Neal Huntington
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Neal Huntington
Neal Huntington became General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 25, 2007, replacing Dave Littlefield.
Huntington was a second-team All-American first baseman for NCAA Division III as a senior. He spent six years in the baseball operations department of the Montréal Expos. In 1998, he was hired as assistant director of the Cleveland Indians minor league system and became director of player development later that year. In November of 2001, he was promoted to assistant GM of the Indians. He also worked as an advance scout.
On October 5, 2007, he fired manager Jim Tracy after two seasons at the helm, as part of a front office purge . Senior director of player development Brian Graham, who had been interim general manager, scouting director Ed Creech, Director of baseball operations Jon Mercurio, as well as Tracy's entire coaching staff also lost their jobs in a gesture meant to indicate that the Pirates were taking a new direction after 15 consecutive losing seasons. Huntington hired former Pirates coach John Russell as the new manager.
| Preceded by Brian Graham | Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager 2008- | Succeeded by Current |
