Manny Mota
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Manuel Rafael Mota Geronimo, more commonly known as Manny Mota (born February 18, 1938), is a Dominican former Major League Baseball outfielder who played 20 seasons for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos, as well as being a pinch hitting specialist with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He retired as a player at the age of 44.[1]
Manny Mota | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: (1938-02-18) February 18, 1938 (age 86) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 16, 1962, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 1, 1982, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .304 |
Home runs | 31 |
Runs batted in | 438 |
Teams | |
As player
As coach | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Caribbean | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1998 |
He was a coach for the Dodgers from 1980 through 2013. His 34 consecutive seasons as a Dodger coach is the longest in team history and the second-longest such streak in MLB history behind Nick Altrock, who spent 42 straight seasons listed as a coach for the old Washington Senators. Mota is currently a minor league hitting instructor and Spanish language television broadcaster for the Dodgers.