Don Prince

Donald Mark Prince

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.
• School Campbell University, East Carolina University
• High School Floyds High School
• Debut September 21, 1962
• Final Game September 21, 1962
• Born April 5, 1938 in Clarkton, NC USA
• Died November 8, 2017 in Myrtle Beach, SC USA

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Biographical Information

Don Prince pitched in one career major league game. It was on September 21, 1962 for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Mets. He gave up a walk to Joe Christopher, hit Frank Thomas with a pitch, got Jim Hickman to hit into a double play, then got Sammy Drake to ground out.

For most of 1962 he played for the Salt Lake City Bees, as a teammate of Sam McDowell, Max Alvis and Walt Bond.

After his retirement, he was a teacher and high school basketball coach at Hoke High School in Raeford, NC, then went into the insurance business. He retired in Myrtle Beach, SC where he died in 2017.