakerake.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pat-gillick-rules|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101302/http://jakerake.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pat-gillick-rules/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2011|publisher=Wordpress.com}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=June 2015}}

On November 2, 2005, Gillick was named the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]' general manager, after which his first big move was to trade [[Jim Thome]] and cash to the [[Chicago White Sox]] for [[Aaron Rowand]] along with prospects [[Gio González]] and Daniel Haigwood, being a move which cleared the way for Phillies' Rookie of the Year [[Ryan Howard]] to become the permanent starter. Howard would be named NL MVP that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2669508|title=Howard beats out Pujols to win NL MVP award|date=November 20, 2006|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

Gillick had permanent residence in Toronto with his wife Doris, however they have since relocated to [[Seattle]] after he became the Phillies general manager. He had become a Canadian citizen in 2004.

Gillick retired from his position as general manager after leading the Phillies to a World Series championship in 2008. Assistant general manager [[Rubén Amaro Jr.]] was named his successor. Gillick remained in the organization as a senior advisor to Amaro and Phillies president [[David Montgomery (baseball)|David Montgomery]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Stephen|title=A Profile of Baseball Hall of Famer Pat Gillick|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/a-profile-baseball-hall-famer-pat-gillick-7536956.html?cat=14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210012428/http://voices.yahoo.com/a-profile-baseball-hall-famer-pat-gillick-7536956.html?cat=14|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2013|work=Yahoo! Voices|publisher=Yahoo! Inc.|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=June 2015}} In August 2014, Gillick became interim president of the Phillies while Montgomery was on medical leave.  In January 2015, Montgomery returned but became Phillies chairman, while Gillick assumed the club presidency on a permanent basis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phillies.mlb.com/news/article/107718484/david-montgomery-returns-to-phillies-as-chairman |title=Montgomery Returns to Phillies as Chairman |last=Zolecki |first=Todd |work=MLB.com |date=2015-01-28 |access-date=2015-02-03 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Gillick returned to his senior advisor role after the Phillies promoted [[Andy MacPhail]] to president, who first joined the Phillies organization as a special assistant to Gillick during the 2015 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/06/29/phillies-hire-andy-macphail/|title=Phillies Hire Andy MacPhail|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref>

Since 2016, Gillick served as part-owner of teams in the collegiate woodbat [[Great West League]] such as the [[Chico Heat]] and [[Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox]].  He won championships with the Heat in the league's inaugural season in 2016 and their final season in 2018.

==Honors and awards==
*In 1993, ''Sporting News'' awarded its [[Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year|Sportsman of the Year]] honor to Gillick and Blue Jays manager [[Cito Gaston]].
*In 1997, Gillick was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]].
*In 2002, Gillick was inducted into the Toronto Blue Jays' [[Toronto Blue Jays#Level of Excellence|Level of Excellence]]
*In 2008, baseball fans nationwide voted him the MLB "[[This Year in Baseball Awards]]" Executive of the Year.<ref>'''''Go to''''' [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2008/tyib/index.jsp 2008 This Year in Baseball Awards] '''''and click on''''' "Exec" for results and '''video'''. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-09-05.</ref>
*Also in 2008, he was named "[[King of Baseball]]", a ceremonial title awarded by Minor League Baseball to one person each year in recognition of longtime dedication and service to professional baseball.
*In December 2009, ''Sports Illustrated'' named him as number 7 on its list of the [[List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors#Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade|Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade]] (in all sports).<ref>The list's only other MLB GMs were Boston's Theo Epstein (No. 3) and Oakland's Billy Beane (No. 10). {{cite magazine |last=Friedman |first=Dick |title=2000s: Top 10 GMs/Executives |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 22, 2009 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/19/top.executives/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117053624/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/19/top.executives/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref>
*On December 6, 2010, Gillick was [[2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame]] by the new [[Veterans Committee|Expansion Era Committee]] which considers Expansion Era candidates identified from the Expansion Era, 1973–present.<ref>National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Eras: Expansion, "Rules For Election For Managers, Umpires, Executives, And Players For Expansion Era Candidates To The National Baseball Hall of Fame  {{cite web |url=http://www.baseballhall.org/hall-famers/rules-election/eras-expansion |title=Eras: Expansion &#124; Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=2013-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430030213/http://baseballhall.org/hall-famers/rules-election/eras-expansion |archive-date=2013-04-30 }} Retrieved June 24, 2013</ref><ref name="HOF"/> He was the fourth general manager ever enshrined.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Barry M.|title=Gillick newest member of Hall of Fame|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101206&content_id=16260222&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|work=MLB.com: News|date=December 6, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207233908/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101206&content_id=16260222&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|archivedate=December 7, 2010}}</ref> He was formally inducted on July 24, 2011, with former major league players, [[Roberto Alomar]] and [[Bert Blyleven]].
*In 2015 he received the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] from the [[Boy Scouts of America]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adventureforlife.org/?p=353 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816173023/http://www.adventureforlife.org/?p=353 |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |title=Pat Gillick Inducted Into Eagle Scout Hall of Fame {{!}} AdventureForLife}}</ref>
*In 2018, Gillick became the first executive inducted into the [[Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame]]

==References==
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