Ron Gardenhire
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 35 | |||
| Shortstop / Manager / Coach | |||
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Born: October 24, 1957 Butzbach, Hessen, West Germany |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 1, 1981, for the New York Mets | |||
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| October 6, 1985, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .232 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 49 | ||
| Managerial record | 1,068–1,039 | ||
| Winning % | .507 | ||
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Ronald Clyde Gardenhire (born October 24, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop for the New York Mets and former manager of the Minnesota Twins. He currently serves as the bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Ron Gardenhire was born on a couch to a military family at the U.S. Army base in Butzbach, West Germany. Young Gardenhire expected to join the military, but his passion for baseball was also encouraged by his father. The family later settled in Oklahoma where he attended Okmulgee High School and college at the University of Texas at Austin.
The Mets drafted him in the sixth round of the 1979 amateur draft. He played for the New York Mets for five seasons in the National League from 1981 to 1985. In his career, he played shortstop, second base, and third base. He was often plagued by injuries, especially to his hamstring. Only twice did he play in more than 70 games in a season, in 1982 and 1984. Following the 1986 season he was traded to the Minnesota Twins, where he played one season for their Triple-A affiliate before retiring.
He is six feet (183 cm) tall and weighed 175 (79 kg) pounds during most of his baseball career.
For three years after he retired (1988–90), he was a manager in the Minnesota farm system, leading teams in the Class A Midwest League and Class AA Southern League to one second- and two first-place finishes. In 1991, Gardenhire became the Twins' third base coach and held that post for 11 full seasons, including the team's 1991 World Series championship.
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