With the hiring of Dan Duquette on Sunday, I thought it would be appropriate to list all of the Orioles’ top executive in franchise history. These aren’t necessarily the general managers — there have been some funky titles over the years. But these are the top front office employees since the team came from St. Louis in 1954.

The dates included are years of employment as the top banana — I’m not including the co-GMs in the mid-2000s, because one always had an elevated title over the other — and not necessarily seasons in charge (many were hired at the end of a calendar year). Thanks to the Orioles for a major assist with this.

It won’t be lost on our astute readership the number of changes recently. There have been seven men to hold the top spot in the past 16 years (including Duquette); there were seven in the first 31 years of the franchise.

Art Ehlers, 1954
Paul Richards, 1954-58
Lee MacPhail Jr., 1958-1965
Harry Dalton, 1965-1971
Frank Cashen, 1971-75
Hank Peters, 1975-1987
Roland Hemond, 1987-1995
Pat Gillick, 1995-98
Frank Wren, 1998-99
Syd Thrift, 1999-2002
Jim Beattie, 2002-05
Mike Flanagan, 2005-07
Andy MacPhail, 2007-2011
Dan Duquette, 2011-