List of Minnesota Twins managers

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In its 108-year history, the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 31 managers. The duties of the manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. Eight of these team managers have been "player-managers", all during the Washington Senators era; specifically, they managed the team while still playing for it.

The Minnesota franchise began its life as the Washington Senators in Washington, D. C., where they played from their inception in 1901 to 1960. In the early twentieth century, the Senators were managed consecutively by three future members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, bookended by Bucky Harris, who managed the team from 1924 to 1928 and again from 1935 to 1942. Walter Johnson managed the team for four seasons from 1929 to 1932, and he was followed by Joe Cronin, who led for the next two seasons (1933–1934). In 1960, the American League awarded an expansion franchise to Minneapolis, Minnesota; however, owner Calvin Griffith moved his team to Minnesota, and Washington was awarded the expansion team instead. Thus, the Minnesota Twins began play at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota the following year, during the tenure of manager Cookie Lavagetto, and played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis from 1982 to 2009. Under manager Ron Gardenhire, the team moved to Target Field beginning in the 2010 season.

Seven managers have taken the franchise to the postseason, with Gardenhire leading them to five playoff appearances, the most in their franchise history. Two managers have won World Series championships with the franchise: Bucky Harris, in the 1924 World Series against the New York Giants; and Tom Kelly, in the 1987 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals and 1991 against the Atlanta Braves. Harris is also the longest-tenured manager in their franchise history, with 2,776 games of service in parts of 18 seasons between 1924 and 1954; he is followed by Kelly, who managed 2,386 games over 16 seasons from 1986 to 2001. The manager with the highest winning percentage in team history is Billy Martin, who managed the team in 1969 and achieved a record of 97–65 (.599). Conversely, the manager with the lowest winning percentage is Malachi Kittridge, whose winning percentage of .059 was achieved with a record of 1–16 in the first half of 1904. Kittridge's tenure is also the shortest in team history.

Table key

WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
or
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)
§
Member of the Twins Hall of Fame

Managers

#[a] Manager Years Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL WS Ref
1 Jim Manning 1901 61 73 .455
2 Tom Loftus 19021903 104 169 .381
3 Malachi Kittridge 1904 1 16 .059
4 Patsy Donovan 1904 37 97 .296
5 Jake Stahl 19051906 119 182 .395
6 Joe Cantillon 19071909 158 297 .347
7 Jimmy McAleer 19101911 130 175 .426
8 Clark Griffith 19121920 693 646 .518
9 George McBride 1921 80 73 .523
10 Clyde Milan 1922 69 85 .448
11 Donie Bush 1923 75 78 .490
12 Bucky Harris 19241928 429 334 .562 2 7 7 1
13 Walter Johnson 19291932 350 264 .570
14 Joe Cronin 19331934 165 139 .543 1 1 4 0
Bucky Harris 19351942 558 663 .457
15 Ossie Bluege 19431947 375 394 .488
16 Joe Kuhel 19481949 106 201 .345
Bucky Harris 19501954 349 419 .454
17 Chuck Dressen 19551957 116 212 .354
18 Cookie Lavagetto 19571961 271 384 .414
19 Sam Mele 19611967 522 431 .546 1 3 4 0
20 Cal Ermer 19671968 145 129 .529
21 Billy Martin 1969 97 65 .599 1 0 3 0
22 Bill Rigney 19701972 208 184 .531 1 0 3 0
23 Frank Quilici 19721975 280 287 .494
24 Gene Mauch 19761980 378 394 .490
25 Johnny Goryl 19801981 34 38 .472
26 Billy Gardner 19811985 268 353 .278
27 Ray Miller 19851986 109 130 .456
28 Tom Kelly§[b] 19862001 1140 1244 .478 2 16 8 2
29 Ron Gardenhire[c] 20022014 1068 1039 .507 6 6 21 0
30 Paul Molitor 20152018 305 343 .471 1 0 1 0
31 Rocco Baldelli 2019–present 375 333 .530 3 3 8 0

Footnotes

References

General references
  • "Minnesota Twins Team History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  • "Minnesota Twins Managerial Records". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  • "Twins All-Time Managers". Minnesota Twins. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
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