NEW YORK -- Former Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson was named manager of the club's Columbia affliate of the South Atlantic League, it was announced Wednesday.
Harrelson guided the Mets' Little Falls club to the New York-Penn League 1984 championship in his first season as a manager.
He was named Manager of the Year in the Class A league.
'Buddy has been an integral part of the Met family for almost two decades now,' said Steve Schryver, New York's director of minor-league operations. 'We know that he will continue to excel as a manager just as he did as a player.'
Harrelson, 40, played 13 seasons with the Mets, including the 1969 World Championship and 1973 National League Championship teams. An excellent fielder, he was named an NL All-Star in 1970 and '71.
He had a career .236 batting average in 16 major league seasons with the Mets, Philadelphia and Texas.
