Pat O'Conner

Pat O'Conner

  • Class Year:
    1980
  • Induction Year:
    2022

From Hall of Honor press release dated July 22, 2022:

Pat O’Conner helped to revolutionize the professional baseball industry as he worked in various areas of Minor League Baseball before spending 13 years as the CEO. O’Conner joined the Minor League Baseball staff in 1993 as chief operating officer and later moved into the position of vice president for administration. He was elected the 11th president of Minor League Baseball in 2007, and he went on to serve in the position until retiring on the final day of 2020.

Under O’Conner’s guidance, Minor League Baseball enjoyed a period of unprecedented increases in revenue and franchise values. The 160 teams across 14 leagues combined to attract more than 40 million fans every season between 2005 and 2019, buoyed in part by a substantial investment in facilities, including state-of-the-art ballparks from coast to coast. A native of Grove City, Ohio, O’Conner currently resides in Umatilla, Florida.