Orlando Isales Explained

Orlando Isales
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:22 December 1959
Birth Place:Santurce, Puerto Rico
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 11
Debutyear:1980
Debutteam:Philadelphia Phillies
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:October 5
Finalyear:1980
Finalteam:Philadelphia Phillies
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.400
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:3
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Orlando Isales Pizarro (born December 22, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Signed as a non-drafted free agent in February 1975,[1] he played in three games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980, getting two hits in five at bats, including one triple, and driving in three runs.

Isales made his MLB debut on September 11, 1980, when he was inserted into the game as a pinch runner for Pete Rose in the top of the ninth inning; he was replaced in the bottom of the inning by Phillies' closer Tug McGraw in the Phillies 5–1 victory over the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.[2] His first at bat came on September 30, when he hit a 2-RBI triple as the Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs at Veterans Stadium.[3] In Isales' final game, manager Dallas Green named him as a starter in right field; he played the entire game which the Phillies lost in the bottom of the tenth inning, 7–8, to the Montreal Expos at Olympic Stadium.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orlando Isales . retrosheet.org . April 25, 2020.
  2. Web site: Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 1 . retrosheet.org . April 25, 2020 . September 11, 1980 . Debut game for Orlando Isales[.].
  3. Web site: Philadelphia Phillies 14, Chicago Cubs 2 . retrosheet.org . April 25, 2020 . September 30, 1980.
  4. Web site: Montreal Expos 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7 . retrosheet.org . April 25, 2020 . October 5, 1980.