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ASSISTANT HITTING COACH
Full Name: Robert Magallanes
BOBBY MAGALLANGES Height: 6-0 Weight: 175
DOB: August 18, 1969
Opening Day Age: 51
Resides: Litchfield Park, AZ
Born: Los Angeles, CA
Seasons on the Braves Coaching Staff: 1st
Seasons on a Major League Coaching Staff: 1st

• Bobby Magallanes is in his third season with the • In his four-year tenure with Cleveland, he was
PLAYER BIOS league staff...He works alongside José Castro in bench coach for Triple-A Columbus (2018).
hitting coach for the AZL Indians (2015-17) and
Braves organization and his first on the major-
support of hitting coach Kevin Seitzer.
named the Angels Minor League Employee of
• He began his Braves tenure in 2019 as Triple-A • His other career accomplishments include being
Gwinnett’s hitting coach...The Stripers hit a the Year in 2003, serving on the World Team
franchise-record 200 home runs that season. coaching staff of the 2011 Futures Game and
coaching for Mexico in the 2015 WBSC Premier12
• In 2020, Magallanes was the organization’s
SEASON IN REVIEW • He spent the previous 17 seasons coaching in • He had a 10-year professional playing career,
tournament in Taiwan and Japan.
assistant hitting coordinator, working between the
alternate training site and the major-league staff.
including four in affiliated baseball in the Mariners
the Angels (2002-10), White Sox (2011-14) and
high as Double-A.
Indians (2015-18) organizations...He served as a (1990-92) and Astros (1996) systems, reaching as
minor-league manager for nine of those seasons • Was drafted twice, first by Montreal out of Bell
(2004-12), all at the Single- and Double-A levels.
(CA) High School in 1987 (44th round), and
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Magallanes began his coaching career in 2002 • Magallanes and his wife, Claudia, have three
then by Seattle out of Cerritos Junior College in
Norwalk, Calif in 1989 (50th round).
as hitting coach for the AZL Angels, a role he
also held in 2003, which preceded his nine
managerial seasons.
children, Paulina, Joshua, and Joseph Angello.
Complete Record
G
Year Club AVG 56 193 26 36 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS E
R
H
AB
BRAVES HISTORY 1991 San Bernardino .225 46 157 14 30 13 0 0 1 7 12 1 0 0 3 1 2 30 64 1 7 0 6 16
1990 San Bernardino .187
1
0
1
4
3 18
21
4 24 52
1
3
3
Bellingham
11
.191
18
31
31
61
271 40
83
4
2 7
0
14 30
150 11
1
4
41
1
1
1
.200

16
30
Peninsula
.185
1992 Peninsula
8
2
0 0
0
4
2
0
2
0
41
7
11
1996 Jackson .268 41 108 7 20 3 0 1 10 1 2 1 5 17 1 2 5
2
0
12
Minor Totals .204 279 920 105 188 29 0 18 94 4 7 11 93 202 11 13 57
Managerial Record
OPPONENTS Year Club / League 75-64 Pct. Pos.
W-L
Cedar Rapids/Midwest
T2nd
.540
2004
2005
2006 Cedar Rapids/Midwest 65-75 .464 T8th
Cedar Rapids/Midwest
.468
65-74
5th
2007 Arkansas/Texas 65-75 .464 3rd
2008 Arkansas/Texas 62-78 .443 3rd
2009 Arkansas/Texas 61-79 .436 4th
2010
4th
.393
55-85
Arkansas/Texas
MISCELLANEOUS 2011 Birmingham/Southern 582-675 .507 2nd
71-69
5th
Birmingham/Southern
.507
63-76
2012
Minors Totals
.463
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