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The Andy MacPhail file

A quick look at Andy MacPhail's career as a baseball executive

Andy MacPhail, expected to officially join the Phillies' front office on Monday afternoon, already has a long career as a baseball executive. When the Minnesota Twins hired him as the general manager in 1985, he was only 32, the youngest GM in the majors at the time. He went on to lead the Chicago Cubs and, most recently, the Baltimore Orioles.

Previous front office jobs

Minnesota Twins executive vice president and general manager (1985-1994)

Chicago Cubs president and CEO (1994-2006); also a two-year stint as GM (2000-2002)

Baltimore Orioles president of baseball operations (2007-2011)

Career highlights

World Series championships with the Twins in 1987 and 1991

In 2003, the Cubs first postseason series win since the 1908 World Series

Three key trades to build the Orioles team that in 2012 helped them end their 14-year streak of losing seasons

Age

62

Hall of Fame lineage

Both MacPhail's father, Lee, and grandfather, Larry, are enshrined in Cooperstown as executives.