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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	OAK	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
4	4	Apr 12	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 14	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	OAK		BAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	15	3	0	18	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
9	9	Apr 19	OAK		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 20	OAK		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
11	11	Apr 21	OAK		DET	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 23	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
14	14	Apr 25	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
15	15	Apr 27	OAK	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
16	16	Apr 28	OAK	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
17	17	Apr 30	OAK	@	BAL	W,11-1	GS	28	8.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 2 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
19	19	May 2 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
20	20	May 3	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	GS	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
21	21	May 4	OAK		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
22	22	May 5	OAK		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
23	23	May 7	OAK		NYY	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
24	24	May 8	OAK		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	9	3	1	13	0	1B
25	25	May 9	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	19	2	0	21	0	1B
26	26	May 10	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
27	27	May 11	OAK		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
28	28	May 14	OAK		TEX	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
29	29	May 15	OAK		TEX	L,4-6	CG	50	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
30	30	May 16	OAK		TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
31	31	May 17	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
32	32	May 18	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
33	33	May 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
34	34	May 20	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
35	35	May 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
36	36	May 22	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
37	37	May 23 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
38	38	May 23 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
39	39	May 24	OAK		MIN	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
40	40	May 25	OAK		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	41	May 26	OAK		MIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
42	42	May 27	OAK		MIN	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
43	43	May 28	OAK		CHW	W,11-0	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF 1B
44	44	May 29	OAK		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	45	May 30	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
46	46	May 31	OAK		KCR	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	48	Jun 2	OAK		KCR	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 4	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	48	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	50	Jun 5	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	51	Jun 6 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	52	Jun 6 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	53	Jun 8	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	54	Jun 9	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	55	Jun 10	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
56	56	Jun 11	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
57	57	Jun 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
58	58	Jun 13	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	59	Jun 15	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	60	Jun 16	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	61	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
62	62	Jun 18	OAK		MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	63	Jun 19	OAK		MIL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	64	Jun 20	OAK		MIL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
65	65	Jun 21	OAK		TEX	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	66	Jun 22	OAK		TEX	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	67	Jun 23	OAK	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	68	Jun 24	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	69	Jun 25	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	70	Jun 26	OAK		MIN	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	73 (2)	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	78 (4)	Jul 4	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	82 (3)	Jul 8	OAK		BAL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	87 (4)	Jul 16	OAK	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	40	10.1	15	1	0	16	0	1B RF
75	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B RF
76	89	Jul 18	OAK	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	90	Jul 19 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	91	Jul 19 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	92	Jul 20	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
80	93	Jul 21	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
81	94	Jul 22	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
82	95	Jul 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
83	96	Jul 24	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
84	101 (4)	Jul 30	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
85	102	Jul 31	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	103	Aug 1 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS	56	11.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B RF
87	104	Aug 1 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	105	Aug 2	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	106	Aug 3	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	107	Aug 4	OAK	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
91	108	Aug 6	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
92	109	Aug 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	110	Aug 8 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	111	Aug 8 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,13-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	112	Aug 10	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
96	113	Aug 11	OAK		MIL	W,8-5	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	RF 1B
97	114	Aug 12	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
98	115	Aug 13	OAK		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
99	116	Aug 14	OAK		BOS	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
100	117	Aug 15	OAK		BOS	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
101	118	Aug 16	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	119	Aug 17	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	120	Aug 18	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	121	Aug 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	122	Aug 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
106	123	Aug 22	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
107	124	Aug 23	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
108	125	Aug 24	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
109	126	Aug 25	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
110	127	Aug 27	OAK		DET	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
111	128	Aug 28	OAK		DET	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	129	Aug 29	OAK		DET	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	130	Aug 30	OAK		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	131	Aug 31	OAK		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	132	Sep 1	OAK		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
116	133	Sep 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
117	134	Sep 4	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
118	135	Sep 5	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
119	136	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	37	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF 1B
120	137	Sep 7	OAK		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
121	138	Sep 8	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
122	139	Sep 9	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
123	140	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
124	141	Sep 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
125	142	Sep 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-6	GS	22	6.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
126	144 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 1B
127	145	Sep 15	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH 1B
128	150 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,13-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
129	152 (1)	Sep 22	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
130	153	Sep 23	OAK	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
131	154	Sep 24	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
132	155	Sep 25	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
133	156	Sep 27	OAK		KCR	W,8-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
134	157	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
135	158	Sep 29	OAK		KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
136	159	Oct 1	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG	46	12.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
							148gm		1199.1	781	45	12	838	40