2011 Buck O'Neil Award Winner Roland Hemond

Roland Hemond was the 2011 and second recipient of the John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. Hemond revolutionized front-office management and strategy during a seven-decade career in baseball, while spending his post-general manager days assisting baseball family members in need.

Hemond first rose to prominence in the late 1950s as the assistant scouting director for the Milwaukee Braves. He would become a three-time Executive of the Year recipient and helped to build winning franchises in Chicago, Baltimore and Arizona. Hemond became the scouting director for the Los Angeles Angels in their debut season of 1961, remaining with the franchise until 1970, when he became the Chicago White Sox's general manager and winning the Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year award in 1972. Hemond won the United Press International Executive of the Year honor in 1983.

Hemond took over as the Baltimore Orioles' general manager in 1988, again named the Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year in 1989. He served as the Senior Executive Vice President for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1996-2000, guiding the franchise through its debut season of 1998. Hemond worked as an executive advisor for the White Sox from 2001-07 before returning to the Diamondbacks as a special assistant to the president in 2007.