Special Assistant, Baseball Operations
Paul Molitor joined the Twins front office during the 2021 season. The National Baseball Hall of Famer played 21 seasons with Milwaukee (1978-92), Toronto (1993-95) and Minnesota (1996-98).
Molitor's responsibilities include assisting the baseball operations department with minor league instruction during both minor league spring training and at the Twins' affiliates during the regular season. He will also join the Twins radio broadcast for select games in 2024.
He managed the Twins for four seasons from 2015-18 (305-343, .471) and was named the American League Manager of the Year in 2017 after guiding the Twins to a record of 85-77 and an American League Wild Card berth. Prior to his time as manager, he was an assistant coach for the Twins in 2014, minor league baserunning/infield coordinator for the Twins in 2003 and from 2005-13, hitting coach for Seattle in 2004 and bench coach for Minnesota from 2000-01.
The St. Paul native was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (first ballot) and is one of just seven players in baseball history (Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Lou Brock, Rickey Henderson and Ichiro Suzuki) to amass at least 3,000 hits, 500 stolen bases and a .300 batting average-or higher. The University of Minnesota alum (1975-77) was originally drafted by the Brewers with the third overall pick in the 1977 First-Year Player Draft and ranks 10th on baseball's all-time list in hits (3,319), 15th in doubles (605), 16th in at-bats (10,835), 20th in runs (1,782), 35th in games (2,683) and 39th in stolen bases (504). He was named to seven AL All-Star teams (1980, '85, '88, '91, '92, '93 and '94), won four Louisville Silver Slugger Awards (1987, '88, '93 and '96), won both the Brand Rickey Award and Players Choice Man of the Year Award in 1998 and named World Series Most Valuable Player for the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays.