Born June 20, 1943
Whittier, CA, USA
He caught for Baltimore's World Series winners of 1966 and 1970 and its pennant winners of 1969 and 1971, one of the few catchers to be a regular through four pennants in six seasons. He hit 11 home runs in 1966, his best offensive year, and was chosen for the All-Star team that season and again in 1967.
Fifteen seasons gave him 615 hits, 101 doubles, 245 runs batted in and a .235 average across 931 games behind the plate. He was primarily valued for handling a Baltimore pitching staff that included four twenty-game winners in a single season, 1971.
He finished with Milwaukee in 1978 at thirty-five and managed and coached in the minor leagues for years afterward. He died in 2019, at seventy-six. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 2 | 1966, 1967 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | BAL | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| 1965 | BAL | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| 1966 | BAL | 121 | 412 | 49 | 91 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 106 | 0 | .221 |
| 1967 | BAL | 112 | 330 | 29 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 38 | 80 | 1 | .215 |
| 1968 | BAL | 74 | 189 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 46 | 0 | .233 |
| 1969 | BAL | 73 | 217 | 29 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 42 | 1 | .249 |
| 1970 | BAL | 78 | 230 | 19 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 41 | 4 | .243 |
| 1971 | BAL | 70 | 222 | 21 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 40 | 1 | .270 |
| 1972 | BAL | 71 | 188 | 11 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 43 | 0 | .202 |
| 1973 | BAL | 54 | 152 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 1 | .257 |
| 1974 | BAL | 62 | 180 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .222 |
| 1975 | BAL/CAL | 39 | 120 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 1 | .267 |
| 1976 | CAL | 103 | 247 | 15 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 37 | 0 | .227 |
| 1977 | CAL | 80 | 114 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 3 | .254 |
| 1978 | MIL | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| Career | — | 948 | 2618 | 245 | 615 | 101 | 17 | 49 | 309 | 246 | 529 | 13 | .235 |
Whittier, CA, USA
Andy Etchebarren made a major-league debut on September 26, 1962.
Andy Etchebarren played a final major-league game on April 20, 1978.
Image: Baltimore Orioles, public domain