ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Tony Reagins has resigned as general manager but will remain with the Los Angeles Angels as special assistant, the team said Friday.
Reagins took over as GM in October 2007, succeeding Bill Stoneman. The Angels won the American League Western Division in his first two seasons in the office but the team has missed the playoffs in each of the past two seasons, finishing the 2011 campaign 86-76, 10 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers.
"Though we finished 2011 with a winning record, we remained short of our objective in winning a championship," Angels owner Arte Moreno said in a statement. "In moving forward, we felt a change was needed."
Reagins -- who served as director of player development from 2002-2007 -- has worked for the Angels for 20 years, and "has meant a great deal to this organization," Moreno said.
"He will always remain part of the Angels family."
No successor has been named.
