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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 10	CAL	@	SEA	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
2	7 (1)	Apr 12	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
3	12 (4)	Apr 17	CAL		SEA	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
4	16 (3)	Apr 23	CAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
5	17	Apr 24	CAL		MIL	L,9-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	19 (1)	Apr 26	CAL		OAK	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
7	20	Apr 27	CAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	22 (1)	Apr 30	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	23	May 1	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
10	25 (1)	May 6	CAL	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
11	26	May 7	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
12	27	May 8	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
13	28	May 9	CAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
14	35 (6)	May 16	CAL		BOS	L,7-8	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	36	May 17	CAL		BOS	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	44 (7)	May 28	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	45	May 29	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
18	47 (1)	May 31	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	49 (1)	Jun 5	CAL		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	50	Jun 6	CAL		DET	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	51	Jun 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-6	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF 1B
22	52	Jun 8	CAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	51	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	53	Jun 10	CAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
24	54	Jun 11	CAL		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
25	61 (6)	Jun 19	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	62	Jun 21	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	63	Jun 22	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	64	Jun 23	CAL	@	CHW	W,10-6	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	65	Jun 24	CAL		TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	66	Jun 25	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
31	67	Jun 26 (1)	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	68	Jun 26 (2)	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
33	69	Jun 27	CAL		KCR	L,2-7	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	72 (2)	Jul 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
35	73	Jul 2	CAL		OAK	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	74	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	75	Jul 4	CAL		OAK	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	76	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	77	Jul 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	LF 1B
40	78	Jul 7	CAL	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	79	Jul 8	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	80	Jul 9	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	81	Jul 10	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	82	Jul 11	CAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	83	Jul 12	CAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	84	Jul 13	CAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	85	Jul 14	CAL		SEA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	86	Jul 15	CAL		SEA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	87	Jul 16	CAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	88	Jul 17	CAL		SEA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	89	Jul 21	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	90	Jul 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	91	Jul 23	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
54	92	Jul 24 (1)	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	93	Jul 24 (2)	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	94	Jul 25	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	95	Jul 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	96	Jul 27	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	97	Jul 28	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	98	Jul 29	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	99	Jul 30	CAL		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	100	Jul 31	CAL		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	101	Aug 1	CAL		NYY	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	102	Aug 2	CAL		NYY	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
65	103	Aug 3	CAL		NYY	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
66	104	Aug 5	CAL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	105	Aug 6	CAL		BAL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	106	Aug 7	CAL		BAL	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
69	107	Aug 8 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
70	108	Aug 8 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	109	Aug 10	CAL	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	110	Aug 11	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	111	Aug 12 (1)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	112	Aug 12 (2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
75	119 (6)	Aug 21	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	120	Aug 22	CAL		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	121	Aug 23	CAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	135 (13)	Sep 8 (1)	CAL		CHW	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
79	136	Sep 8 (2)	CAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
80	137	Sep 9	CAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	138	Sep 10	CAL		CHW	W,6-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	139	Sep 11 (1)	CAL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	140	Sep 11 (2)	CAL		CHW	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
84	143 (2)	Sep 14	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	146 (2)	Sep 17	CAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	147	Sep 18 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	148	Sep 18 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	152 (3)	Sep 22	CAL		TEX	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
89	156 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	CAL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	157	Sep 27	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	158	Sep 28	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
92	159	Sep 29	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	160	Sep 30	CAL	@	KCR	L,5-8	GS	25	5.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
							96gm		784.2	278	16	7	301	14