Rene Lachemann

Lachemann as a first base coach for the Colorado Rockies in 2013

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Catcher / Manager / Coach

Born: May 4, 1945
Los Angeles

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 4, 1965, for the Kansas City Athletics

Last MLB appearance

June 8, 1968, for the Oakland Athletics

MLB statistics

Batting average

.210

Home runs

Runs batted in

Games managed

988

Win–loss record

428–560

Winning %

.433

Teams

As player

Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1965–1966, 1968)

As manager

Rene George Lachemann (born May 4, 1945 in Los Angeles) is an American professional baseball coach a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. Lachemann served as the first manager in the history of the Florida Marlins (1993–96) and also skippered the Seattle Mariners (1981–83) and Milwaukee Brewers (1984). Since 2013, he has served as a coach for the Colorado Rockies on the staff of manager Walt Weiss.^[1]

Early connections with LaRussa, Duncan

The son of a hotel chef, he is the youngest of three brothers to enjoy long careers in professional baseball: Marcel Lachemann is a member of the Los Angeles Angels' front office and a former pitcher, coach and manager in the Major Leagues, and Bill is a longtime skipper and instructor in the Angels' farm system. Rene served as a batboy for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 to 1962, graduated from Dorsey High School, and attended the University of Southern California.^[2] He signed a bonus contract with the Kansas City Athletics in 1964, where he joined other young players such as Tony La Russa and Dave Duncan, with whom he would have a lasting professional association.

Lachemann, a right-handed hitter, played only one full season in the Major Leagues, 1965, batting .227 with nine home runs and 29 runs batted in and appearing in 92 games played. He reappeared briefly—in 26 total games—for the A's in 1966 and 1968, but spent the rest of his playing career in minor league baseball. His Major League batting average was .210 in 281 at bats. His initial appearance in the big leagues resulted in getting picked off second base.

Manager in Seattle and Milwaukee

He began managing in the Oakland Athletics' farm system in 1973, and switched to the Seattle organization five years later. On May 6, 1981, Lachemann was promoted from Triple-A to succeed Maury Wills as the M's manager. But during the equivalent of almost two full seasons, Seattle was only able to win 140 of 320 games (.437) and was in the midst of an eight-game losing streak when Lachemann was fired on June 25, 1983 and replaced by Del Crandall. He returned the following year as manager of the contending Brewers, but the 1984 Milwaukee club collapsed (67–94, .416 and last in the American League East Division) and he was fired with three games remaining to be played in the season, though he was allowed to complete the season as the Brewers' skipper.^[3]

Lachemann then began his career as a Major League coach, under John McNamara with the Boston Red Sox (1985–86) and La Russa with the Oakland Athletics (1987–92). He was the third-base coach with Boston's 1986 American League champions and the Athletics during their three consecutive (1988–90) American League pennants and was a key member of La Russa's highly regarded staff.

First Marlins' skipper

As a result, he was chosen as the Marlins’ first manager when they entered the National League in 1993. But the expansion club suffered through 3½ losing seasons, compiling a mark of 221–285 (.437), before Lachemann's dismissal on July 7, 1996.

He returned to the coaching ranks the following season, on La Russa's staff with the St. Louis Cardinals, then coached for the Chicago Cubs and the Mariners, before returning to Oakland in 2005 for three years as bench coach and third base coach. His contract was not renewed at the close of the 2007 season. From 2008 to 2012 he served as hitting coach for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox before being added to the Rockies' MLB staff by Weiss for the 2013 season.

Including a one-game stint as interim pilot of the 2002 Cubs, Lachemann's major league managing record is 428 wins, 560 losses (.433).

Managerial record

Team	From	To	Regular season record			Post–season record
Team	From	To	W	L	Win %	W	L	Win %
Seattle Mariners	1981	1983	140	180	.438	—
Milwaukee Brewers	1984	1984	67	94	.416
Florida Marlins	1993	1996	221	285	.437
Chicago Cubs	2002	2002	0	1	.000
Total			428	560	.433	0	0	–
Reference:^[4]

