The Seattle Mariners on Thursday fired manager John McLaren and replaced him with bench coach Jim Riggleman.

The Mariners, who have baseball’s worst record at 25-47, made the announcement three days after they fired general manager Bill Bavasi.

McLaren was an assistant for 21½ years in the major leagues before he took over as Seattle’s Manager last July when Mike Hargrove abruptly quit.

Riggleman will run the team for the rest of the season beginning Friday night in Atlanta.

(AP)