Ramon Henderson

Ramon Gaspar Henderson (born August 18, 1963 in Moncion, Dominican Republic) is the bullpen coach in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies. He has been working for the Phillies in this capacity since 1998. He also played minor league baseball as an infielder in the Phillies organization from 1982 until 1989.

Ramon has become best known, however, for his role in the 2005 and 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Games, where he pitched to the Home Run Derby champions both years (Phillies outfielder Bobby Abreu and Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, respectively). His performance in the 2005 Derby led to the well-publicized requests of Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz and Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada to have Henderson pitch to them as well in the 2006 Derby [http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060708&content_id=1546815&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi] .

Ramon is married to Sally Henderson, and together they have 2 daughters and 3 sons, all of whom play baseball.

External links

* [http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=phi&coachorstaffid=61610315268 Ramon Henderson's Profile on the Phillies website]