How previous Twins managers did in their first season

October 25, 2018 — 6:13pm

Debut seasons

Rocco Baldelli was named the 14th manager of the Twins on Thursday. Here's how his predecessors did in their first full season leading the club:

YearManagerRecord year beforeFirst year

1961Cookie Lavagetto73-81#25-41

1962Sam Mele*70-90-191-71-1

1968Cal Ermer*91-71-279-83

1969Billy Martin79-8397-65

1970Bill Rigney97-6598-64

1973Frank Quilici*77-7781-81

1976Gene Mauch76-8385-77

1981John Goryl*77-8411-25

1982Billy Gardner*41-68-160-102

1986Ray Miller*77-8559-80

1987Tom Kelly*71-9185-77

2002Ron Gardenhire85-7794-67

2015Paul Molitor70-9283-79

# Record with Washington Senators before franchise moved to Minnesota

* Named manager in midseason of previous year

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