The Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as their new general manager on Friday, making her the first female general manager in Major League Baseball history. She will also be the first Asian-American general manager in MLB, and is believed to be the first female general manager across all four major U.S. sports.
Ng, 51, spent the last nine years as Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of baseball operations. Prior to that, she had 21 years of experience in front offices of Major League Baseball teams, including the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers.