Don Baylor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 28, 1949 in Austin, TX us

Died: August 7, 2017 in Austin, TX

Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, TX

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stephen F. Austin HS (Austin, TX).

High School: Stephen F. Austin HS (Austin, TX)

School: Blinn College (Brenham, TX)

Debut: September 18, 1970 (Age 21-082d, 13,082nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 39-095d)
vs. MIL 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Don Edward Baylor

Nicknames: Groove or The Sneak Thief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.5

8198

2135

338

.260

1236

RBI

1276

285

OBP

.342

SLG

.436

OPS

.777

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BAL		MIL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 7	BAL		MIL	W,8-7	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 15 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
8	8	Apr 15 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	13	Apr 21	BAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 22	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	15	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	16	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
17	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
18	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
19	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	21	May 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	22	May 4	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 5	BAL		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	24	May 6	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 7	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	26	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	29 (2)	May 13 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	30	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
29	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	33 (1)	May 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	34	May 19	BAL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	35	May 21	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	36	May 22	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
34	37	May 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	38	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	39	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	40	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	41	May 31	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	42	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	54	13.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	45 (2)	Jun 5	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
41	46	Jun 6	BAL		CHW	W,14-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	51 (4)	Jun 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
43	53 (1)	Jun 14	BAL		KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	56 (2)	Jun 17	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	63	16.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	58 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
46	59	Jun 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	31	6.0	2	1	1	4	1	1B
47	60	Jun 23 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
48	62 (1)	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	65 (2)	Jun 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	66	Jun 28	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	68 (1)	Jun 30	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	69	Jul 1 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
53	70	Jul 1 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	72 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	73	Jul 3 susp	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
56	75 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
57	76	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	77	Jul 7	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	78	Jul 8	BAL		OAK	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	79	Jul 9	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	80	Jul 10	BAL		CAL	L,8-10	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	82 (1)	Jul 12	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
63	83	Jul 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	85 (1)	Jul 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
65	87 (1)	Jul 17	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	88	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	91 (2)	Jul 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
68	92	Jul 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	96 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	99 (2)	Jul 30	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	104	Aug 3 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,8-2	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
73	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
74	106	Aug 5	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	107	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
76	108	Aug 7 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
77	109	Aug 7 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	112 (2)	Aug 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
79	113	Aug 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	115 (1)	Aug 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	116	Aug 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	117	Aug 15	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	119 (1)	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	120	Aug 19	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	121	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
86	123 (1)	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	126 (2)	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	127	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	128	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
90	129	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	131 (1)	Sep 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	132	Sep 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	133	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	136 (2)	Sep 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	139 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	140	Sep 9 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	141	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	142	Sep 11	BAL		BOS	W,8-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
99	143	Sep 12 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	145 (1)	Sep 13	BAL		MIL	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
101	146	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
102	147	Sep 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	148	Sep 16 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
104	149	Sep 17	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
105	150	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	152 (1)	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,9-0	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B LF
107	153	Sep 21	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
108	154	Sep 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	157 (2)	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	158	Sep 27	BAL		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
111	159	Sep 28 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
112	160	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
113	161	Sep 29 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
114	162	Sep 29 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							117gm		932.1	228	10	6	244	2