Rudolpho "Rudy" Jaramillo [ha-dah-MEE-yoh] (born September 20, 1950, in Beeville, Texas) is the hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs. During his time with the Rangers, Jaramillo was the first individual in Texas Rangers history to serve more than eight seasons on their major league coaching staff. He served as the Texas Rangers' Major League hitting coach for 15 seasons from 1994-2009. Rudy also had the longest tenure with one team as a hitting coa...
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Rudolpho "Rudy" Jaramillo [ha-dah-MEE-yoh] (born September 20, 1950, in Beeville, Texas) is the hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs. During his time with the Rangers, Jaramillo was the first individual in Texas Rangers history to serve more than eight seasons on their major league coaching staff. He served as the Texas Rangers' Major League hitting coach for 15 seasons from 1994-2009. Rudy also had the longest tenure with one team as a hitting coach in Major League Baseball.
Before his coaching career, he was a minor league outfielder from 1973 through 1976 who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Jaramillo played four minor league seasons for the Rangers, but he never reached the major league level as a player.
He started his minor league coaching career in 1983 and served as manager in the minors from 1984 to 1986. He then became a minor league roving hitting instructor and worked in that capacity through the 1989 season. In 1990, Jaramillo joined the Houston Astros coaching...
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