Joel Chimelis is an American minor league baseball hitting coach for the Rocket City Trash Pandas and a former professional baseball infielder. Although he never played in Major League Baseball, he was a phantom ballplayer, being called up to the San Francisco Giants in June 1995 and sent down without playing in a game, due to working as a replacement player that spring. He played for the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization in 1998 and also played in the Mexican League and Chinese Professional Baseball League in his 13-year playing career. He started his coaching career in 2004 and has been a hitting coach in the minors for several MLB teams.