Bob Melvin has been fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners, a day after his charges concluded a dismal season of 63 victories and 99 losses.
Melvin won 93 games in 2003 and this year the Mariners slid to their worst record since 1983 despite the heroics of Japan's Ichiro Suzuki, who set an MLB record with 262 hits.
"The decision not to bring back Bob was a difficult one," said general manager Bavasi.
"The players played hard through the final day of the season, but this is not meant to place blame completely on Bob. There's plenty of blame to go around for all of us."
In other news, John Gibbons, who served nearly two months as interim boss of the Toronto Blue Jays, was named as the club's new manager for next season.
He guided the Blue Jays to a 20-30 record after replacing Carlos Tosca on 8 August.
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