Ron Gardenhire #ron gardenhire
Ronald Clyde Gardenhire was born on October 24, 1957, in Butzbach, West Germany. He attended Okmulgee High School in Texas before being selected by the New York Mets in the sixth round of the 1979 draft. Gardenhire made his major league debut on September 1, 1981, and played shortstop for the Mets through the 1985 season. After a year in the minor leagues, he joined the Minnesota Twins organization, serving in the farm system for three years. He then coached for the Twins from 1991 to 2001. Gardenhire managed the Twins from 2002 to 2014, earning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2010 and the Baseball America Major League Manager of the Year honor in 2008. He later coached the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017 and managed the Detroit Tigers from 2018 until his retirement in 2020.