finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1997 right santo domingo , dominican republic 1995 september 27 .253 3 15 catcher anaheim angels batting average home runs runs batted in may 2 18 april 1969 angelo encarnación
 pittsburgh pirates angelo encarnación right
angelo encarnación

eleutero benjamin `` angelo '' encarnación -lrb- born april 18 , 1969 , in santo domingo , dominican republic -rrb- is a former professional baseball player who played three seasons for the pittsburgh pirates and anaheim angels of major league baseball .
during a game against the los angeles dodgers on august 12 , 1995 , encarnacion made an unusual mistake that ultimately cost the pirates the game .
encarnacion entered the game in the top of the eleventh inning with the score tied at 10 -- 10 , as a pinch runner for the pirates ' starting catcher , mark parent .
the pirates failed to score , and encarnacion remained in the game as the catcher .
later that inning , with one out and roberto kelly on third base , encarnacion casually scooped up a bouncing ball with his face mask .
this was a violation of mlb 's rarely invoked rule 7.05 -lrb- d -rrb- , which allows runners on base to advance under that circumstance , permitting kelly to score the game-winning run uncontested .
