Baseball Career
In nine seasons, Estalella played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1996-1999), San Francisco Giants (2000-2001), New York Yankees (2001), Colorado Rockies (2002-2003), Arizona Diamondbacks (2004) and Toronto Blue Jays (2004). Estalella was a career .216 hitter with 48 home runs and 147 RBI in 310 games.
He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds to a minor league contract before the 2005 season, but chose free-agency during spring training He was signed by the New York Mets to a minor league contract before the 2006 season, but elected free agency as he re-injured his (r) shoulder and elbow before the season began requiring surgery. In Aug 2010 had (r)hip surgery and have been denied the opportunity to rejoin a team after extensive rehab.
Estalella holds the distinction of having hit the most career home runs in MLB history by a player who also had fewer than 200 career hits. (48HR; 195H)
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