Joe Almaraz

Jose Almaraz

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• School University of Texas

• Born November 8, 1953 in San Antonio, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Joe Almaraz was a high school baseball coach for a dozen years before stints as head coach at Howard College and Northeast Texas Community College. After that, he managed in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Baltimore Orioles organizations. In 2007, he took over as skipper of the Johnson City Cardinals. As of 2011, Alamarez was scouting for the Cardinals.

Almaraz had briefly played for the Alijadores de Tampico, hitting .236/~.250/.273 in 1975.

He is the brother of Johnny Almaraz and the father of Joseph Almaraz.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1998	Lethbridge Black Diamonds	Pioneer League	43-32	3rd	Arizona Diamondbacks	Lost League Finals
1999	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	45-31	3rd	Arizona Diamondbacks	League Champs
2000	Sultanes de Monterrey	Mexican League			none		replaced by Juan Francisco Rodríguez
	AZL Diamondbacks	Arizona League	27-27	5th	Arizona Diamondbacks
2001	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	33-33	4th	Baltimore Orioles	League Champs
2002	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York-Penn League	31-45	11th	Baltimore Orioles
2003	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York-Penn League	38-38	8th (t)	Baltimore Orioles
2007	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	28-40	7th	St. Louis Cardinals
2008	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	36-30	3rd	St. Louis Cardinals