All-Star Luncheon
Tuesday, July 8 at Noon at The Fairmont Winnipeg
Keynote Speaker ... Pat Gillick


PAT GILLICK
Senior Vice-President & General Manager
Philadelphia Phillies

Well known to baseball fans in Canada as the general manager of the 1992 & 1993 World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays, Pat Gillick will be the keynote speaker on July 8 at the Northern League All-Star Luncheon, 50 years after he debuted as a pitcher in the Baltimore system.

Following five seasons with the Orioles, Pat began his front office career with the Astros as assistant farm director. He spent 10 years with Houston, working his way up to regional scouting coordinator and the director of scouting before joining the Yankees in 1974 as coordinator of player development and scouting.

Remaining with the Yankees for two years, Pat was named in 1976 as the vice-president of player personnel and general manager for the expansion Toronto Blue Jays. He held the position for 18 seasons, overseeing a franchise that would win two World Series, two American League and five American League East titles under his watch. As well, the Blue Jays became the first club in Major League history to draw more than four million fans, a feat performed in 1991, 1992 & 1993.

After stepping down as GM following the 1994 season and serving as a consultant to the team in 1995, Pat had a brief retirement before being hired as GM in Baltimore. When his three-year contract with the Orioles expired following the 1998 season, he accepted a position as the chair of the U.S. baseball team steering committee for the 1999 Pan Am Games before joining Seattle as executive vice-president & general manager, baseball operations.

As in Baltimore, the Mariners advanced to the ALCS in Pat’s first two years, tying a Major
League record in 2001 with 116 wins. He was named Executive of the Year by several organizations, including The Sporting News and Baseball America, and was also named by Baseball America as Executive of the Past 20 Years.

Following three years as Mariners GM and another two years as a special consultant,
Pat joined Philadelphia as GM for the 2006 season. At year’s end, he was again
honoured by Baseball America, this time as “one of the 25 most influential people in
baseball, 1981-2006.”. A year later, the Phillies won the National League East title, making the club the fourth team out of four he had constructed to reach the playoffs.

The 2008 season marks Pat’s 51st in professional baseball and his 27th as a general manager. His career record as a GM stands at 2,184-1,923 (.532) and includes two World Series championships (1992-93) and five AL East titles (1985, 1989, 1991-93) with
Toronto, one AL East title (1997) and one wild card berth (1996) with Baltimore, one
AL West title (2001) and one wild card berth (2000) with Seattle and one NL East title with Philadelphia (2007).