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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 12	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	45	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	BAL		BOS	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 16	BAL		MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 26 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 27	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
14	14	Apr 28	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	Apr 29	BAL		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	Apr 30	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	18	May 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	19	May 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	21 (1)	May 4 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	22	May 5	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	23	May 7	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	24	May 9	BAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	25	May 10	BAL		MIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	27 (1)	May 11 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	28	May 13	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	29	May 14	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	30	May 16 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	31	May 16 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	32	May 17	BAL		CAL	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
31	34 (1)	May 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	35	May 21	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	36	May 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	37	May 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
35	38	May 24	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	39	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B LF
36	39	May 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	40	May 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	41	May 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	42	May 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	53 (10)	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	54	Jun 12	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	55	Jun 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	56	Jun 14	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	57	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	58	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	59	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	60	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	61	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	62	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	63	Jun 22 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	64	Jun 22 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
52	65	Jun 23	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	67 (1)	Jun 25	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	68	Jun 26	BAL		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	69	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	70	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,7-4	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	71	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	72	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	74 (1)	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	75	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	76	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
62	77	Jul 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	79	Jul 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	81 (1)	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	83	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	84	Jul 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	85	Jul 13	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	88 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	89	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	90	Jul 20	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	91	Jul 21	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	92	Jul 22	BAL		CAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	93	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
76	94	Jul 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	95	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	96	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	97	Jul 27 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	98	Jul 27 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
81	99	Jul 28	BAL		CLE	L,5-7	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	100	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	102 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	104 (1)	Aug 2	BAL		MIL	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	105	Aug 3	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
86	106	Aug 4	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	107	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	108	Aug 6 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	109	Aug 6 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	27	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
90	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
92	112	Aug 9	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
93	113	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	114	Aug 11	BAL		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	115	Aug 12	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	116	Aug 13	BAL		KCR	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	117	Aug 15 (1)	BAL		TEX	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	118	Aug 15 (2)	BAL		TEX	W,13-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	119	Aug 16	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
100	120	Aug 17	BAL		TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
101	121	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
102	122	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
103	123	Aug 20	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
104	125 (1)	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	126	Aug 23	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	127	Aug 24	BAL	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	128	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
108	129	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
109	130	Aug 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	131	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	132	Aug 29	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	133	Aug 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	134	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	135	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	136	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	137	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	139 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	140	Sep 6	BAL		NYY	W,7-6	CG	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	141	Sep 7	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	143 (1)	Sep 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	144	Sep 10 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	145	Sep 10 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	146	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	147	Sep 12	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	148	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
126	149	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	150	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
128	151	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
129	152	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	153	Sep 20	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	154	Sep 21	BAL		MIL	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
132	155	Sep 24	BAL		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	156	Sep 27 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
134	157	Sep 27 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
135	158	Sep 28 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
136	159	Sep 28 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							139gm		1204.0	286	8	5	299	1