Jim Rantz
Jim Rantz | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | February 24, 1938|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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James John Rantz (born February 24, 1938, at
Playing career
A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 175 lb (79 kg) right-handed relief
He signed with the Washington Senators in 1960 — a year before the franchise shifted to Minnesota. Rantz compiled a 22–16 won–loss mark with a 3.64 earned run average in five minor-league seasons.[4] After serving as manager for the St. Cloud Rox, the Twins' affiliate in the Class A Northern League, for one season (1965), he moved into the club's front office in 1965.
Front office
Originally hired by Brophy (then serving as the assistant director of farm clubs for the Twins) as an intern in the Twins' Media Relations department during the 1965 World Series, Rantz moved over four years later to work under Brophy. Other than a one-year stint in 1977 as manager of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Class A Midwest League, Rantz worked for Brophy for the next 16 years. Following Brophy's retirement from the Twins in 1985 due to health problems, Rantz was promoted to succeed him as Director of Minor League Operations.
In recognition of his accomplishments as the team's player development boss for 22 years, Rantz was inducted into the
References
- ^ "Baseball America".
- ^ a b Jim Rantz at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Stew Thornley, Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ Oct 22, foxsports; ET, 2012 at 5:03p (22 October 2012). "Retiring Rantz looks back on time with Twins". FOX Sports.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Jim Rantz Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Reusse, Patrick (May 4, 2007). "Rantz mark shows on many levels". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Minnesota Twins official site".