Controlling owners of major league teams

Saturday, March 21, 1998 | 10:24 a.m.

Controlling owners of major league teams:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Anaheim - The Walt Disney Co. (owns 25 percent, has option to buy remaining 75 percent after Gene Autry's death)

Baltimore - Peter Angelos' group

Boston - The Jean R. Yawkey Trust (John Harrington CEO)

Chicago White Sox - Jerry Reinsdorf's group

Cleveland - Richard Jacobs' group

Detroit - Mike Ilitch's group

Kansas City - Kauffman Foundation (David Glass CEO)

Minnesota - Carl Pohlad

New York Yankees - George Steinbrenner's group

Oakland - Steve Schott and Ken Hoffman's group

Seattle - Hiroshi Yamauchi's group (John Ellis CEO)

Tampa Bay - Vincent Naimoli's group

Texas - George W. Bush and Rusty Rose's group

Toronto - Interbrew NV owns 90 percent (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce owns remainder)

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona - Jerry Colangelo's group

Atlanta - Time Warner Inc.

Chicago Cubs - Tribune Co.

Cincinnati - Marge Schott's group

Colorado - Jerry McMorris' group

Florida - H. Wayne Huizenga (Marlins president Don Smiley is leading a group bidding to buy the team)

Houston - Drayton McLane's group

Los Angeles - The Fox Group, a division of News Corp.

Montreal - Claude Brochu's group

Milwaukee - Bud Selig's group

New York Mets - Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon (50 percent each)

Philadelphia - Bill Giles' group

Pittsburgh - Kevin McClatchy's group

St. Louis - William DeWitt Jr.'s group

San Diego - Jon Moores' group

San Francisco - Peter Magowan's group

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