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| Born: (1951-12-29)December 29, 1951 (age 74) New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
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Rolando Jesús de Armas (born December 29, 1951)[1][2] is an Americanprofessional baseballmanager, most recently for theFCL Phillies ofMinor League Baseball in 2021. A formercatcher in the minor leagues, he spent all of his playing career and most of his managing career as a member of thePhiladelphia Phillies' organization. He has also been acoach inMajor League Baseball (MLB) for theChicago White Sox (1995–1996) andToronto Blue Jays (2000), and was interimbullpen coach for the2008 Phillies championship team.[3]
De Armas graduated fromArchbishop Curley High School ofMiami, Florida, attendedMiami Dade North Junior College and graduated fromGeorgia Southern University.[1] He played five seasons, 1973–1977, in the Phillies'farm system, peaking at theDouble-A level with theReading Phillies of theEastern League. De Armasbatted .259 with onehome run in 311 games played.
De Armas began his managing career in 1979, and as of 2018 he was still managing in the Philadelphia farm system with theGCL Phillies of theRookie-levelGulf Coast League,[4] his 33rd season as a minor-league skipper.
In August 2019, de Armas was named a coach for theUnited States national baseball team for the2019 WBSC Premier12 tournament.[5] The team finished fourth in the tournament, failing to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[6] In April 2021, he was again named a national team coach, for the team's final efforts to qualify forbaseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 in Tokyo.[7] The team qualified, with de Armas serving asbullpen coach for the Olympics.[8] The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.[9]
De Armas won the 2021Mike Coolbaugh Award for his "outstanding baseball work ethic, knowledge of the game, and skill in mentoring young players on the field."[10]
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| Preceded by | Chicago White Soxbullpen coach 1995–1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Toronto Blue Jaysbullpen coach 2000 | Succeeded by |
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