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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-20 / in Starts: 17-15
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.800	.667	1.467	5	.41	0.014	12.81	0.25%	1.81	LF
2	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	6.03	-0.150	201.12	-3.22%	-0.75	PH
3	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	5	2.04	-0.247	84.44	-6.01%	-1.63	LF
4	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.273	.701	6	.62	0.022	23.95	0.42%	0.26	LF
1974 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	.49	-0.013	15.32	-0.25%	0.17	LF
6	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	.41	-0.040	11.68	-0.64%	-0.51	LF
7	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	BAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	5	1.19	-0.072	49.18	-1.86%	-0.44	LF
8	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	6	2.36	-0.117	105.82	-3.35%	-0.27	LF
1979 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1979	ALCS g1	Oct 3	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.19	-0.128	37.26	-2.38%	-1.12	DH
10	1979	ALCS g2	Oct 4	CAL	@	BAL	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	1.62	0.060	54.34	1.06%	1.34	DH
11	1979	ALCS g3	Oct 5	CAL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	4	1.49	0.002	36.00	-0.19%	0.42	DH
12	1979	ALCS g4	Oct 6	CAL		BAL	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	4	.35	-0.036	15.51	-0.94%	-0.88	LF
1982 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1982	ALCS g1	Oct 5	CAL		MIL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.333	1.833	4	1.39	0.287	43.44	4.90%	2.90	DH
14	1982	ALCS g2	Oct 6	CAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.375	.667	1.042	5	.68	-0.070	22.76	-1.30%	-0.99	DH
15	1982	ALCS g3	Oct 8	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.667	1.083	5	1.17	-0.010	28.89	-0.14%	0.46	DH
16	1982	ALCS g4	Oct 9	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.375	.769	1.144	5	.49	0.032	22.09	0.79%	2.03	DH
17	1982	ALCS g5	Oct 10	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.350	.647	.997	5	1.35	-0.102	112.29	-5.23%	-0.84	DH
1986 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1986	ALCS g1	Oct 7	BOS		CAL	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	5	.33	0.006	8.63	0.11%	-0.08	DH
19	1986	ALCS g2	Oct 8	BOS		CAL	W,9-2	CG	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.667	1.333	5	.77	0.111	19.72	1.57%	1.54	DH
20	1986	ALCS g3	Oct 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.615	.556	1.171	5	1.38	-0.081	43.38	-1.42%	-0.69	DH
21	1986	ALCS g4	Oct 11	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.500	.500	1.000	5	1.15	-0.059	36.87	-0.89%	-0.71	DH
22	1986	ALCS g5	Oct 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.478	.611	1.089	5	1.39	0.045	33.93	0.70%	1.41	DH
23	1986	ALCS g6	Oct 14	BOS		CAL	W,10-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.318	.464	.545	1.010	5	.40	0.114	18.11	2.84%	1.40	DH
24	1986	ALCS g7	Oct 15	BOS		CAL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.469	.577	1.046	5	.47	0.107	39.38	4.90%	1.33	DH
25	1986	WS g3	Oct 21	BOS		NYM	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.567	1.011	5	.87	-0.039	36.15	-1.05%	-0.43	DH
26	1986	WS g4	Oct 22	BOS		NYM	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.425	.515	.940	5	.95	-0.030	60.82	-1.40%	-0.58	DH
27	1986	WS g5	Oct 23	BOS		NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.432	.500	.932	5	1.01	0.009	83.62	0.42%	0.08	DH
28	1986	WS g7	Oct 27	BOS	@	NYM	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.422	.486	.909	8	2.92	-0.081	486.67	-7.41%	-0.30	PH
1987 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1987	ALCS g1	Oct 7	MIN		DET	W,8-5	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	6	4.35	0.138	113.78	1.98%	1.00	PH
30	1987	ALCS g4	Oct 11	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	5	.65	0.007	19.65	-0.03%	-0.07	DH
31	1987	WS g1	Oct 17	MIN		STL	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	5	.56	0.046	29.30	1.29%	-0.73	DH
32	1987	WS g4	Oct 21	MIN	@	STL	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	2	.02	0.001	1.22	0.03%	0.13	PH
33	1987	WS g5	Oct 22	MIN	@	STL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	2	2.87	-0.074	237.43	-3.36%	-0.45	PH
34	1987	WS g6	Oct 24	MIN		STL	W,11-5	GS-8	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.471	.600	1.071	5	1.38	0.241	125.03	13.03%	2.11	DH
35	1987	WS g7	Oct 25	MIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.476	.556	1.032	5	1.13	-0.063	187.50	-5.73%	-0.49	DH
1988 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1988	ALCS g1	Oct 5	OAK	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	6	.93	-0.059	24.33	-1.02%	-0.51	DH
37	1988	ALCS g4	Oct 9	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	7	.69	-0.060	7.69	-0.37%	-1.15	DH
38	1988	WS g2	Oct 16	OAK	@	LAD	L,0-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.06	-0.002	3.19	-0.04%	-0.29	PH
									141	121	17	33	5	1	4	21	13	2	21	5	0	2		4	0	1	.273	.362	.430	.791

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