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Paul Molitor Wins 2017 American League Manager Of The Year

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  • Paul Molitor Wins 2017 American League Manager Of The Year

    Twins' Paul Molitor honored in AL

    Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins is the 2017 AL Manager of the Year Award winner.

    Molitor managed the Twins to an 85-77 record. The team won 26 more games this year than last, the biggest increase in the major leagues. The Twins also became the first team to make the playoffs following a 100-loss season.

    Shortly after the playoff loss to the New York Yankees, Molitor earned a new three-year contract to continue managing the Twins.

    The 61-year-old Molitor was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, and tallied the last of his 3,319 career hits with the Twins in 1998.

    Molitor is the second person enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player to later be named Manager of the Year, joining Frank Robinson.

    "I was aware of some of the history," said Molitor, who received 18 first-place votes and 112 points.

    The voting was much closer in the American League.

    Terry Francona of the Cleveland Indians (11 first-place votes, 90 points) and A.J. Hinch of the World Series champion Houston Astros (1, 56) were second and third, respectively.
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