Orlando Isales

Orlando Isales Pizarro (born December 22, 1959 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) 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.

Orlando Isales
Outfielder
Born: (1959-12-22) December 22, 1959
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 1980, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
October 5, 1980, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.400
Home runs0
Runs batted in3
Teams
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Isales and the second or maternal family name is Pizarro.

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]

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


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