Rouglas Odor


Rouglas José Odor is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder and coach. Odor is the manager of the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.

Career

Odor attended the University of New Orleans, and played college baseball for the New Orleans Privateers. In 1987, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He began his professional career in the Cleveland Indians organization for the Burlington Indians in 1988. He played for eight seasons in Minor League Baseball for the Indians and Milwaukee Brewers organizations, and in the Texas-Louisiana League in 1995.
From 1996 to 2001, Odor was the field coordinator of a Venezuelan academy run by the Indians. He became a hitting coach with the Akron RubberDucks. He managed the Burlington Indians from 2002 through 2004. He became the hitting coach of the Columbus Clippers in 2015. Odor joined the Venezuelan national baseball team as a coach in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, he managed the Caribes de Anzoátegui during the 2017-18 season.
In 2018, Odor became the manager of the Lynchburg Hillcats. The next year, he managed the Akron RubberDucks.

Personal life

Odor is the uncle of Rougned Odor.