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- Phillip Anthony Roof (born March 5, 1941 in Paducah, Kentucky) was a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves (1961 and 1964), California Angels (1965), Cleveland Indians (1965), Kansas City Athletics/Oakland Athletics (1966–69), Milwaukee Brewers (1970–71), Minnesota Twins (1971–76), Chicago White Sox (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977). He is the brother of former Major League Baseball outfielder Gene Roof and the cousin of former MLB outfielder and manager Eddie Haas. In 15 seasons he played in 857 Games and had 2,151 At Bats, 190 Runs, 463 Hits, 69 Doubles, 13 Triples, 43 Home Runs, 210 RBI, 11 Stolen Bases, 184 Walks, .215 Batting Average, .283 On-base percentage, .319 Slugging Percentage, 687 Total Bases, 40 Sacrifice Hits, 6 Sacrifice Flies and 18 Intentional Walks. Roof also served as bullpen coach for the San Diego Padres (1978), Seattle Mariners (1983–88) and Chicago Cubs (1990–91), and managed for 16 years in the Twins organization before his 2005 retirement. Roof served as bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins during spring training and the first month of the 2011 season while Rick Stelmaszek was recovering from eye surgery.
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- Phillip Anthony Roof (born March 5, 1941 in Paducah, Kentucky) was a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves (1961 and 1964), California Angels (1965), Cleveland Indians (1965), Kansas City Athletics/Oakland Athletics (1966–69), Milwaukee Brewers (1970–71), Minnesota Twins (1971–76), Chicago White Sox (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977). He is the brother of former Major League Baseball outfielder Gene Roof and the cousin of former MLB outfielder and manager Eddie Haas.
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