Adolfo Phillips

Adolfo Phillips
Outfielder
Born: (1941-12-16) December 16, 1941
Bethania, Panama
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 1964, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
May 16, 1972, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average .247
Home runs 59
Runs batted in 173
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Hit three home runs in one game on June 11, 1967.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Phillips and the second or maternal family name is López.

Adolfo Emilio Phillips López (December 16, 1941 in Bethania, Panama), is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1964 to 1972. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, and Cleveland Indians. While with the Cubs, on June 11, 1967 in the second game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field, he hit three home runs in the Cubs' 18-10 victory over the New York Mets. The home runs came in three consecutive at-bats; not until Tuffy Rhodes in 1994 would a Cub hit three home runs in a game at Wrigley in three consecutive trips to the plate.

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