finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1985 right bryan , texas 1983 july 2 .221 3 15 third baseman baltimore orioles batting average home runs runs batted in september 9 19 may 1958 fritzie connally
 chicago cubs fritzie connally right
fritzie connally

fritzie lee connally -lrb- born may 19 , 1958 -rrb- is a former professional baseball player .
a right-handed third baseman , he played parts of two seasons in major league baseball for the baltimore orioles and chicago cubs .
after a career at baylor university , connally was drafted by the cubs in the 7th round of the 1980 june amateur entry draft .
connally worked his way through the minors for four seasons , getting a late-season call-up to the cubs in 1983 .
he made his debut with the cubs on september 9 as a pinch hitter for tom grant .
st. louis cardinals pitcher neil allen struck him out .
connally had six more pinch-hit appearances that year , as well as one start at third base , but did n't get his first major league hit until his final at-bat of the year , october 2 against the cardinals , when he was again called upon to pinch-hit for grant .
this time , connally singled against dave rucker .
he remained in the game to play third base in what would prove to be his last game as a cub .
on december 7 , connally was sent to the san diego padres as part of a three-team trade involving -lrb- among others -rrb- craig lefferts , carmelo martinez , and scott sanderson .
connally spent 1984 with the las vegas stars , the padres ' aaa affiliate , before being traded february 7 , 1985 to the orioles for vic rodriguez .
he made baltimore 's opening day roster and made most of his appearances at third base , also seeing time at first base and designated hitter .
connally 's first two major league home runs were notably grand slams .
the first cam off the toronto blue jays ' doyle alexander , and the second came at the expense of the seattle mariners ' matt young .
though he was batting .280 in early june , connally fell into a 3-for-31 slump , dropping his average to .232 , before being sent down to aaa rochester for the remainder of the campaign .
connally retired after the 1985 season .
