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Ryan, Stelmaszek elected to Twins Hall of Fame
Ryan, Stelmaszek elected to Twins Hall of Fame
January 27th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS -- Terry Ryan has been around the Minnesota Twins for such a long time that when asked to reflect on his career, he starts thinking all the way back to drafting Chuck Knoblauch and trading away A.J. Pierzynski before he eventually approaches the present day.
As he points out, he’s been with the Twins through plenty of good and plenty of bad. It’s impossible to tell the story of the Minnesota Twins without remembering the architect of many of those fan-favorite rosters that are considered to have saved baseball in Minnesota in the 2000s. It’s similarly important to consider one of the steady hands that guided so many of those rosters from within the clubhouse walls during those decades.
“The Minnesota Twins would not be the organization we are today without the enduring legacies of Terry Ryan and Rick Stelmaszek,” Twins president and CEO Dave St. Peter said in a statement. “Terry’s footprint is still felt within our organization and his impact across various aspects of baseball operations, from scouting and beyond, is evident in every club he led. Similarly, ‘Stelly’ helped guide generations of Twins pitchers to greatness over more than three decades coaching in our organization, and his legacy endures in each new wave of Twins players who train on the practice field at Lee Health Sports Complex that bears his name.”
Ryan and Stelmaszek will become the 39th and 40th members of the Twins Hall of Fame in the ceremony on Aug. 10, having been elected via the non-player ballot used by the organization to honor owners, scouts, broadcasters, coaches, media and front office personnel. The voting committee included living Twins Hall of Fame members, executives and baseball historians.
Johan Santana and Terry Ryan sit in the dugout of the Metrodome ahead of Santana receiving his second Cy Young Award on April 14, 2007. (Photo by Scott A. Schneider/Getty Images)
“The [Twins] Hall of Fame, those [retired] numbers out there in left field, I’m not sure I belong in that crop,” Ryan said. “It doesn’t feel like it. But I’m honored. I’m very humbled about this. It's unbelievable. I had a lot of help.”
Stelmaszek was part of that help -- not just for Ryan, but also for four others who sat in the GM chair in Minnesota. “Stelly” was on the Twins’ coaching staff for 32 consecutive seasons from 1981-2012, becoming the longest-tenured coach in club history and marking the third-longest stint by a coach with a single team in MLB history.
Rick Stelmaszek throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Twins' season opener on April 3, 2017, at Target Field. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Stelmaszek served under four managers and guided relievers on eight playoff teams -- including both the 1987 and ‘91 teams that won the only World Series championships in Twins history.
He died in 2017, aged 69, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
“I’m sorry he’s not here to enjoy this,” Ryan said. “I talked to his wife and she’s really grateful and honored. She was very emotional, and I understand that. It's too bad. Stelly had been here a long, long time, all the way back to the Griffith regime. … It’s a good honor for him. He certainly deserves it. He spent a long time in the bullpen. He’s a good man.”