Roof served as the bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins during spring training and in the first month of the 2011 season while Rick Stelmaszek was recovering from eye surgery. Roof worked as a spring training coach during retirement until March 2020 when the …

Phil Roof (shown in 2018) has been a mainstay at spring training for the Twins for 63 years — in that time he learned how to throw a perfect batting practice session for Twins players to...

Phil Roof played for 9 teams; the Milwaukee Braves, California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays.

From 1992 – 2005, Phil served as manager for several minor league clubs at the AA and AAA level, all of which were farm clubs to the Minnesota Twins. Roof was a very successful minor league manager, racking up over 1,000 managerial wins and winning the 2000 Pacific Coast League (AAA) Manager of the Year award.

He returned to the Twins to complete his career in baseball, serving as a manager in the Twins minor league organization for 16 seasons prior to his retirement in 2005. During that time Phil coached many of the Twins currently on the Major League roster. Bats: Right Throws: Right Born: March 5, 1941—Paducah, Kentucky Major League Teams:

Phil Roof, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Wednesday, March 5, 1941, in Paducah, Kentucky. Roof was 20 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 29, 1961, with the Milwaukee Braves. Phil Roof stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

Phil Roof Bio. Fullname: Phillip Anthony Roof; Born: 3/05/1941 in Paducah, KY; High School: Saint Mary, Paducah, KY; Debut: 4/29/1961; Relationship(s): brother of Gene Roof uncle of …

2018年6月23日 · Roof served as bullpen coach for San Diego, Seattle and Chicago before winning more than 1,000 games as a manager in the Twins’ minor-league system, grooming prospects such as Brad Radke, Joe...

(photo, above right: Roof, 1974 Twins Yearbook, vs Jorge Orta, White Sox) Tom Powers did a marvelous job with his piece today in the St. Paul Pioneer Press today on great Twins catcher Phil Roof. My memory of Phil comes from his batting exhibition against his old battery mate, Jim Kaat in a game from Sunday, Sept. 9, 1973 .

Roof caught for the Twins in the early to mid 70s and was an instructor in the minor leagues years ago. He helped with the likes of Mauer, Morneau, Hunter an...