JOHN SCHUERHOLZ

John Schuerholz has had a long and accomplished career in professional baseball that started with a letter of inquiry to man he didn’t know in 1966, then Baltimore Orioles chairman Jerold Hoffberger. He worked for the Orioles from 1966 to 1969, when he left for the expansion team in Kansas City. After a successful tenure with the Kansas City Royals, Schuerholz became general manager of the Atlanta Braves in 1990 and immediately helped the team go from worst to first, winning the National League pennant in 1991. The Braves established an American professional sports record by winning 14 consecutive division titles from 1991 to 2005. During his tenure the Braves played in the World Series as National League champions five times and won the Series in 1995.

In 2007, Schuerholz was named president of the Braves. As president and then as vice chairman, he was instrumental in the planning and building of SunTrust Park and the mixed-use development, The Battery Atlanta, which opened in April 2017. Schuerholz was named Vice Chairman Emeritus by the Braves in 2018.

Schuerholz’s many honors have included inductions into the Braves Hall of Fame (2017), the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (2015), and the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame (2008); the Outstanding Achievement in Baseball Award from the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation (2014); and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s Andrew “Rube” Foster Award (2001, 2002, and 2005).

Schuerholz received baseball’s highest honor when he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.