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Top Salaries of Little League and Babe Ruth Baseball officers

M Mr41110+ posts
Little League Baseball :
www.littleleague.org

Stephen D. Keener - Pres/CEO
2007 - 236,500 / 49,520 (Benefit Plan Contribution)
2006 - 220,000 / 47,371
2005 - 197,700 / 31,169

Dave Houseknecht - CFO
2007 - 142,500 / 37,819

James Stopper
2005 - 64,039 with 3,133 (Benefit Plan Contribution)

Professional Legal Services:
Hogan Hartson Washington, DC
2007 - 59,974
2006 - 76,407


There are other TOP officials, but I am having a difficult time tracking down those folks.

This information is available to the public since Little League Baseball is a non-profit organization. Source of information was obtained from IRS 990.



Babe Ruth Baseball :
www.baberuthleague.org

Had excess (profits):
2007 - $685k
2006 - $355k
2005 - $419k

Rosemary Schoellkopf - CFO
2007 - 125,642 / 13,816 BPC (Benefit Plan Contribution)
2006 - 133,159 / 13,316 BPC
2005 - 135,834 / 13,583 BPC

Steve Tellefsen - Pres/CEO
2007 - 145,466 / 15,500
2006 - 150,242 / 15,024
2005 - 139,694 / 13,969

Robert Faherty - Commissioner
2007 - 110,544 / 12,129
2006 - 116,312 / 11,631
2006 - 100,400 / 10,040

Joseph Smiegocki - VP
2007 - 112,368 / 12,442
2006 - 120,017 / 12,002
2005 - 120,356 / 12,035


Top Employees over 50k :

Donna Mahoney - Admin Asst.
2007 - 83,201 / 8,153
2006 - 79,239 / 7,924
2005 - 79,142 / 7,914

Theresa Cleary - Admin Asst.
2007 - 69,287 / 6,815
2006 - 65,988 / 6,599
2005 - 65,095 / 6,509

Sharon Montervino - Serv Rep.
2007 - 58,398 / 5,842
2006 - 55,617 / 5,562
2005 - 54,689 / 5,468

Grace Paglione - Serv Rep.
2007 - 57,296 / 5,762
2006 - 54,568 / 5,457
2005 - 53,283 / 5,328

Robert Connor - Commissioner
2007 - 70,150
2006 - 53,313


This information is available to the public since Babe Ruth Baseball is a non-profit organization. Source of information was obtained from IRS 990.
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20dad20dad1,000+ posts
For large corporations, these salaries for senior officers are rather modest by other industry standards....



most people don't think of LL as an industry. it would be a very good business model though. the total wages paid out aren't aren't that bad. except there are how many thousands of workers/volenteers in LL? and how many paychecks?

baseball is a business, LL no different.except more smiles in LL.
RJMRJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007
What's the point? These guys could make a lot more money in the private sector. Keener has been a LL lifer. He's followed his heart and soul over his bank account. 236K is pocket change for a CEO.

Why post this in two threads? Why are these your first posts? What's your agenda?
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M Mr41110+ posts
I am sorry for those who have taken a negative side to my post. All I am doing is sharing information which is available to the public. It's information for anyone that may want to pursue a career path in the greatest game every played. So how can that be wrong? I pointed no fingers and made no inflamatory post. Again, I am sorry for those who cannot appreciate real factual data.

Thank you,
Mr411
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piaa_umppiaa_ump5,000+ posts
quote:
Originally posted by Mr411:
I am sorry for those who have taken a negative side to my post. All I am doing is sharing information which is available to the public. It's information for anyone that may want to pursue a career path in the greatest game every played. So how can that be wrong? I pointed no fingers and made no inflamatory post. Again, I am sorry for those who cannot appreciate real factual data.

Thank you,
Mr411


actually we are baseball people and no one appreciates real factual data more than the people on this site...

what your post lacks is context..... a simple reveal of the $$ that league officers make without a context makes the post worthless...

had you said "I am posting this information for anyone that may want to pursue a career path in the greatest game every played" I dont think you would have had any issue.......

Just my .02
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ClevelandDadClevelandDadHSBBWeb Administrator
Mr411 - I agree with the other comments in this thread and especially piaa_ump. Our boards are not for the miscellaneous posting of anything baseball. I don't think it is necessary to update us with AAU salaries. We would appreciate if in "general" your posts were designed to help amateur ballplayers reach the next level - thanks.
P PGStaff10,000+ posts
Mr411,

I'm not sure what, if any, your motive is, but I find the information you posted very interesting. I don't really see it as being any problem what-so-ever.

It's simply public information, I just wonder how accurate that information is.

I would think young kids who love baseball and are considering careers or course of study would find that stuff informative.

Just my opinion.
F fsmjunior100+ posts
Unfortunately Mr411's post is typical of the attitude our our current national leadership have created. anyone who has worked hard and is doing well should feel guilty and pay (taxed) for that success. The "rich" be d a m ne d!

If these salries are lower all you do is create a rotating door of inexperienced entry level employees running these important organizations.

I for one think the kids that work a little harder and therefore are a little better should get the playing time once they reach HS or Competitive baseball. Same thing goes when these hard workers "grow up" they should be rewarded w better jobs/pay.
biggerpapibiggerpapi5,000+ posts
What I really want to know is the answer to IRS Form 990, question 24a which asks:

"Did the organization have a tax-exempt bond issue with an outstanding principal amount of more than
$100,000 as of the last day of the year, that was issued after December 31, 2002?"

Get me the answer to this question and we can have a real discussion!
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