Thad Levine

{{short description|American baseball executive (born 1971)}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Thad Levine | image = | team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|12}} | birth_place = [[Alexandria, Virginia]], U.S. | position = [[General Manager (baseball)|General Manager]] | teams = * [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1998}}) * [[Colorado Rockies]] ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2005}}) * [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2016}}) * [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{mlby|2017}}–{{mlby|2024}}) }}

'''Thad Levine''' (born November 12, 1971) is an American [[professional baseball]] executive. He formerly served as the senior VP and [[General Manager (baseball)|general manager]] for the [[Minnesota Twins]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) from 2017 to 2024.

==Early life and education== Levine was born in [[Alexandria, Virginia]]. He played youth soccer with [[Paul DePodesta]].<ref name=wapo>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/texas-rangers-assistant-gm-thad-levine-inherited-his-love-of-the-game-from-his-father-in-alexandria/2011/10/17/gIQALBbhsL_story.html| title = Texas Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine inherited his love of the game from his father in Alexandria - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Levine attended [[Haverford College]], where he played [[NCAA Division III]] [[college baseball]].<ref name="wapo" /> He attained his bachelor's degree in 1994.<ref name="Twins">{{Cite web |title=Thad Levine - Senior Vice President, General Manager ; Minnesota Twins |url=https://www.mlb.com/twins/team/front-office/thad-levine |access-date=September 7, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907234450/https://www.mlb.com/twins/team/front-office/thad-levine |archive-date=September 7, 2025 |website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]]}}</ref> He also graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in 1999 with an MBA. He has two daughters and a son.

==Career== Levine joined the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in business development. He moved to the [[Colorado Rockies]] in 1999,<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Thad_Levine.html|title=Thad Levine|publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org|access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref> and worked there successively as an assistant director, director, and senior director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/features/031209gmprospects.html |title=Top 10 General Manager Prospects |publisher=Baseball America |date=December 9, 2003 |access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Levine was appointed to the position of [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] assistant general manager in October 2005.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20051019&content_id=1254903&vkey=pr_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605123746/http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20051019&content_id=1254903&vkey=pr_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |title=Thad Levine named assistant general manager |publisher=Texas.rangers.mlb.com |date=October 19, 2005 |access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Twins"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2002571811_base20.html |title=The Seattle Times: Mariners: MLB notebook: 41-year-old Girardi replaces McKeon, 74 |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=October 20, 2005 |access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

Levine was hired as the [[Minnesota Twins]]' general manager on November 3, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-introduce-derek-falvey-thad-levine/c-208282658 |title=Twins introduce front-office duo Falvey, Levine |website=www.mlb.com |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> On October 4, 2024, after 8 years with the Twins, Levine stepped down from his position and departed the organization.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twins, GM Thad Levine part ways after 8 years|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5810227/2024/10/04/thad-levine-minnesota-twins-parts-ways/|access-date=October 4, 2024|website=nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Twins part ways with General Manager Thad Levine|url=https://www.startribune.com/twins-general-manager-thad-levine-leaves-derek-falvey-baseball-mlb/601156991|access-date=October 4, 2024|website=startribune.com}}</ref>

The [[Milwaukee Brewers]] hired Levine as a special advisor on January 10, 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Twins GM Thad Levine joins Brewers as special adviser |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47553462/former-twins-gm-thad-levine-joins-brewers-special-adviser |access-date=January 10, 2026 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=January 8, 2026}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/news/archiveitem.aspx?y=2005&p=4-19-05_Levine "Interview: Mile High Manager," 4/19/05]

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