Carlos Bernhardt

{{Short description|Dominican baseball scout and coach}}

Carlos J. Bernhardt (born 1950) is a Dominican professional baseball scout long associated with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. He also served the Orioles as their Major League first base coach on the staff of manager Ray Miller during the {{baseball year|1998}} season.

Bernhardt, a native of San Pedro de Macorís, was briefly a pitcher in minor league baseball, appearing in 16 games in the Seattle Pilots (1969) and New York Yankees (1971) organizations. A right-hander, he stood {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|165|lb}}.

He began scouting for the Orioles in 1985 and served as their chief scout in the Dominican Republic through 1997, resuming that assignment in 1999 after his year as a Major League coach.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221557/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-10-16/sports/1998289057_1_bernhardt-dominican-republic-orioles The Baltimore Sun, 1998-10-16] He was listed as a scout in the Dominican for the Orioles through {{baseball year|2012}}, his 28th year with the franchise.Baseball America 2012 Directory, page 21