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
Joe Ryan picked up the victory despite struggling through five innings in Sacramento.
