Julio Linares (baseball)
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| Born: December 26, 1941 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic | |
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Julio Mairini Linares Rijoscout, and manager in the professional ranks.
Born in
minor league
level; however, he served in the Majors for three seasons (1994–96) as an Astros' coach.
As a player, Linares was a 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 165 lb (75 kg)
Salinas Packers of the Class C California League in 1958, but did not play.[2] He then spent 1959 out of baseball until he signed with the San Francisco Giants' organization in 1960, where he played 13 seasons, including four at the Triple-A
level, but was never summoned to the Majors.
After his retirement as a player following the 1972 season, Linares joined the Astros as a minor-league coach, manager and instructor. He managed at the Rookie-league level for 13 years (1976–79; 1985–86; 1989–93; 1997–98) with the
farm system. In 1994, he was promoted to serve as a coach on the Major League staff of Houston manager Terry Collins, and stayed through 1996 before returning to the helm of the GCL Astros. From 1999 through 2004, he worked as the Astros' director of operations in the Dominican Republic, before his promotion to assistant to the general manager/Dominican Operations in 2005.[4] His son Rodney, a longtime minor league manager in the Houston organization, is the 2019 third-base coach of the Tampa Bay Rays
of Major League Baseball.
References
- ^ Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Howe News Bureau, 1983 Houston Astros Organization Book. St. Petersburg, Florida: Baseball Blue Book, 1983
- ^ Baseball America 2013 Official Directory, page 37
- ^ a b Houston Astros official site
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Coach's page in Retrosheet