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===Minnesota Twins=== The Twins hired Molitor to fill their manager vacancy for the [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|2015 season]], and introduced him in a press conference on November 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/11821148/paul-molitor-introduced-new-manager-minnesota-twins | title=Molitor: Twins 'where I'm supposed to be'| date=2014-11-04}}</ref> At the end of the [[2017 Minnesota Twins season|2017 season]], the Twins announced that Molitor would receive a three-year contract extension through 2020. Molitor was rewarded for his efforts in leading the Twins back to the postseason after losing 103 games the season prior, the first team in history to achieve this feat, by being named [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|American League Manager of the Year]] in November 2017. He became only the second person to be elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] as a player and win the Manager of the Year Award behind [[Frank Robinson]], who was named AL Manager of the Year in 1989 while managing the [[Baltimore Orioles]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/torey-lovullo-paul-molitor-win-manager-honors-c261897234 | title=Torey Lovullo, Paul Molitor win manager honors| website=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> On October 2, 2018, the Twins fired Molitor as manager, but expressed that they had interest in having him continue to maintain a role with the team in some capacity. He finished with a record of 305 wins and 343 losses in 648 games.<ref name="managerial record">{{cite web |title=Paul Molitor |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/molitpa01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> Molitor later rejoined the Twins as a special assistant, with roving instructor duties for the team's minor league affiliates.<ref>{{cite news |last=KSTP Sports |date=July 20, 2021 |title=Q&A: Paul Molitor is back working for the Twins |url=https://kstp.com/minnesota-sports/paul-molitor-back-working-for-twins-as-special-assistant/6177869/ |work=KSTP TV |location=Saint Paul, MN}}</ref>
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