11 Facts About Danny Goodwin

Danny Kay Goodwin was born on September 2,1953 and is an American former professional baseball player.

Danny Goodwin played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and designated hitter from 1975 to 1982.

Danny Goodwin played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league with the Nankai Hawks in 1986.

Danny Goodwin was initially drafted first overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft as a catcher straight out of Peoria Central High School.

Danny Goodwin was a three-time All-America, at the NAIA level his sophomore and junior years, and at the NCAA level his senior year, and was named the Sporting News 1975 College Player of the Year.

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Danny Goodwin returned to the El Paso Diablos for the 1978 season where he excelled, producing an impressive.

Danny Goodwin, who was never a very good fielding catcher, was converted into a first baseman by the Twins.

Danny Goodwin signed with the Oakland Athletics and spent the 1982 season going back and forth between them and the triple-A Tacoma Tigers.

Danny Goodwin spent the next two seasons at Tacoma, where he batted.

Once his playing days ended, Danny Goodwin served as the Atlanta Braves' director of community relations, and later, as director of the Braves' foundation, developing programs for underprivileged children in the city.

In 2011, Danny Goodwin became the first player from a historically black university to be inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.