Wilfredo Echavarría

Juan Wilfredo Echavarría

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.

• Born October 6, 1937 in San Pedro de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís D.R.

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Biographical Information

Wilfredo Echavarría played for the Dominican national team and in the minor leagues.

He was on the Bronze Medal-winning Dominican squad in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games and won Gold with them in the 1955 Pan American Games (he had a 6.23 ERA), the only Dominican Gold in a Pan American Games (through 2022). Signing with the Milwaukee Braves, he was 7-9 with a 3.80 ERA for the 1958 Wellsville Braves and 1-3 in '59. He was 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA for the Davenport Braves in 1961 to end his career in the minors.