Romar Benjamin Gil Aguilar (born October 6, 1972) is a Mexican former professional baseball infielder and coach.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and the Anaheim Angels with whom he won the 2002 World Series.
Gil displayed decent power, clubbing nine home runs for the South Atlantic League's Gastonia Rangers in 1992.
[7] By the time he was ready to return, off-season acquisition Kevin Elster had won the starting job, and Gil found himself back in the minors with the Oklahoma City 89ers.
[8] David Eckstein became the Angels' starting shortstop in 2001, with Gil sliding into a backup middle infielder role.
In game two of the 2002 American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, Gil had an RBI single off Andy Petitte.
Over the next two seasons, Gil spent time in the Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets organizations, but failed to make the Major League roster of any of these teams.
Gil's coaching career began in 2014, as he became manager for the Tomateros de Culiacán of the Mexican Pacific League (LMP), a winter ball club where he previously played for 13 seasons and won six championships with.
[15] The Tomateros won their second title under Gil, defeating the Mayos de Navojoa in the LMP Championship Series 4–3.
After the season, Gil surprisingly announced he was stepping down as manager in order to attend to personal and family matters.
Gil was named the inaugural manager of the Mariachis de Guadalajara, an expansion franchise of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) that began play in the 2021 season.
[17] He led them to a stellar 46–17 regular season record, a first-place finish in the LMB North division, and a playoff berth.