Ownership of the Los Angeles Baseball Club

The **Los Angeles Baseball Club** are a professional American baseball club based in Los Angeles, California. They compete in The All-American Baseball League as members of the Western Conference South Division. LABC has been majority-owned by Mark Antony Thomsen and the Thomsen Sports Group since 1981. He was elected the club's owner after Mark's father. Mitch Thomsen. The club recently added Mitch Thomsen Jr. as partial-owners while the process of selling the club takes place.

## Ownership History

### Mitch Thomsen

Main article: Mitch Thomsen
Mitch Thomsen was the founder and first owner of the Los Angeles Baseball Club. He purchased the rights to a charter franchise in the Pacific Coast League in May of 1928. He began the club with his own funding from his family mining fortune. Thomsen also purchased a 1.5% stake in ownership in the Pacific Coast League itself to get the league off the ground and operational. Thomsen served as the owner of the club from 1929 until 1981. He sold his 7% of his shares to his son Mark Antony Thomsen, making him the majority owner of the club in early 1981. Thomsen died from natural causes soon after. Thomsen was the longest serving owner in the club's history, having owned the club for 52 years.

The Thomsen Sports Group was established in 1941 as a holding company for the Los Angeles Baseball Club. Thomsen remained as the principal owner of the club as the owner and chairman of the Thomsen Sports Group's board of directors.

Mitch Thomsen oversees the controversial sale of Kim Woo-jin in 1947. The move was extremely unpopular with fans, with fans storming the field on opening day of the 1947 season. The team would also bring back Kim to LA in the 1951 offseason, signing him for a career contract.

### The family business

Main articles: Mark Antony Thomsen and Eliana Thomsen
Mark Antony Thomsen became the majority owner of the Los Angeles Baseball Club in 1981. Mark succeeded Mitch Thomsen, who founded and owned the club since 1929. Mitch worked in the club's executive board since the age of 39. Thomsen was elected the majority owner, beating out offers from investors and the City of Los Angeles.

Thomsen's wife Eliana Murphy joined the Board of Trustees of the club in 1987. She became a 9.5% owner of the club. She later bought an addition 16% share in the club, making her a 25.5% owner.

Brad Thomsen took over as the Chairman of the Thomsen Sports Group in 1992, becoming a 24% owner of the club.

Mark Antony created the Thomsen Sports Group in 2002, transferring ownership to the Board of Trustees. Thomsen still owns a majority in the club.

Mark Antony Thomsen is leaving the club after the conclusion of the 2025 season. He is selling the club to one of his children.

### Ongoing takeover and possible relocation

Further information: Possibile relocation of the Los Angeles Baseball Club
Mark Antony Thomsen's tenure as the owner of the club is scheduled to end at the conclusion of the 2027 season. Multiple offers have been made to the Board of Trustees over ownership. These offers include the potential stipulation of relocation to another city.

In May of 2025, a representative of House Amallah made an offer to purchase the club outright for $1.8 billion dollars. Additional offers have been made by the Qatar Sports Investments worth an estimated $2.5 billion dollars. Both offers are controversial among fans.

A final decision on the sale of the team has not been reached.

## List of owners

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## Presidents of Baseball Operations and General Managers

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