Manny Trillo

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Jesús Manuel Marcano "Manny" Trillo (born December 25, 1950), also nicknamed "Indio", is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Oakland Athletics (1973-74), Chicago Cubs (1975-78, 1986-88), Philadelphia Phillies (1979-82), Cleveland Indians (1983), Montreal Expos (1983), San Francisco Giants (1984-85) and Cincinnati Reds (1989). He is currently the infield instructor for the Chicago White Sox.

Trillo was born in Caripito, Venezuela. Originally signed as a catcher by the Phillies in 1968, he started his major league career with Oakland on June 28, 1973. 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. Trillo batted a career-high .292 for the 1980 World Series-winning Phillies, and was named MVP of the National League Championship Series when he hit .381 with four runs batted in against the Houston Astros. Trillo won his third Gold Glove Award in 1982, 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.

A four-time All-Star, Manny Trillo batted .263 in his career.

Career Hitting^[1]
G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,780	5,950	1,562	239	33	61	598	571	56	452	742	.263	.316	.345	.661

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Set a major league record for consecutive chances at second base without error (479, 1982)
Set an NL record for fielding percentage at second base (.9937, 1982)
4-time All-Star (1977, 1981-83)
3 Gold Gloves (1979, 1981-82)
3-time selection for The Sporting News National League all-star team (1980-82)
2-time selection for the Silver Slugger team (1980, 1981)
MVP of the NLCS (1980)
Helped design the Phillie Phanatic (1977)