About Manny Trillo
Jesús Manuel Marcano Trillo (born December 25, 1950), nicknamed "Indio", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman, most prominently with the Chicago Cubs where he established himself as an All-Star player, and then with the Philadelphia Phillies where he was an integral member of the 1980 World Series winning team. A four-time All-Star with a strong throwing arm, Trillo was known as one of the best fielding second basemen of his era, winning three Gold Glove Awards during his career (1979, 1981, 1982). In 1982, he set a Major League record for second basemen when he fielded 479 consecutive chances without an error. He also played for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, and Cincinnati Reds. After his playing career he worked as a minor league coach for several major league organizations. In 1983, the Phillies selected Trillo as the second baseman for their Centennial Team, commemorating the best players of the first 100 years in franchise history. He was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007 and in 2020, he was selected for enshrinement on the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame.
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