Angel Echevarria

American baseball player (1971–2020)
Baseball player
Angel Echevarria
Echevarria with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2001
Outfielder
Born: (1971-05-25)May 25, 1971
Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
Died: February 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (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 runs21
Runs batted in90
NPB statistics
Batting average.268
Home runs47
Runs batted in138
Teams
  • Colorado Rockies (1996–2000)
  • Milwaukee Brewers (2000–2001)
  • Chicago Cubs (2002)
  • Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2004)

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Ex-MLB player and Bridgeport native Angel Echevarria dies at 48". connecticut.news12.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ^ Ex-Big Leaguer From CT Dies Suddenly At 48
  3. ^ a b Gonzalez, Roberto (19 May 1996). "Echevarria on his way up". Hartford Courant. p. C12. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ Bergen, Doug (June 11, 1991). "On Sports". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Player Stats". Cape Cod Baseball League. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  6. ^ Cloutier, Bill (6 April 1995). "Ravens expect to fly just as high in season 2". Record-Journal. p. 33. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Ex-MLB player and Bridgeport native Angel Echevarria dies at 48". connecticut.news12.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)