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Andy Etchebarren

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b. June 20, 1943 · Baltimore Orioles 1962, 1965–1975, California Angels 1975–1977, Milwaukee Brewers 1978

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.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 2 1966, 1967

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1962 BAL 2602 000 1020 .333
1965 BAL 5611 001 4020 .167
1966 BAL 1214124991 14611 50381060 .221
1967 BAL 1123302971 1307 3538801 .215
1968 BAL 741892044 1125 2019460 .233
1969 BAL 732172954 923 2628421 .249
1970 BAL 782301956 1014 2821414 .243
1971 BAL 702222160 809 2916401 .270
1972 BAL 711881138 612 2117430 .202
1973 BAL 541521639 912 2312211 .257
1974 BAL 621801340 802 156261 .222
1975 BAL/CAL 391201032 113 2014221 .267
1976 CAL 1032471556 910 2124370 .227
1977 CAL 801141129 220 1412193 .254
1978 MIL 4512 100 2120 .400
Career 9482618245615 1011749 30924652913 .235

On this day & linked events

1943

Born June 20, 1943

Whittier, CA, USA

2019

Died October 5, 2019

1962

Major-league debut: Andy Etchebarren

Andy Etchebarren made a major-league debut on September 26, 1962.

1978

Final major-league game: Andy Etchebarren

Andy Etchebarren played a final major-league game on April 20, 1978.

Image: Baltimore Orioles, public domain