Danny Cater
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Danny Anderson Cater
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Weight 180 lb.
- Debut April 14, 1964
- Final Game June 11, 1975
- Born February 25, 1940 in Austin, TX USA
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Danny Cater had a good batting average at a time when batting averages were at historic lows. He played for seven teams in a 12-year major league career, and is perhaps most remembered for finishing second in batting in the 1968 American League with a .290 average in a year when the league as a whole hit .230.
He broke in hitting .296 with the 1964 Phillies who almost won the 1964 National League pennant, in the same year that Dick Allen played his first full season for the Phillies. Cater was the same age as teammate Ray Culp.
He was a veteran with the Athletics when Rick Monday and Reggie Jackson came up in 1966 and 1967.
He hit .301 with the 1970 Yankees who won 93 games but finished second behind the 1970 Orioles.
His trade after the 1971 season to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle became one of the most-notable trades of the 1970's.
He hit .313 with the 1973 Red Sox at age 33, the same age as teammate Carl Yastrzemski. Also on the team were Carlton Fisk, Dwight Evans, and a 35-year-old Orlando Cepeda.
- 1958 Rookie of the Year Appalachian League Johnson City Phillies
- Came up as a shortstop, though for almost all of his MLB career he was a corner infielder and outfielder.
