MINNEAPOLIS -- Terry Ryan and Rick Stelmaszek appeared in a combined 60 games in the Major Leagues as players -- and all of those are on the tally for “Stelly,” who participated in parts of three seasons with three different franchises in the early 1970s.

Clearly, it’s not the playing careers that had the pair of Twins stalwarts inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame -- but their respective influence on the organization can’t be overstated.

The number of people impacted by Ryan and Stelmaszek in their combined 66 years of service to the Twins are innumerable, as their impact still permeates the Twins’ clubhouse, coaching room and front office to this day. That’s what made them the 39th and 40th inductees to don the baby blue jackets of the Twins Hall of Fame as part of a pregame ceremony on Saturday.

"Baseball’s a challenging career, and I’ve been blessed to be associated with the Twins for 34 years,” Ryan said in his speech. “I was lucky to have tremendous support from our baseball and business staffs. I gave it everything I had. We enjoyed some great moments, and we fought through many struggles. And now, the Twins Hall of Fame. What an honor. It doesn’t get any better than this, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Though largely known for the accomplishments he achieved with the organization in 18 years as general manager across two separate stints from 1994-2007 and 2011-16, Ryan had always been -- and will always be -- a scout at heart, shying away from the credit and elevating the efforts of those around him.

That much was clear in how Ryan framed his speech on Saturday, during which he listed off a dizzying array of names in 10 or so minutes -- from clubhouse staff members to media relations personnel, assistant general managers, players, coaches -- as he celebrated and reminisced upon a tenure that included four AL Central championships in 2002-04 and ‘06.

"People ask what it’s like to be a GM -- it’s a 365-day-per-year job,” Ryan said. “You have to put a lot of trust in the people you work with, but the buck stops here.”

But that was just one chapter of Ryan’s storied baseball career, which began when he was drafted by the Twins as a pitcher in 1972, then saw him find his home in scouting as he first became Minnesota’s scouting director and, later, general manager.

Throughout those years, the respect he garnered throughout the industry was apparent by the who’s who of current and former executives who submitted congratulatory messages to Ryan for Saturday’s ceremony, including Billy Beane (A’s), Jon Daniels (Rangers), Kenny Williams (White Sox), Brian Cashman (Yankees), Dave Dombrowski (Phillies), Mark Shapiro (Blue Jays) and even former Commissioner Bud Selig.

"What Terry enjoys is a level of respect and loyalty in this industry that is unmatched by anyone,” said Andy MacPhail, Ryan’s immediate predecessor as general manager. “This kind of loyalty is not bestowed by a title. It’s earned because of the effort that you put in."

Stelmaszek’s impact was -- and still is -- felt far more within the clubhouse as a storyteller, friend and comforting presence across 32 seasons as a Twins coach, especially in the relationships he’d forged with clubhouse and equipment manager Rod McCormick and quality control coach Nate Dammann, who serve as cornerstones of manager Rocco Baldelli’s current staff.

Stelmaszek remains the longest-tenured coach in Twins history and had the third-longest tenure with a single club in AL/NL history.

Stelmaszek died in 2017 and was represented by not only his wife, Kathie, but also by the stories and cheer from the managers he served in Minnesota -- Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire -- as well as video tributes from the host of Twins favorites who felt privileged to call “Stelly” their friend over the years.

"My favorite time of the day was just before the game started -- we would sit in the dugout before I went out with the starting pitcher to get him going, and we’d solve all the world’s problems, and then some,” said Rick Anderson, longtime Twins pitching coach. “We’d laugh and have a great time, and then we’d walk out to the bullpen and continue doing it. Sometimes, I’d hate the game to start because it was so much fun talking with Stelly."