Twins add Molitor to coaching staff
Paul Molitor was named a coach for the Minnesota Twins for the 2014 season.
Manager Ron Gardenhire will use Molitor to oversee baserunning, bunting, infield instruction and positioning, plus assist with in-game strategy from the dugout for the 2014 season, the team said Tuesday.
Molitor, 57, was the Seattle Mariners hitting coach in 2004 and was a major league coach with the Twins under manager Tom Kelly in 2000 and 2001.
In 2003 he worked with the Twins as a minor league base running and infield coordinator, a role he was named to again in 2005 and held through the 2013 season.
A University of Minnesota product who played high school baseball in St. Paul, Minn., Molitor was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame i 2004.
He played 21 major league seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays and Twins, including seven All-Star seasons.
