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Red Wings Name Gene Glynn New Manager

Published on November 25, 2011 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Minnesota Twins today named Gene Glynn manager of the Rochester Red Wings. The 55-year-old Glynn was a profes- sional scout for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011.

Glynn will enter his 6th year as a minor league manager, his first in the Twins organization and his first season in Triple-A. The 2011 season will mark his 27th year as a Major League coach, or minor league manager/instructor. Glynn, a second baseman, put together a seven-year minor league career (1979-1985), all with the Montreal Expos organization. Signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Expos in 1979, Glynn had a career minor league batting average of .230 with seven home runs and 101 RBI in 525 games.

"The Minnesota Twins are very excited to have Gene Glynn join our organization. Gene's Major League coaching background, exceptional knowledge of the game, and his outstanding work ethic make him a tremendous fit to manage the Rochester Red Wings," said Minnesota Twins Senior Director of Minor Leagues Jim Rantz.

"We are very pleased with the Minnesota Twins selection of Gene Glynn as our new field manager. Gene's long career in baseball, and his reputation for being a solid baseball coach and teacher will bode well for him in this organization. We are truly looking forward to benefitting from what he brings to the Red Wings," said Red Wings President/CEO/COO Naomi Silver.

Glynn, a Waseca, MN resident, has 13-years of experience as a coach at the Major League level. Glynn began his Major League coaching career with the Colorado Rockies in 1994. Gene was the Rockies first base coach for two seasons (1994-95) before moving over to coach third base for Colorado for three seasons (1996-98). Glynn would spend the 1999 season as the Montreal Expos first base coach before being hired by the Chicago Cubs as their third base coach from 2000-02. Glynn would leave the Cubs after the 2002 season and become the San Francisco Giants third base coach from 2003-06.

Glynn was a Major League coach for Red Wings Hall-of Famer Don Baylor for eight seasons.

"I couldn't be happier for the fans of Rochester because you couldn't have found a better man for the job than Gene Glynn.

He's loyal, fan/media friendly, a great instructor, and a complete baseball package with experience as an infield, outfield, and base running instructor. He was my third base coach in Colorado, Chicago and is currently my third base coach in Venezuela and his style is smart but aggressive," said Red Wings Hall of Famer and former Major League manager Don Baylor.

"I couldn't be more excited about joining the Minnesota Twins organization and having the opportunity to manage the 2012 Rochester Red Wings. I've heard so much about the strong baseball history in Rochester from past players and staff and felt this was an opportunity my family and I couldn't pass up," said new Red Wings manager Gene Glynn.

Glynn has spent the last five seasons (2007-11) as a professional scout for the Tampa Bay Rays.

In five seasons as a minor league manager, Glynn has compiled a 190-191 (.499) managerial record, with his teams finishing with a .500 or better record in three of those five seasons (two playoff appearances and one league championship in 1990) as a manager.

GENE GLYNN'S MANAGERIAL RECORD

YEAR TEAM (CLASS) LEAGUE W-L PCT

1986 Jamestown (Single-A) New York-Penn 30-46 .543

1987 Jamestown (Single-A) New York-Penn 44-33 .464

1990 Spokane (Single-A) Northwest 49-27 .536

1991 Spokane (Single-A) Northwest 24-52 .556

1992 Bend (Single-A) Northwest 43-33 .573 GENE GLYNN TIDBITS

*Named Mr. Basketball of Minnesota

*Two sport High School All-American (Basketball & Baseball)

*Gene Glynn is the 5th Red Wings manager during the Twins era, which began in 2003. He becomes the 68 th man to manage Rochester's professional baseball team in 124 seasons. Here are the records of the last 22 Red Wings managers:

MANAGER YEARS W-L PCT.

Earl Weaver 1966-67 163-125 .566

Billy DeMars 1968 77-69 .527

Cal Ripken Sr. 1969-70 147-133 .525 Joe Altobelli

1971-76 502-350 .589

Ken Boyer 1977-78 77-81 .484

Frank Robinson 1978 58-64 .475

Doc Edwards 1979-81 196-221 .470

Lance Nichols 1982-83 137-143 .489

Frank Verdi 1984-85 70-128 .354

Mark Wiley 1985 40-41 .494

John Hart 1986-87 149-128 .538

Johnny Oates 1988 77-64 .546

Greg Biagini 1989-91 237-197 .546

Jerry Narron 1992 70-74 .486

Bob Miscik 1993-94 131-131 .500

Dave Machemer 1999 61-83 .424

Marv Foley 1995-98, 2000 363-349 .510

Andy Etchebarren 2001-02 115-173 .399

Phil Roof 2003-2005 147-153 .490

Rich Miller 2005 69-62 .527

Stan Cliburn 2006-2009 305-279 .522

Tom Nieto 2010-11 102-186 .354

"I told Gene how great Rochester is and how it's my favorite city in the minor leagues. I know he'll get things turned around for the Red Wings," added Baylor.

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