Peter Putila
San Francisco Giants
General manager
Born: 1989 (age 34–35)
Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Teams
As assistant general manager

As general manager

Peter Putila (born 1989) is an American baseball executive. He is the general manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

Career

Putila is a native of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania.[1] He graduated from Carmichaels High School in 2007, after playing for the school's baseball team for four years. He enrolled at West Virginia University, where he was a student manager for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team and earned a degree in sport management.[2]

In 2011, his senior year at West Virginia, Putila became an intern for the Houston Astros. General manager Ed Wade hired Putila for a fulltime position in the baseball operations department.[1][2] In 2019, the Astros promoted Putila to assistant general manager.[3]

On October 10, 2022, the San Francisco Giants hired Putila as their general manager.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Sacco, John (October 5, 2019). "Carmichaels native key part of Astros' staff". Observer–Reporter. Washington, Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Messenger, Justin Zackal, for the Greene County. "Carmichaels grad top replay man for Astros". heraldstandard.com.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Chandler Rome (September 30, 2019). "Astros announce slew of front-office promotions". Houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Guardado, Maria (October 10, 2022). "New GM Putila 'really excited' to join Giants". MLB.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
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