References

↑ The Denver Post, 2012-11-15
↑ Seattle Mariners 1982 Organization Book, Boston: Howe News Bureau, 1982
↑ Lachemann fired; Bamberger returns
↑ "Rene Lachemann". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Rene Lachemann managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
Retrosheet
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Felske	Spokane Indians Manager 1979–1981	Succeeded by Ken Pape
Preceded by Maury Wills	Seattle Mariners Manager 1981–1983	Succeeded by Del Crandall
Preceded by Harvey Kuenn	Milwaukee Brewers Manager 1984	Succeeded by George Bamberger
Preceded by Eddie Yost	Boston Red Sox third base coach 1985–1986	Succeeded by Joe Morgan
Preceded by Dave McKay	Oakland Athletics first base coach 1987–1988	Succeeded by Dave McKay
Preceded by Jim Lefebvre	Oakland Athletics third base coach 1989–1992	Succeeded by Tommie Reynolds
Preceded by Franchise established	Florida Marlins Manager 1993–1996	Succeeded by Jim Leyland
Preceded by Tommie Reynolds	St. Louis Cardinals third base coach 1997–1999	Succeeded by José Oquendo
Preceded by Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs bench coach 2000–2002	Succeeded by Dick Pole
Preceded by Don Baylor	Chicago Cubs Manager 2002	Succeeded by Bruce Kimm
Preceded by John McLaren	Seattle Mariners bench coach 2003–2004	Succeeded by Ron Hassey
Preceded by Chris Speier	Oakland Athletics bench coach 2005	Succeeded by Bob Geren
Preceded by Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics first base coach 2006	Succeeded by Tye Waller
Preceded by Ron Washington	Oakland Athletics third base coach 2007	Succeeded by Tony DeFrancesco
Preceded by Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies first base coach 2013	Succeeded by Eric Young
Preceded by n/a	Colorado Rockies catching coach 2014–	Succeeded by Incumbent

Oakland Athletics 1989 World Series Champions

2 Tony Phillips 4 Carney Lansford 7 Walt Weiss 9 Mike Gallego 12 Lance Blankenship 14 Storm Davis 19 Gene Nelson 20 Matt Young 21 Mike Moore 24 Rickey Henderson (ALCS MVP) 25 Mark McGwire 27 Ron Hassey 28 Stan Javier 33 Jose Canseco 34 Dave Stewart (World Series MVP) 35 Bob Welch 36 Terry Steinbach 39 Dave Parker 40 Rick Honeycutt 42 Dave Henderson 43 Dennis Eckersley 44 Ken Phelps 54 Todd Burns

Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 5 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen) 8 Dave McKay (First Base) 15 Rene Lachemann (Third Base) 18 Dave Duncan (Pitching) 45 Merv Rettenmund (Hitting) 46 Tommie Reynolds (Bench)

Regular season American League Championship Series Bay Bridge Series

Seattle Mariners managers

Darrell Johnson (1977–1980)
Maury Wills (1980–1981)
Rene Lachemann (1981–1983)
Del Crandall (1983–1984)
Chuck Cottier (1984–1986)
Marty Martínez (1986)
Dick Williams (1986–1988)
Jim Snyder (1988)
Jim Lefebvre (1989–1991)
Bill Plummer (1992)
Lou Piniella (1993–2002)
Bob Melvin (2003–2004)
Mike Hargrove (2005–2007)
John McLaren (2007–2008)
Jim Riggleman (2008)
Don Wakamatsu (2009–2010)
Daren Brown (2010)
Eric Wedge (2011–2013)
Lloyd McClendon (2014–2015)
Scott Servais (2016–)

Milwaukee Brewers managers

Joe Schultz (1969)
Dave Bristol (1970–1972)
Roy McMillan (1972)
Del Crandall (1972–1975)
Harvey Kuenn (1975)
Alex Grammas (1976–1977)
George Bamberger (1978–1980)
Buck Rodgers (1980–1982)
Harvey Kuenn (1982–1983)
Rene Lachemann (1984)
George Bamberger (1985–1986)
Tom Trebelhorn (1986–1991)
Phil Garner (1992–1999)
Jim Lefebvre (1999)
Davey Lopes (2000–2002)
Jerry Royster (2002)
Ned Yost (2003–2008)
Dale Sveum (2008)
Ken Macha (2009–2010)
Ron Roenicke (2011–2015)
Craig Counsell (2015–)

