Ron Gardenhire out after 13 seasons
— -- The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Ron Gardenhire after 13 seasons with the team.
The move was made Monday, ending the second-longest active tenure in the major leagues behind Mike Scioscia of the Angels.
The Twins finished Sunday with a 3-0 defeat at Detroit and fell to 70-92, their fourth straight season with 92 or more losses.
Gardenhire is under contract through the 2015 season.
Gardenhire played an integral role in the franchise's renaissance, guiding the Twins to their first of six American League Central division titles in 2002 in his first year on the job. But Gardenhire's teams only got out of the first round of the postseason once in those six trips.
Tom Kelly managed the Twins for four straight years of 90 or more losses, but he had a pair of World Series championships on his resume, too.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Kelly and Gardenhire are two of only four managers in major league history who have stayed with the same team four straight seasons with 90 or more losses. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for nine consecutive years of 90 or more losses, from 1935-43, and stayed in charge of the A's until 1950. Zack Taylor of the St. Louis Browns (1948-51) also had four in a row, but his last season was 1951.
Kelly's streak lasted from 1997-2000, and his last year was 2001, when the Twins finished 85-77.
Gardenhire was the AL Manager of the Year in 2010, the last time the Twins made the playoffs and had a winning record.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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