Perranoski to Coach With Giants

Ron Perranoski, fired as Dodger pitching coach in September, was named minor league pitching coordinator by the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

Perranoski had been a coach in the Dodger organization since retiring in 1973 after 13 seasons as a relief pitcher. He was the Dodgers’ major league pitching coach for 14 seasons and a minor league pitching coach for seven years before that.

Perranoski’s firing came as a surprise. As pitching coach, his staffs finished with the first- or second-best earned run averages in the National League nine times.

Perranoski was replaced by Dave Wallace after Fred Claire, executive vice president, decided that Wallace could better relate to the Dodgers’ younger pitchers.