Manny Mota

Manuel Rafael Mota Geronimo, known as Manny Mota, born February 18, 1938, is a Dominican former Major League Baseball outfielder who played 20 seasons. He appeared for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Montreal Expos, and worked as a pinch-hitting specialist with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He retired as a player at the age of 44.

Mota signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Giants on February 21, 1957, at the age of 19. He began his minor league career that season with the Class-D Michigan City White Caps of the Midwest League, hitting .314 in 126 games. In 1958, he was promoted to the Class-B Danville Leafs of the Carolina League, where he hit .301 in 103 games.

After his playing days, Mota served as a coach for the Dodgers from 1980 through 2013. His 34 consecutive seasons as a Dodger coach set a team record and rank as the second-longest such streak in MLB history, behind Nick Altrock, who coached for 42 consecutive seasons with the Washington Senators. He has continued to work as a minor league hitting instructor and serves as a Spanish-language television broadcaster for the Dodgers.