Juan Ramón Bernhardt Coradin (born August 31, 1953 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned 13 seasons.
Bernhardt spent parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees (1976), and the Seattle Mariners (1977–79).
During the 1972 season, Bernhardt was assigned to play with the Class-A Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League.
[2] Bernhardt attended spring training with New York in 1974, but was assigned to the Double-A West Haven Yankees before the start of the regular season.
Bernhardt split the 1975 season between the Double-A West Haven Yankees, and the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs.
At the Double-A level, he batted .319 with 51 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, and one home run in 41 games played.
However, in July, the New York Yankees purchased his contract from the minor leagues when Elliott Maddox was placed on the disabled list.
[5] Bernhardt made his debut in Major League Baseball on July 10, against the Chicago White Sox, where in one at-bat, he went hitless.
During the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft, Bernhardt was selected by the Seattle Mariners from the New York Yankees.
In early-July 1979, the Seattle Mariners traded Bernhardt to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Rich Hinton.
[1][13] Bernhardt spent the rest of that season with the Iowa Oaks, who were the Triple-A affiliates of the White Sox at the time.