Angel Echevarria
| Angel Echevarria | |
|---|---|
 Echevarria with theMilwaukee Brewersin 2001 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born:May 25, 1971 Bridgeport, Connecticut,U.S. | |
| Died:February 7, 2020(aged 48) Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | |
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 professionalbaseballplayer who playedoutfieldin the Major Leagues from 1996 to 2002. He also played in the JapanesePacific League,from 2003 to 2004.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]Echevarria was a star baseball player atBassick High Schoolin Bridgeport, Connecticut, graduating in 1989.[2]Over his junior and senior seasons, he managed abatting averageof.500.[3]
He accepted a partial scholarship to playcollege baseballfor theRutgers Scarlet Knightswhere he was an All-Atlantic 10 Conferenceselection.[3]In 1991 he playedcollegiate summer baseballwith theOrleans Cardinalsof theCape Cod Baseball League.[4][5]
Echevarria was selected by theColorado Rockiesin the 17th round of the1992 Major League Baseball draft.
Professional career
[edit]Echevarria was areplacement playerduring the1994–95 Major League Baseball strikeand played an exhibition game atCoors Fieldin 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.RetrievedFebruary 8,2020.
- ^Ex-Big Leaguer From CT Dies Suddenly At 48
- ^abGonzalez, Roberto (May 19, 1996)."Echevarria on his way up".Hartford Courant.p. C12.RetrievedJune 3,2022.
- ^Bergen, Doug (June 11, 1991)."On Sports".The Cape Codder.Orleans, MA. p. 21.
- ^"Player Stats".Cape Cod Baseball League.RetrievedJuly 13,2023.
- ^Cloutier, Bill (April 6, 1995)."Ravens expect to fly just as high in season 2".Record-Journal.p. 33.RetrievedJune 3,2022.
- ^"Ex-MLB player and Bridgeport native Angel Echevarria dies at 48".connecticut.news12.RetrievedFebruary 9,2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromMLB,orESPN,orBaseball Reference,orFangraphs,orBaseball 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
- Lobos de Arecibo players