Samuel Parrilla Monges (June 12, 1943 – February 9, 1994) was a
Puerto Rican professional baseball
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left fielder
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and
pinch hitter
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, who played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
Philadelphia Phillies
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, in . He played in
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) from to . In 1994 he was shot and killed by a 15-year old following an auto accident.
One of his daughters is actress
Lana Parrilla
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, the star of the
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fairy tale drama series ''
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''.
Minor league career
Parrilla was originally signed by the
Cleveland Indians
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as an
undrafted free agent
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in 1963 after graduating from
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in 1961. He spent ten seasons in the minor leagues, until 1972, hitting .282 with 104 home runs, 165 doubles and 36 triples in 1,039 games.
Perhaps his best season was 1969, when he hit .383 with 28 home runs and 85 RBI (all career highs) in 95 games for the
Raleigh-Durham Phillies
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. That was the first of three consecutive seasons in which he would hit .330 or better.
He played in the Indians,
New York Yankees
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, Phillies and
Baltimore Orioles
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systems.
Major league career
Parrilla was signed by the
Philadelphia Phillies
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before the 1969 season.
He made his major league debut on April 11, 1970 and played his final big league game on May 11 of that year. In 11 games, he collected two hits in 16 at-bats for a .125 batting average. On May 3, he collected his first hit against
San Francisco Giants
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pitcher
Mike McCormick and on May 8, he collected his second hit - a double - off of
Los Angeles Dodgers
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pitcher
Claude Osteen
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.
He was traded along with
Grant Jackson and
Jim Hutto
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Baseball career
Hutto was selected out ...
from the Phillies to the Orioles for
Roger Freed
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on December 15, 1970.
Durso, Joseph. "Orioles Obtain Jackson in Trade with Phillies," ''The New York Times'', Thursday, Dec. 17, 1970.
Retrieved June 12, 2020
References
External links
Sam Parrilla
at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Sam Parrilla
at Baseball Almanac
Sam Parrilla
at Baseball Gauge
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1943 births
1994 deaths
Burlington Indians players (1958–1964)
Deaths by firearm in Brooklyn
Dorados de Chihuahua players
Dubuque Packers players
Eugene Emeralds players
Major League Baseball left fielders
Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
Male murder victims
Pawtucket Indians players
People from Santurce, Puerto Rico
People murdered in New York City
Portland Beavers players
Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Philadelphia Phillies players
Raleigh-Durham Phillies players
Reading Indians players
Rochester Red Wings players
Salinas Indians players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Waterbury Indians players