American baseball player (1971–2020)
Baseball player
Angel Echevarria Outfielder Born: (1971-05-25 ) May 25, 1971Bridgeport, Connecticut , U.S.Died: February 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (aged 48) Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB: July 15, 1996, for the Colorado RockiesNPB: March 28, 2003, for the Nippon-Ham FightersMLB: September 29, 2002, for the Chicago CubsNPB: October 11, 2004, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersBatting average .280 Home runs 21 Runs batted in 90 Batting average .268 Home runs 47 Runs batted in 138
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
^ "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 .
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