Roland A. Hemond (October 26, 1929 – December 12, 2021) was an American professional baseball executive who worked in Major League Baseball. He served as the scouting director of the California Angels, general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, senior executive vice president of the Arizona Diamondbacks, executive advisor to the general manager of the White Sox, and special assistant to the president for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Career After graduating from high school, Hemond served in the United States Coast Guard for four years from 1947 to 1951 and was stationed at Brooklyn Navy Yard for three of those years. In 1951, he took a job with the Hartford Chiefs, a Minor League Baseball team. After two months, he was hired by the Boston Braves, and stayed with the team when it relocated to Milwaukee. In 1961, the Los Angeles Angels hired him as their scouting director. Both Hemond and Chuck Tanner joined the Chicago White Sox from the Angels on September 4, 1970, when general manager Stu Holcomb hired them as director of player personnel and manager respectively. Hemond was promoted to special assistant to the chairman of the board and president when Ken Harrelson replaced him as executive vice president of baseball operations on October 2, 1985. He resigned from the White Sox on April 29, 1986, and became Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth's consultant for special projects seventeen days later on May 16. The Baltimore Orioles hired Hemond as their general manager in 1988, and he served in the role until 1995. From 1996 to 2000, he was the senior executive vice president of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He returned to the White Sox between 2001 and 2007 as an executive advisor. In 2007, Hemond returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks as special assistant to the president. Hemond was also credited with the original idea for the Arizona Fall League, an off-season developmental league owned and operated by Major League Baseball. The league features the top prospects from each of the MLB teams, with all games played in the spring training stadiums in and around Phoenix, Arizona. He was the former president of the Association of Professional Ball Players of America (APBPA), a non-profit that provides anonymous financial assistance and college scholarships to current and former players, scouts, and others connected with any level of professional organized baseball. Hemond was a long-time member of the Society