Miami Marlins managers

Rene Lachemann (1993–1996)
Cookie Rojas (1996)
John Boles (1996)
Jim Leyland (1997–1998)
John Boles (1999–2001)
Tony Pérez (2001)
Jeff Torborg (2002–2003)
Jack McKeon (2003–2005)
Joe Girardi (2006)
Fredi González (2007–2010)
Edwin Rodríguez (2010–2011)
Brandon Hyde (2011)
Jack McKeon (2011)
Ozzie Guillén (2012)
Mike Redmond (2013–2015)
Dan Jennings (2015)
Don Mattingly (2016–)

Chicago Cubs managers

Albert Spalding (1876–1877)
Bob Ferguson (1878)
Cap Anson (1879)
Silver Flint (1879)
Cap Anson (1880–1897)
Tom Burns (1898–1899)
Tom Loftus (1900–1901)
Frank Selee (1902–1905)
Frank Chance (1905–1912)
Johnny Evers (1913)
Hank O'Day (1914)
Roger Bresnahan (1915)
Joe Tinker (1916)
Fred Mitchell (1917–1920)
Johnny Evers (1921)
Bill Killefer (1921–1925)
Rabbit Maranville (1925)
George Gibson (1925)
Joe McCarthy (1926–1930)
Rogers Hornsby (1930–1932)
Charlie Grimm (1932–1938)
Gabby Hartnett (1938–1940)
Jimmy Wilson (1941–1944)
Roy Johnson (1944)
Charlie Grimm (1944–1949)
Frankie Frisch (1949–1951)
Phil Cavarretta (1951–1953)
Stan Hack (1954–1956)
Bob Scheffing (1957–1959)
Charlie Grimm (1960)
Lou Boudreau (1960)
College of Coaches: Vedie Himsl (1961), Harry Craft (1961), El Tappe (1961–1962), Lou Klein (1961–1962, 1965), Charlie Metro (1962), Bob Kennedy (1963–1965)
Leo Durocher (1966–1972)
Whitey Lockman (1972–1974)
Jim Marshall (1974–1976)
Herman Franks (1977–1979)
Joey Amalfitano (1979)
Preston Gómez (1980)
Joey Amalfitano (1980–1981)
Lee Elia (1982–1983)
Charlie Fox (1983)
Jim Frey (1984–1986)
John Vukovich (1986)
Gene Michael (1986–1987)
Frank Lucchesi (1987)
Don Zimmer (1988–1991)
Joe Altobelli (1991)
Jim Essian (1991)
Jim Lefebvre (1992–1993)
Tom Trebelhorn (1994)
Jim Riggleman (1995–1999)
Don Baylor (2000–2002)
Rene Lachemann (2002)
Bruce Kimm (2002)
Dusty Baker (2003–2006)
Lou Piniella (2007–2010)
Mike Quade (2010–2011)
Dale Sveum (2012–2013)
Rick Renteria (2014)
Joe Maddon (2015–)

Colorado Rockies current roster

Active roster	5 Carlos González 6 Ryan Raburn 8 Gerardo Parra 9 DJ LeMahieu 10 Ben Paulsen 12 Mark Reynolds 13 Dustin Garneau 14 Tony Wolters 18 Cristhian Adames 19 Charlie Blackmon 27 Trevor Story 28 Nolan Arenado 31 Eddie Butler 32 Tyler Chatwood 35 Chad Bettis 36 Christian Bergman 45 Scott Oberg 48 Boone Logan 50 Chad Qualls 51 Jake McGee 52 Chris Rusin 54 Carlos Estévez 55 Jon Gray 60 Justin Miller 62 Gonzalez Germen

Inactive roster	1 Brandon Barnes 23 Tom Murphy 24 Jordan Lyles 43 Rafael Ynoa 44 Tyler Anderson 65 Jason Gurka 68 Raimel Tapia 71 Antonio Senzatela 86 Germán Márquez

Disabled list	0 Adam Ottavino 3 Daniel Descalso 4 Nick Hundley 29 Jorge de la Rosa 30 Jason Motte 41 Tyler Matzek 46 Miguel Castro 47 Jairo Díaz

Restricted list	7 José Reyes

Coaching staff	Manager 22 Walt Weiss Bench 11 Tom Runnells First base 21 Eric Young Third base 39 Stu Cole Hitting 25 Blake Doyle Pitching 56 Steve Foster Bullpen 40 Darren Holmes Bullpen catcher 66 Aaron Muñoz Catching/defensive positioning 53 Rene Lachemann Special assistant 9 Vinny Castilla

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