Philip Anthony Roof (born March 5, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager.

[4] After two minor league seasons in which he batted .236 with eleven home runs, Phil Roof debuted with the Braves at just nineteen years of age as a September call-up in 1960, but did not appear in a game.

The following season, he made his major league debut on April 29, catching the ninth inning of a 7–3 loss to Juan Marichal and the San Francisco Giants.

While he appeared in just two games with the Braves, he provided his original franchise with a memorable moment off the field when he and future Baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn were arrested at a Houston night club a week into the 1964 season.

[8] Roof appeared in nine games for the Angels in 1965 before he was shipped to the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline for a player to be named later (this time, outfielder Bubba Morton) and cash.

[1] He suffered a concussion early in the 1971 season after getting hit on the helmet by a pitch thrown by Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven.

[1] When top prospect catcher Butch Wynegar joined the Twins for the 1976 season, Roof became the odd man out, and was eventually placed on waivers and selected by the Chicago White Sox.

[20] Roof served as the bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins during spring training and in the first month of the 2011 season while Rick Stelmaszek was recovering from eye surgery.

Roof's first wife, Marie, died after a lengthy cancer battle in 2005 while he was managing the Rochester Red Wings, Minnesota's Triple-A affiliate.

His brother, Gene, played in the majors from 1981 through 1983 with the St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos, and later was an MLB coach and minor league manager and instructor for the Detroit Tigers.