Baseball Commissioners

   Name                          Start of Term  End of term  Seasons
1+ Kenesaw Mountain Landis       Nov 12, 1920   Nov 25, 1944    24
2  Albert B. "Happy" Chandler    Apr 24, 1945   Jul 15, 1951     7
3  Ford C. Frick                 Sep 20, 1951   Nov 16, 1965    14
4  William D. "Spike" Eckert     Nov 17, 1965   Nov 20, 1968     3
5  Bowie Kuhn                    Feb 04, 1969   Sep 30, 1984    16
6  Peter V. Ueberroth            Oct 01, 1984   Sep 30, 1988     4
7+ A. Bartlett Giamatti          Apr 01, 1989   Sep 01, 1989     1
8  Francis T. "Fay" Vincent, Jr. Sep 13, 1989   Sep 07, 1992     3
9* Allan H. "Bud" Selig          Sep 07, 1992   present          6

Notes:
+ Landis and Giamatti died in office
* Selig was acting commissioner from Septemeber 7, 1992 until July 9, 1998, when
  he was appointed to the position permanently.