Samuel Parrilla Monges (June 12, 1943 – February 9, 1994) was a Puerto Rican

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and

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, who played in

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(MLB) for the

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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

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, the star of the ABC fairy tale drama series ''

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Minor league career

Parrilla was originally signed by the

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as an

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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. That was the first of three consecutive seasons in which he would hit .330 or better. He played in the Indians,

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, Phillies and

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systems.

Major league career

Parrilla was signed by the

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

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pitcher Mike McCormick and on May 8, he collected his second hit - a double - off of

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pitcher

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. He was traded along with Grant Jackson and Jim Hutto from the Phillies to the Orioles for

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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

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