As coach Manuel Rafael Mota Geronimo, more commonly known as Manny Mota (born February 18, 1938), is a Dominican former Major League Baseball outfielder who played 20 seasons for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos, as well as being a pinch hitting specialist with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After beginning 1962 with the El Paso Sun Kings, Mota made his major league debut on April 16, 1962, for the San Francisco Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and hit a fly ball to centerfield in his first at-bat.

On November 30, 1962, the Giants traded Mota to the Houston Colt .45's (with Dick LeMay) for infielder Joey Amalfitano.

Before he appeared in an official game with Houston, Mota was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Howie Goss and cash on April 4, 1963, and he quickly established himself as one of the National League's premiere hitters.

On June 11, 1969, Mota was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers (along with Maury Wills) for Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich.

From 1974 through 1979, Mota was continuously called upon for late inning heroics, where he averaged 10 pinch hits for six straight seasons.

[citation needed] Mota served as a player-coach for the Dodgers during his final seasons on the diamond, then remained a coach after retiring as a player.

Established over 30 years ago, this humanitarian organization provides needed resources and other assistance to disadvantaged youth and their families in both the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Mota was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame on August 23, 2003, in a pre-game on-field ceremony at Dodger Stadium.

Manny's youngest son, Tony, played extensively through the minor leagues and also coached for the Dodgers organization.

[7] Mota's nephew, Santiago Taveras, is an educator and former deputy chancellor in New York City, and was the principal of DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx until his ouster in a grade-fixing scandal in November 2016.