Background
Jaramillo, Rudy was born on September 20, 1950 in Beeville, Texas, United States.
Jaramillo, Rudy was born on September 20, 1950 in Beeville, Texas, United States.
Attended, Panola College, Carthage, Texas, 1970—1972. Attended, University Texas, 1972—1973.
Jaramillo is a baseball hitting coach, most recently for the Chicago Cubs. During his time with the Texas Rangers, Jaramillo was the first individual in Rangers history to serve more than eight seasons on their major league coaching staff He served as the Texas Rangers" major league hitting coach for 15 seasons, from 1995 to 2009.
Rudy also had the longest tenure with one team as a hitting coach in Major League Baseball.
Before his coaching career, he was a minor league outfielder from 1973 through 1976 who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Jaramillo played four minor league seasons for the Rangers, but he never reached the major league level as a player.
He started his minor league coaching career in 1983 and served as manager in the minors from 1984 to 1986. He then became a minor league roving hitting instructor and worked in that capacity through the 1989 season.
In 1990, Jaramillo joined the Houston Astros coaching staff after Art Howe was named the team manager.
He served as manager of the Bend Rockies for one season in 1994. Prior to the 1995 season, Jaramillo was named as the Texas Rangers" major league hitting coach. From 1996 through the end of the 2004 season, the Texas Rangers ranked in the top five in the American League in team batting average, runs scored, slugging percentage, home runs, and hits.
In 1999, the Texas Rangers led all of Major League Baseball in hits, slugging percentage, and team batting average(293 for the season).
In 2005, the Rangers hit 260 home runs: the second-highest total in Major League history. In 2008, the Rangers were first in both runs scored (901), hits (1619), and home runs (194).
Jaramillo has been credited for the development of players as Jeff Bagwell, Juan González, Adrian Gonzalez, Iván Rodríguez, Mark Teixeira and Michael Young, among others When the New York Mets were in search of a new major league manager in 2004, General Manager Omar Minaya interviewed Jaramillo as a possible managerial candidate.
Jaramillo was among the final two candidates for the position, but Willie Randolph was ultimately selected as manager.
Following the 2009 season, Jaramillo announced that he would not remain with the Rangers, opting to seek out other opportunities. He officially signed with the Cubs on October 21, 2009 as their major league hitting coach. While Jaramillo was credited with the development of young Cubs phenom, Starlin Castro, he was dismissed by the team on June 12, 2012.
Married Shelley Jaramillo. Children: Julie, Justin.