Fabio Fiallo

Fabio Francisco Fiallo

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

• School La Salle University

• Born March 20, 1937 in Moca, Espaillat D.R.

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Biographical Information

Fabio Fiallo played for the Dominican national team and in the minors.

He was with the Dominicans for the 1953 Amateur World Series at age 16. In the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games, he was 4-for-27 with a homer, two runs and two steals, but led second basemen with 34 error-free chances; Emiro Álvarez's .969 was second at the position. The Dominicans won Bronze. At the 1955 Pan American Games, he hit .378 and slugged .486 to help the Dominicans win their first Pan American Games Gold in baseball; his four doubles tied José Matos and Jim Temp for the event lead. His 14 hits were two behind leader Domingo Vargas.

Signing with the New York Yankees, he began his pro career with the 1957 St. Petersburg Saints, hitting .265/.353/.311 with 19 steals in 22 tries, 67 walks and 81 runs. He fielded .931 at short. He was 8th in the Florida State League in hits (138), tied for 9th in swipes and led shortstops in putouts (251) and assists (388). He tied for the 5th-most steals by a Yankees farmhand. With the 1958 Auburn Yankees, he batted .290/.388/.333 with 86 runs and 71 walks. He tied for 9th in the New York-Penn League in runs.

In 1959, he hit .287/.426/.389 with 107 walks (to 42 K) and 101 runs for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins, fielding .968 at 2B. He tied Fred Izzolo for 7th in runs by a Yankees minor leaguer and was third in walks. He was 8th in the Northern League in runs (between Jay Perry and Dave Nicholson), was 4th in walks and 3rd in OBP (behind Frank Montgomery and Chuck Hinton). He bounced around in 1960, appearing for Fargo-Moorhead (.252/.375/.309 in 49 G), the Binghamton Triplets (.326/.408/.535 in 22 G) and the Auburn Yankees (.357/.453/.459 in 23 G). With Auburn for 1961, he hit .316/.429/.452 for his swan song, with 91 runs, 35 doubles and 91 walks, fielding .935 at SS and .946 at 2B. He was 6th in the NYPL in average (between Arthur Jasinski and Gilbert Watts), 8th in OBP (between Watts and Francis Pittaro) and first in doubles. In the Yankees chain, only Charlie Keller Jr. rapped more doubles or had a better OBP; he was also 7th in walks (between George Banks and Eugene Domzalski). Despite that, his career ended at age 24 at that point.