Rolando Jesus de Armas is an American

United States

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 minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 manager

Manager (baseball)

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. A former catcher

Catcher

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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 Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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' organization. He has also been a Major League

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 coach

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 for the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 (1995–96) and Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

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 (2000).

De Armas graduated from Archbishop Curley High School

Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School

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 of Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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, attended Miami Dade North Junior College

Miami Dade College

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 and graduated from Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University

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. He played five seasons (1973–77) in the Phillies' farm system, peaking at the Double-A level with the Reading Phillies

Reading Phillies

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 of the Eastern League. De Armas batted

Batting average

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 .259 with one home run

Home run

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 in 311 games played. His managing career began in 1979 and as of he was still managing in the Philadelphia farm system as skipper of the GCL Phillies

Gulf Coast Phillies

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 of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League

Gulf Coast League

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