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List of Major League Baseball principal owners
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Current Major League Baseball team owners and the principal corporate entities that operate the clubs:
| Team name | Principal owner(s) | Operating entities | Most recent purchase price | Year |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Jeff Moorad | AZPB LP, AZPBI Inc. | $130 million | 1995 |
| Atlanta Braves | Liberty Media (Pending approval) | Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc. | $1.27 billion[1] | 2007 |
| Baltimore Orioles | Peter Angelos | Baltimore Orioles LP, Baltimore Orioles Inc., Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. | $173 million | 1993 |
| Boston Red Sox | John Henry | Boston Red Sox Baseball Club LP, New England Sports Ventures LLC | $700 million | 2002 |
| Chicago Cubs | Tribune Company | Chicago National League Ball Club Inc. | $20.5 million | 1981 |
| Chicago White Sox | Jerry Reinsdorf | Chicago White Sox Ltd., Chisox Corp. | $20 million | 1981 |
| Cincinnati Reds | Robert Castellini | Cincinnati Reds LLC | $270 million | 2005 |
| Cleveland Indians | Larry Dolan | Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. LP | $323 million | 1999 |
| Colorado Rockies | Charlie Monfort | Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Ltd. | $95 million | 1992 |
| Detroit Tigers | Mike Ilitch | Detroit Tigers Inc. | $82 million | 1992 |
| Florida Marlins | Jeffrey Loria | Florida Marlins LP, Florida Marlins Inc., Florida Marlins Baseball Ltd. | $158 million | 2002 |
| Houston Astros | Drayton McLane, Jr. | Houston McLane Co. Inc. | $102.7 million | 1992 |
| Kansas City Royals | David Glass | Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp. | $96 million | 2000 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | Arturo Moreno | Angels Baseball LP, Moreno Baseball LP | $184 million | 2003 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Frank McCourt | Los Angeles Dodgers LLC | $371 million | 2004 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Mark Attanasio | Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee Brewers Holdings LLC | $223 million | 2005 |
| Minnesota Twins | Carl Pohlad | Minnesota Twins, MTI Partnership LLP | $44 million | 1984 |
| New York Mets | Fred Wilpon | Sterling Doubleday Enterprises LC, Mets Partners Inc. | $391 million | 2002 |
| New York Yankees | George Steinbrenner | New York Yankees Partnership | $8.7 million[2] | 1973 |
| Oakland Athletics | Lewis Wolff | Athletics Investment Group LLC d/b/a Oakland Athletics Baseball Co. LLC | $180 million | 2005 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | David Montgomery | The Phillies | $30 million | 1981 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Robert Nutting | Pittsburgh Associates LP, Pittsburgh Baseball Inc. | $92 million | 1996 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | William O. DeWitt, Jr. | St. Louis National Baseball Club Inc. | $150 million (including Busch Stadium) | 1995 |
| San Diego Padres | John Moores | Padres LP, Padres Inc. | $94 million | 1995 |
| San Francisco Giants | Peter Magowan | San Francisco Baseball Associates LP | $100 million | 1992 |
| Seattle Mariners | Nintendo | Baseball Club of Seattle LP, Baseball of Seattle Inc. | $106 million | 1992 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Stuart Sternberg | Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ltd. | $130 million | 1995 |
| Texas Rangers | Thomas O. Hicks | Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, SSG Partnership Holdings LLC, Southwest Sports Group LLC | $250 million | 1998 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Rogers Communications | Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership | $140 million | 2000 |
| Washington Nationals | Theodore N. Lerner | Washington Nationals Baseball Club LLC | $450 million | 2006 |