14 Facts About Roland Hemond

Roland A Hemond was an American professional baseball executive who worked in Major League Baseball.

Roland Hemond served as the scouting director of the California Angels, general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, senior executive vice president of the Arizona Diamondbacks, executive advisor to the general manager of the White Sox, and special assistant to the president for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Roland Hemond was promoted to special assistant to the chairman of the board and president when Ken Harrelson replaced him as executive vice president of baseball operations on October 2,1985.

Roland Hemond resigned from the White Sox on April 29,1986, and became Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth's consultant for special projects seventeen days later on May 16.

Roland Hemond returned to the White Sox between 2001 and 2007 as an executive advisor.

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In 2007, Roland Hemond returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks as special assistant to the president.

Roland Hemond was credited with the original idea for the Arizona Fall League, an off-season developmental league owned and operated by Major League Baseball.

Roland Hemond was the former president of the Association of Professional Ball Players of America, a non-profit that provides anonymous financial assistance and college scholarships to current and former players, scouts, and others connected with any level of professional organized baseball.

Roland Hemond was a long-time member of the Society for American Baseball Research and a regular presenter and panelist at the Society's conferences; the Arizona chapter of SABR was renamed in his honor on January 28,2017.

Roland Hemond was credited with mentoring Dave Dombrowski, Walt Jocketty, Doug Melvin, and Dan Evans.

Roland Hemond was a two-time winner of Major League Baseball's Executive of the Year award, as well as winner of the United Press International Executive of the Year Award in 1983.

Three annual awards are named in Hemond's honor: the Roland Hemond Award, presented by the White Sox in honor of those who are dedicated to bettering the lives of others through extraordinary personal sacrifice; the Baseball America Award, presented to a person who has made major contributions to scouting and player development; and the Society for American Baseball Research Award, given to the executive who has displayed great respect for scouts.

Roland Hemond was the inaugural recipient of both the Baseball America and SABR awards.

Roland Hemond received an honorary degree in Humane Letters from the University of Phoenix in July 2006.