Terry Ryan

Terry W. Ryan

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.
• High School George S. Parker High School

• Born October 26, 1953

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Terry Ryan was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 35th round of the 1972 amateur draft, played four seasons in their organization, and posted a 14-3 lifetime record before his career was ended by an arm injury.

Ryan returned to baseball in 1980 as a scout for the New York Mets. He served as Scouting Director of the Twins from 1986 to 1991 and was General Manager of the team from 1994 to 2007, when he stepped down, citing burnout, and was replaced by Bill Smith. Selected by Baseball America in 2004 as Executive of the Year. He continued to work with the Twins' organization, however, as a Senior Advisor to the General Manager. After a difficult season in 2011, Smith was fired, and Ryan was named to take over his former job on an interim basi, which quickly became permanent.

In early 2014, Ryan announced that he had contracted cancer; he underwent a successful operation to remove a growth in his neck on February 11th at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The condition forced him to take extended time off from his job as General Manager. His assistant GM, Rob Antony, succeeded him in the interim. Because the cancer was detected early, Ryan was able to come back to work by May of that year after the disease's eradication. The Twins showed a lot of promise in 2015, spending most of the year near the top of the AL Central standings before fading in the end, in their first year under manager Paul Molitor. The emergence of slugger Miguel Sano, who had a tremendous second half was another cause for optimism. However, things came crashing down in 2016, as the team got off to a terrible start and could not right things after that. On July 18th, Ryan was dismissed with the team in last place. He was again replaced on an interim basis by Antony.

In 2017, he joined the Philadelphia Phillies as a special assignment scout.

Preceded by Andy MacPhail

Minnesota Twins General Manager 1994-2007

Succeeded by Bill Smith

Preceded by Bill Smith

Minnesota Twins General Manager 2011-2016

Succeeded by Rob Antony