Kim Ng’s historic run as the Miami Marlins’ general manager is over.
Ng, the first female general manager among the major professional North American sports leagues, declined her mutual option for 2024 and she and the Marlins have parted ways, the club announced Monday morning.
The Marlins exercised their end of the mutual option, they said.
“We thank Kim for her contributions during her time with our organization and wish her and her family well,” Marlins owner Bruce Sherman said in a statement.
Ng, 54, was hired as the Marlins GM after the 2020 season.
After two seasons of 93-plus losses, the Marlins went 84-78 this season and made the playoffs, falling 2-0 to the Phillies in the wild-card round.
It was the Marlins’ first postseason appearance in a non-shortened season since they won the World Series in 2003; they made the playoffs in the COVID-impacted 2020 season, going 31-29 and defeating the Cubs in the wild-card round before falling to the Braves in the NLDS.
Ng was an assistant general manager for the Yankees from 1998-2001 after a run as the White Sox’s assistant director of baseball operations.
She became a vice president and assistant GM with the Dodgers after the 2001 season and remained with them until 2011, when she was hired as MLB’s senior vice president of baseball operations, reporting to Joe Torre.