Rolando Jesús de Armas (born December 29, 1951)Howe News Bureau, ''Philadelphia Phillies 1985 Organization Book.'' St. Petersburg, Florida: The Baseball Library, 1985 is an American

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for the FCL Phillies of Minor League Baseball. A former

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in the minor leagues, he spent all of his playing career and most of his managing career as a member of the

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' organization. He has also been a

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(MLB) for the

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(1995–1996) and

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(2000), and was interim

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for the 2008 Phillies championship team.

Career

De Armas graduated from

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, attended Miami Dade North Junior College and graduated from

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. He played five seasons, 1973–1977, in the Phillies'

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, peaking at the Double-A level with the

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of the Eastern League. De Armas batted .259 with one

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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 the

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of the Rookie-level

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, his 33rd season as a minor-league skipper. In August 2019, de Armas was named a coach for the

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for the

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tournament. The team finished fourth in the tournament, failing to qualify for the 2020 Olympics. In April 2021, he was again named a national team coach, for the team's final efforts to qualify for

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, held in 2021 in Tokyo. The team qualified, with de Armas serving as

for the Olympics. The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game. De Armas won the 2021

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for his "outstanding baseball work ethic, knowledge of the game, and skill in mentoring young players on the field."

References

External links

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Coach's page
in

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