Bobby Evans (baseball)

Evans is from Staten Island, New York. As a young child, his family moved to Framingham, Massachusetts. His father's job with the United States Public Health Service later led the family to move to Jackson, North Carolina. He graduated from Northampton County High School – East. Evans received an Morehead-Cain Scholarship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).{{Cite web |date=2019-04-22 |title=Introducing the Morehead-Cain Class of 2023 {{!}} Morehead-Cain |url=https://www.moreheadcain.org/2019/04/introducing-the-morehead-cain-class-of-2023/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |language=en-US}} He attempted to walk on to the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team. He served as a student manager for the Tar Heels in his freshman year and played baseball at the club level hoping to be added to the Tar Heels' varsity team, which did not happen. Evans began working in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an intern with the Boston Red Sox during the summer after his sophomore year, and graduated from UNC with a degree in business.

After graduating from UNC in 1991, Evans was selected to participate in MLB's executive development program.{{cite news |url=http://www.wilsontimes.com/News/Feature/Story/39859432---A-passion-for-the-game |title=A passion for the game: SF Giants GM Evans' path to the big leagues began in North Carolina |date=January 6, 2016 |first=Paul |last=Durham |work=The Wilson Times |accessdate=February 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219214721/http://www.wilsontimes.com/News/Feature/Story/39859432---A-passion-for-the-game |archive-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He worked in the Commissioner's Office in New York City for three years. Brian Sabean, then-assistant general manager of the San Francisco Giants, hired Evans in 1994 as a minor league administrative assistant.

Evans was promoted to director of minor league operations in 1998, director of player personnel in 2005, and vice president of baseball operations in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/team/frontoffice_bios/evans_bobby.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322205143/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/team/frontoffice_bios/evans_bobby.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2007|title=Bobby Evans: San Francisco Giants Front Office|work=MLB.com}} The Giants promoted Sabean to executive vice president of baseball operations and Evans to general manager before the start of the 2015 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/sabean-bochy-extended-through-2019-evans-promoted-gm|title=Sabean, Bochy extended through 2019; Evans promoted to GM | CSN Bay Area|publisher=csnbayarea.com|accessdate=April 3, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404094207/http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/sabean-bochy-extended-through-2019-evans-promoted-gm|archivedate=April 4, 2015|df=mdy-all}} On September 24, 2018, the Giants fired Evans as general manager, reassigning him within the organization.{{cite news|work=USA Today|issn=0734-7456|date=September 25, 2018|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925062850/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/09/24/evans-fired-as-san-francisco-giants-general-manager/37928943/|title=Bobby Evans fired as San Francisco Giants general manager|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/09/24/evans-fired-as-san-francisco-giants-general-manager/37928943/}}

In December 2024, Evans was hired by the San Francisco Giants as an advisor to the President of Baseball Operations, Buster Posey.{{cite news |title=Giants hire former GM Bobby Evans, ex-agent Jeff Berry |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42818671/giants-hire-former-gm-bobby-evans-ex-agent-jeff-berry |access-date=December 8, 2024 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=December 6, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Guardado |first1=Maria |title=Giants announce additions to front office |url=https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-add-four-to-front-office |access-date=December 8, 2024 |publisher=MLB.com |date=December 6, 2024|quote=The Giants continued to overhaul their front office by announcing four additions to their baseball operations department on Friday. As expected, former general manager Bobby Evans returned to the organization as a special advisor to president of baseball operations Buster Posey. Evans was joined by Jeff Berry, who served as Posey’s agent before leaving CAA earlier this year.}}

Evans is a Southern Baptist.{{cite web|url=http://www.tarheeltimes.com/article64938.aspx|title=UNC alum Bobby Evans named San Francisco Giants general manager|work=tarheeltimes.com|accessdate=June 28, 2015}} He and his wife, Gwen, have been married since 1999; they have two sons and a daughter.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_28362910/persistence-pays-off-giants-g-m-evans|title=Persistence pays off for Giants G.M. Evans|first=Andrew|last=Baggarly|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=June 22, 2015|accessdate=June 28, 2015|quote=...the 46-year-old Evans ...}}

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