Joe Alvarez

José René Álvarez Ramírez (born June 11, 1956), known as Joe Alvarez, is a Cuban American baseball manager and a former utility infielder in Minor League Baseball. Listed at , , Alvarez batted and threw right handed.

Alvarez spent four seasons in the minors playing mostly at shortstop for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, and Baltimore Orioles organizations. He worked his way up to Class Double A in 1977, but did not play a game again after suffering an injury.

In 2008, Alvarez was named manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades, a New York–Penn League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. guiding the team to a second place finish in the 2010 season.

In between, Alvarez managed the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz of the winter Mexican Pacific League in 2007 and coached in the same league for the Yaquis de Obregón in 2008. He then received his first opportunity to coach in the summer Mexican League in 2014 with the Pericos de Puebla, serving as an interim manager for the club as a replacement for departed Houston Jiménez. He then guided the Pericos to the South Division pennant. Afterwards, they beat Campeche in the first round of the playoffs and then upset their rivals, the Tigres de Quintana Roo, advancing to the Championship Series and being defeated by the Diablos Rojos del México in a four-game sweep.

Alvarez was slated to return to Puebla in 2016, but he declined the offer for the purpose of coach as an instructor for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League. In an interview, Alvarez explained that he had a previously established commitment to the Korean team. In 2017, he came back to the Mexican League to manage the Generales de Durango club. In 2018, he managed the Guerreros de Oaxaca for a portion of the Mexican League season, and in the winter also had a stint as manager of the Venados de Mazatlán of the Mexican Pacific League. In 2019, he was named manager for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican League, but was fired after leading the team to a 17-22 start to the season.