Manny Trillo
history
|birthplace=Caripito, Venezuela
|debutdate=June 28
|debutyear=
|debutteam=Oakland Athletics
|finaldate=May 20
|finalyear=
|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.263
|stat2label=Hits
|stat2value=1,562
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=571
|teams=
- Oakland Athletics (–)
- Chicago Cubs (–)
- Philadelphia Phillies (–)
- Cleveland Indians ()
- Montreal Expos ()
- San Francisco Giants (–)
- Chicago Cubs (–)
- Cincinnati Reds ()
- 4x All-Star selection (1977, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- 2x World Series champion (, )
- 3x Gold Glove Award winner (1979, 1981, 1982)
- 2x Silver Slugger Award winner (1980, 1981)
- 1980 NLCS MVP
Originally signed as a catcher by the Phillies in , Trillo was selected by the Oakland Athletics from the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft in .»»http://armchairgm.wikia.com He started his Major League career with Oakland on June 28, . After being traded with two other players in exchange for Billy Williams, he was the Cubs' regular second baseman for four seasons before returning to Philadelphia in an 8-player trade.»»http://armchairgm.wikia.com»Manny Trillo Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac Trillo batted a career-high .292 for the 1980 World Series-winning Phillies, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1980 National League Championship Series when he hit .381 with four runs batted in against the Houston Astros.»1980 NLCS at Baseball Reference»NLCS MVP Award winners at Baseball Reference Trillo won his third Gold Glove Award in , when he set a since-broken major-league record for consecutive errorless chances at second base (479), falling two games short of Joe Morgan's record 91-game errorless streak.[http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl.shtml#1982 1982 Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference]»www.baseballlibrary.com
A four-time All-Star, Trillo was a three-time Gold Glove winner and hit .263 in his career.»Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference»Manny Trillo at Baseball Almanac»National League Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference»Manny Trillo at Baseball Cube
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Playing career statistics»Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
{| border="true" |----- | G || AB || H || 2B || 3B || HR || R || RBI | BB || IBB || SO || SH || SF || HBP || AVG || OBP || SLG |----- | 1780 || 5950 || 1562 || 239 || 33 || 61 || 598 || 571 | 452 || 35 || 742 || 88 | 49 || 34 || .263 || .316 || .345 |}- List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
- List of Gold Glove Award winners at second base
- List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base
- »Manny Trillo article in Sports Illustrated, September 8, 1980
- »1980 NLCS in Sports Illustrated, October 20, 1980
- [http://books.google.com/books?id=uzMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=manny+trillo+baseball+digest&source=bl&ots=0t03rGL4Xd&sig=KX_kEko9bM-i48rXcuVnt9zwve8&hl=en&ei=Fy_HSpy7EdXW8AbN6pTiCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=manny%20trillo%20baseball%20digest&f=false Manny Trillo article in Baseball Digest, June 1981]
,| after = Burt Hooton}}