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Lachemann, Rene, 1945-

BiographyRene Lachemann was a catcher and pinch hitter in the Major Leagues for three years. He made his debut with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965. After his playing career ended, he spent several seasons as a minor league manager. He was skipper of the Seattle Mariners from 1981 to 1983 and managed the Milwaukee Brewers in 1984. In 1985 and 1986, he was a Boston Red Sox coach, and he was a member of the Oakland Athletics staff from 1987 to 1992. Lachemann took over as manager of the expansion Florida Marlins and remained with the team until 1996. While with the Marlins, his brother Marcel was his pitching coach in 1993 and part of 1994. Rene was the St. Louis Cardinals third base coach from 1997 to 1999, and he spent the next three seasons as a Chicago Cubs bench coach (2000-2002). He returned to the Mariners as a coach in 2003 and 2004, and from 2005 to 2007, Lachemann was a member of the Oakland Athletics coaching staff. In 2008 he became the hitting coach of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, a position he held until 2012. In 2013, he was named the first base coach of the Colorado Rockies, then in 2014 gave up that position in favor of that of catching and defensive positioning coach.