Jorge Velandia

Philadelphia Phillies

Shortstop/Coordinatior

Born: January 12, 1975
Caracas, Venezuela

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

June 20, 1997, for the San Diego Padres

Last MLB appearance

July 13, 2008, for the Cleveland Indians

MLB statistics

Batting average

.182

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Velandia and the second or maternal family name is Macías.

Jorge Luis Velandia Macías [veh-lahn'-deah] (born January 12, 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.

Velandia played with the San Diego Padres (1997), Oakland Athletics (1998–2000), New York Mets (2000–2003), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2007), Toronto Blue Jays (2008), and Cleveland Indians (2008). On December 1, 2006, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Velandia to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. His first major league home run, which was a grand slam came on September 25, 2007.

He started the 2008 season playing for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. On May 7, his contract was purchased by the Blue Jays, and was added to the active roster. On May 16, he was designated for assignment and declined an outright assignment on May 19 becoming a free agent. Velandia signed with the Cleveland Indians on May 27, 2008, and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons.

He was called up on June 12, to replace the injured Josh Barfield (who had been recently called up himself, for Asdrúbal Cabrera). Cabrera returned a month later, and Velandia was sent back to Buffalo. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on August 30. On January 15, 2009, Velandia signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Velandia was the captain of Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League until his retirement of active duty in January 2010. After working for the Philadelphia Phillies as assistant minor league field coordinator, he was announced as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Phillies upon former manager Ryne Sandberg's resignation on June 26, 2015.^[1]

References

↑ "Phillies Notes: Phillies' Mackanin will be in interim role for rest of season". Retrieved 2015-07-05.

Sources

The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp. Language: English. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3
ESPN (profile and daily update)
Baseball Cube baseball statistics

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Pura Pelota, or Retrosheet

Philadelphia Phillies current roster

Active roster	2 Tyler Goeddel 7 Maikel Franco 13 Freddy Galvis 16 César Hernández 19 Tommy Joseph 23 Aaron Altherr 24 Roman Quinn 27 Aaron Nola 28 Vince Velasquez 29 Cameron Rupp 37 Odubel Herrera 38 Jorge Alfaro 39 Adam Morgan 43 Phil Klein 44 Jake Thompson 46 Jeanmar Gómez 48 Jerad Eickhoff 49 Alec Asher 50 Héctor Neris 52 Severino González 56 Zach Eflin 57 Luis García 58 Jeremy Hellickson 61 Edubray Ramos 63 Joely Rodríguez -- Drew Anderson -- Mark Appel -- Joaquin Benoit -- Dylan Cozens -- Elniery García -- Howie Kendrick -- Andrew Knapp -- Ben Lively -- Pat Neshek -- Ricardo Pinto -- Nick Pivetta -- David Rollins -- Alberto Tirado -- Jesmuel Valentín -- Nick Williams

Coaching staff	Manager 45 Pete Mackanin Bench 10 Larry Bowa First base 12 Mickey Morandini Third base 8 Juan Samuel Hitting -- Matt Stairs Pitching 22 Bob McClure Assistant Pitching 33 Rick Kranitz Bullpen 9 John McLaren Assistant Coach 61 Jorge Velandia Bullpen catcher 81 Jesús Tiamo Bullpen catcher 82 José Mayorga

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