Doug Bair

Charles Douglas Bair

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
• School Bowling Green State University
• High School Defiance High School
• Debut September 13, 1976
• Final Game October 3, 1990
• Born August 22, 1949 in Defiance, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Doug Bair pitched fifteen seasons in the big leagues with seven teams, making 584 appearances and just 5 starts on the bump. He earned World Series rings with both the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1984 Detroit Tigers. His finest season may have come in the last days of the Big Red Machine, when he pitched to a 7-6 mark with a 1.97 ERA in 56 games (100 1/3 innings) for the Cincinnati Reds in 1978, recording a career best 28 saves.

Following his playing days, he dabbled in coaching on a collegiate and high school level before joining the Reds organization in 2006. He was named pitching coach of the Dayton Dragons for 2007, sticking around for two seasons.

• 1994-1995 Head coach Wilmington College
• 2000-2005? Pitching coach Milford (OH) High School
• 2006 Pitching coach Billings Mustangs
• 2007-2008 Pitching coach Dayton Dragons

Notable Achievements

• Won two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals (1982) and the Detroit Tigers (1984)

Further Reading

• David MacGregor: "Doug Bair", in Mark Pattison and David Raglin, ed.: Detroit Tigers 1984: What A Start! What A Finish!, SABR Publications, Phoenix, AZ, 2012, pp. 40-42. ISBN 1933599448

Related Sites

• Doug Bair at the SABR Bio Project