Angel Echevarria
Angel Echevarria | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | May 25, 1971|
Died: February 7, 2020 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 48)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: July 15, 1996, for the Colorado Rockies | |
NPB: March 28, 2003, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: September 29, 2002, for the Chicago Cubs | |
NPB: October 11, 2004, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .280 |
Home runs | 21 |
Runs batted in | 90 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .268 |
Home runs | 47 |
Runs batted in | 138 |
Teams | |
Angel Santos Echevarria (May 25, 1971 – February 7, 2020) was an American professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1996 to 2002. He also played in the Japanese Pacific League, from 2003 to 2004.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]Echevarria was a star baseball player at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, graduating in 1989.[2] Over his junior and senior seasons, he managed a batting average of .500.[3]
He accepted a partial scholarship to play college baseball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights where he was an All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection.[3] In 1991 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4][5]
Echevarria was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 17th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft.
Professional career
[edit]Echevarria was a replacement player during the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike and played an exhibition game at Coors Field in front of 47,000 fans in the spring of 1995, more than a full year before his actual Major League debut.[6]
Death
[edit]Echevarria had been sick with a stomach virus for a number of days; he then fell and hit his head at his home. He died on February 7, 2020, at the age of 48.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-MLB player and Bridgeport native Angel Echevarria dies at 48". connecticut.news12.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ Ex-Big Leaguer From CT Dies Suddenly At 48
- ^ a b Gonzalez, Roberto (May 19, 1996). "Echevarria on his way up". Hartford Courant. p. C12. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ Bergen, Doug (June 11, 1991). "On Sports". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. p. 21.
- ^ "Player Stats". Cape Cod Baseball League. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Cloutier, Bill (April 6, 1995). "Ravens expect to fly just as high in season 2". Record-Journal. p. 33. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Ex-MLB player and Bridgeport native Angel Echevarria dies at 48". connecticut.news12.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1971 births
- 2020 deaths
- Acereros de Monclova players
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Bridgeport Bluefish players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Colorado Rockies players
- Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Mexican League baseball first basemen
- Mexican League baseball left fielders
- Mexican League baseball right fielders
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- Orleans Firebirds players
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball players
- Baseball players from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Accidental deaths in Connecticut
- Atenienses de Manatí (baseball) players
- Bend Rockies players
- Central Valley Rockies players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Iowa Cubs players
- New Haven Ravens players
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