Editing National League (baseball) (section)

==Presidents==
{{further|List of National League presidents}}
[[File:Morgan G Bulkeley.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[Morgan Bulkeley]], the first president of the National League]]
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| Member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]
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!scope="col"|Name
!scope="col"|Year(s)
!scope="col" class=unsortable|Ref(s)
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!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"| {{sortname|Morgan|Bulkeley}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| 1876||<ref name=hulbert>{{cite news | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1069385/index.htm | work=CNN | title=A Baseball Debt That's Long Overdue | date=February 26, 1990 | access-date=September 19, 2020 | archive-date=August 25, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130825210648/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1069385/index.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"| {{sortname|William|Hulbert}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| 1877–1882 ||<ref name=hulbert/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Arthur|Soden}}
| 1882||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Abraham G.|Mills}}
| 1883–1884||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/abccef1b|title=A. G. Mills - SABR|work=sabr.org|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Nicholas|Young|dab=executive}}
| 1885–1902||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Harry|Pulliam}}
| 1903–1909||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|John|Heydler}}
| 1909 ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Thomas|Lynch|dab=baseball executive}}
| 1910–1913 ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|John K.|Tener}}
| 1913–1918 ||
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|John|Heydler}}
| 1918–1934 || <ref name=heydler1934>{{cite magazine| url=https://time.com/vault/issue/1934-11-19/page/47/ | magazine=Time | title=Frick for Heydler | page=43 | date=November 19, 1934}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"| {{sortname|Ford C.|Frick}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| 1934–1951 || <ref name=heydler1934/><ref name=giles1951/>
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"| {{sortname|Warren|Giles}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| 1951–1969 || <ref name=giles1951>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vzpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2814,1681764&dq=frick+giles&hl=en {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref name=feeney1969/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Chub|Feeney}}
| 1970–1986 || <ref name=feeney1969>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EllfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3544,4174861&dq=feeney+giles&hl=en|title=St. Joseph Gazette - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=feeney1986/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|A. Bartlett|Giamatti}}
| 1986–1989 || <ref name=feeney1986>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywpQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3097,3670551&dq=feeney+giamatti&hl=en|title=Ludington Daily News - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=white1989/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Bill|White|dab=first baseman}}
| 1989–1994 || <ref name=white1989>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/04/sports/bill-white-a-unanimous-choice-to-head-national-league.html | work=The New York Times | first=Michael | last=Martinez | title=Bill White a Unanimous Choice to Head National League | date=February 4, 1989}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Leonard S.|Coleman, Jr.}}
| 1994–1999 ||<ref>{{cite news|first=ARTHUR Z. |last=KAMIN |date=March 6, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/06/nyregion/new-jersey-q-a-leonard-s-coleman-jr-a-new-leader-in-baseball-s-hierarchy.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=New Jersey Q & A: Leonard S. Coleman Jr.; A New Leader in Baseball's Hierarchy - New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name=centralize/>
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===Honorary president===
Following the 1999 season, the American and National Leagues were merged with Major League Baseball, and the leagues ceased to exist as business entities. The role of the league president was eliminated.<ref name=centralize>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/16/sports/baseball-league-presidents-out-as-baseball-centralizes.html | work=The New York Times | first=Murray | last=Chass | title=BASEBALL; League Presidents Out As Baseball Centralizes | date=September 16, 1999}}</ref> In 2001, [[Bill Giles (baseball)|Bill Giles]], son of Warren Giles, was named honorary president of the NL.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/14/sports/transactions-799963.html | work=The New York Times | title=Transactions | date=June 14, 2001}}</ref> Honorary presidents perform only ceremonial duties such as presenting league championship trophies and representing their respective leagues at [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Games]].

===See also===
* [[List of American League presidents]]