Dodgers unload Tracy as manager

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers, coming off their first losing season since 1999, will replace Jim Tracy as their manager.

Tracy, 49, agreed Monday to part ways with the team on Monday. Tracy signed a two-year contract extension last offseason, after guiding the club to a 93-69 record and the NL West title in 2004 for the first time since 1995.

The Dodgers ended the 2005 season with a 71-91 record, the first time the team has been under .500 since 1999, when they were 77-85.

Tracy managed the Dodgers for five seasons and compiled a 427-383 record. He also served for two seasons as the club's bench coach.