Max Oliveras Gutiérrez

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(born September 10, 1946 in

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) is a former Minor League Baseball player who later managed in the minors for several teams. He joined the Alpha chapter of

Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha (), commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities, Puerto Rican fraternity originally established as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity (Sociedad de Amigos) on October 22, 1928, at the University of Puert ...

fraternity in 1964. Oliveras played seven seasons in the minor leagues. He was also a coach in the Major Leagues for the California Angels and the Chicago Cubs. In May , Oliveras took over as skipper of the independent Miami Marlins after Fred Hatfield was fired. He had been "widely praised for his work in the Puerto Rican Winter League", according to ''Baseball America's 1987 Statistics Report'', and the Marlins won the most games they had in eight years. The next year, Oliveras was hired by the California Angels organization and he managed the Midland Angels from to . He moved up to Triple-A, managing the

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from to and the

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in . After that, he became a coach for the Angels in and was a member of the Chicago Cubs staff from to . In , he managed the

Kinston Indians The Kinston Indians were a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League (CL) located in Kinston, North Carolina, from 1978 to 2011. They played their home games at Grainger Stadium, which opened in 1949. The team began play in 1978 as the Ki ...

. He took over as skipper of the Orlando Rays in , then moved down to the

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in , and then back up to the

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in . In and , he was a coach for the

Montgomery Biscuits The Montgomery Biscuits are a Minor League Baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. They are the Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and play in the Southern League. The team was founded in Orlando, Florida, in 1973 as the Orlando Twins ...

under manager

Charlie Montoyo José Carlos Montoyo Díaz (born October 17, 1965) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican former professional baseball second baseman and coach. He is currently the bench coach of the Chicago White Sox, and was previously the Manager (baseball), manage ...

. He later managed the

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from to 2009. In between, Oliveras played for the

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of the

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and piloted the Cangrejeros de Santurce club to

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championships in the

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and

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tournaments.Espn.com – Mako Oliveras iguala récord
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