# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-selig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:49.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-selig"
name: "Bud Selig"
slug: "bud-selig"
description: "Allan Huber \"Bud\" Selig is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the commissioner emeritus of baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth commissioner of baseball from 1998 to 2015. He initially served as de facto acting commissioner beginning in 1992 in his capacity as chairman of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Executive Committee before being named the official commissioner in 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the de facto merging of the National and American leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball Classic in 2006. Selig also introduced revenue sharing. He is credited for the financial turnaround of baseball during his tenure with a 400 percent increase in the revenue of MLB and annual record-breaking attendance."
tagline: "American baseball executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud_Selig_on_October_31%2C_2010_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1934-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.08
  momentum:             0.1304611650485437
  historical:           7.360612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0961711/"
    handle:    "nm0961711"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Bud Selig"
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    title: "Bud Selig"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Selig"
    title: "Bud Selig"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Selig"
    title: "Bud Selig"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1675483"
    title: "Bud Selig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump