Mike Rizzo (baseball)

Mike Rizzo
Rizzo in 2022
Washington Nationals
President and general manager of baseball operations
Born: (1960-12-14) December 14, 1960 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Teams
As executive Chicago White Sox Scout Boston Red Sox Scout Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–1999) Scout Arizona Diamondbacks (2000–2006) Scouting director Washington Nationals (2007–2008) Assistant general manager Washington Nationals (2009–2012) General manager Washington Nationals (2013–present) President of baseball operations and general manager
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2019)

Michael Anthony Rizzo (born December 14, 1960) is an American baseball front office executive who is the president of baseball operations and general manager of the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).^[1]

After a brief playing career in minor league baseball,^[2] Rizzo transitioned into coaching and scouting. He became the director of scouting for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2000. Rizzo joined the Nationals in 2006 as an assistant general manager. He succeeded Jim Bowden as the Nationals' general manager in 2009, and was promoted to team president in 2013. Rizzo and the Nationals won the franchise's first World Series in 2019, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games.^[3]