Midwest League Managers

Ron Gardenhire

One Midwest League season:

Manager, Kenosha [Twins] (1988)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Mets, sixth round, 1979 (Infielder, University of Texas)
Professional Career: Nine professional seasons, about half of them on the Mets roster.
- Gardenhire's major league career.
Midwest League: Never played in the Midwest League.

Management style

Gardy's a mostly-conventional manager. He uses sac bunts more than most managers; this is probably balanced by his teams' generally excellent baserunning.

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Major Change
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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire
DOB: October 24, 1957			Butzbach, West Germany

2009	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	163	5	38	144	.71	52	88	75	.540
2007	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	162	5	33	142	.79	34	79	83	.488
2006	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	162	1	25	143	.71	31	96	66	.593
			Playoff Qualifier
2005	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	162	9	38	146	.70	42	83	79	.512
2004	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	162	4	27	162	.72	46	92	70	.568
			Playoff Qualifier; Manager of the Year
2003	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	162	7	35	138	.68	42	90	72	.556
			Playoff Qualifier
2002	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	161	8	24	141	.56	34	94	67	.584
			Playoff Qualifier
2001	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
2000	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1999	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1998	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	First Base Coach
1997	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	First Base Coach
1996	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	First Base Coach
1995	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Bench Coach
1994	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1993	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1992	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1991	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Third Base Coach
1990	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Twins	144	17	16	190	.68	36	85	59	.590
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier, Tied for Manager of the Year
1989	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Twins	145	7	9	168	.68	43	79	65	.549
1988	Kenosha	Midwest (A)	Twins	140	12	11	330	.75	27	81	59	.579
			Playoff Qualifier
1979-87				Playing Career

Majors	7 Seasons			1134	39	220	1016	.70	281	622	512	.559
Coach	11 Seasons
Minors	3 Seasons			429	36	36	688	.71	106	245	183	.572

Total	10 (21) Seasons			1563	75	258	1704	.70	387	887	695	.555
Some statistics are not currently available.

This page may be incomplete.
Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1988 Midwest League Managers
Albert	Bannister	Bolek	Bombard	DeJohn
Dillard	Evers	Gardenhire	Hodge	Little
Nettles	Poldberg	Rodriguez	Sweet	Tracy

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 16 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

Ron Gardenhire

Playing Career

Management style

Ronald Clyde Gardenhire

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources