Angel Echevarria
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | ||||
| A.K.A. | Angel Santos Echevarria | ||||
| A.K.A. | Angel Santos Echevarria | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| was | Athlete Baseball player | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 25 May 1971, Bridgeport, USA | ||||
| Death | 7 February 2020 (aged 48 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||
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Biography
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.
Amateur career
Echevarria was a star baseball player at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, graduating in 1989.
He attended Rutgers University, and in 1990 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Echevarria was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 17th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft.
Hitting stats
Major League Baseball
- 328 games
- 152 hits
- 21 home runs
- 90 RBI
- .280 batting average
Nippon Professional Baseball
- 204 games
- 47 home runs
- 138 RBI
- .268 batting average
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.