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Lee Elia was born on 16 July, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American baseball player and manager. Discover Lee Elia's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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Lee Elia Net Worth
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His father, Connie Elia, was born in Albania and emigrated to the United States in 1920.
He worked as a supervisor for a food service for 30 years.
Elia also grew up with a younger sister, Diane.
Elia graduated from Olney High School in Philadelphia and the University of Delaware.
Elia played most of his career through the minor league system.
Lee Constantine Elia (born July 16, 1937) is an American former professional baseball infielder, who played only sparingly in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox (1966) and Chicago Cubs (1968).
Elia was born on July 16, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Constantine and Florence (Soulas) Elia.
He was signed by his hometown team the Philadelphia Phillies in 1958 as a shortstop.
He played eleven seasons in the minor leagues and nine of those seasons being in AAA.
He played in the Phillies minor league system for six years, totaling 72 home runs, about 300 runs batted in (RBI) and a .260 combined batting average.
He was then signed by the Chicago White Sox organization in 1965.
He played out the entire 1965 season in AAA, and began the 1966 season in AAA as well, before being called up to the Major Leagues.
He was on the roster with the Chicago White Sox for 80 games in the 1966 season, and played in 77 of those.
He played shortstop in 75 of those games.
That season he hit .205 with three home runs and 22 RBI.
That 1966 White Sox team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 83–79.
The following season he was dealt to the National League's Chicago Cubs.
He played the 1967 season in the minors and finished with 14 home runs, 59 RBI and a batting average of .267.
The following season he was called up to the Cubs major league roster, only appearing in fifteen games racking up only three RBI and a .176 batting average.
After the season, he played in twenty AAA games, three with the Cubs and seventeen with the Yankees.
Shortly after he stopped playing baseball before coming back at the age of 35 in 1973 and playing AAA ball with the Phillies.
However, he only appeared in 16 games and retired after.
He was efficient in the field with a career fielding percentage of about .940.
Elia was hired as a bench coach for the 1980 and 1981 Philadelphia Phillies major league team.
They finished the season NL East Champions with a 91–71 record, one game ahead of the Montreal Expos.
That season he helped lead the Phillies under manager Dallas Green to the peak of all the sport, a 1980 World Series Championship.
The following year in 1981 the Phillies finished with a 59–48 record.
They won the NL East first half with a 34–21 record, however, finished third in the second half with a 25–27 record.
They still qualified for the playoffs however and were matched up with the NL East second-half winners, the Montreal Expos.
The series went to all five games and the Expos knocked out the defending Champions 3–2 in the NLDS.
Following his playing career, he managed the Cubs (1982–1983) and Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988), and served as a coach for the Phillies, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners.
Elia was hired once again as a Phillies bench coach in 1985 and 1986.
In 1985 his Phillies finished 75-87, which was fifth in the NL East.
Then in 1986 they finished 86–75, good for second place in the NL East however they finished a remarkable 21.5 games back of the New York Mets who were 108–54.
Elia was still a bench coach through the first 61 games of the 1987 season, but the Phillies were 29–32 at that point and manager John Felske had been fired mid-season.
Elia was hired as the replacement manager.
Elia was a New York Yankees coach in 1989.
Since ending his managing career he has worked as many different smaller positions within organizations.
Elia was hired by the Atlanta Braves as a special assistant to general manager Frank Wren in November, 2010.