Don Edward Baylor was an American professional baseball player and manager.
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40 Facts About Don Baylor
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Don Baylor played for six different American League teams, primarily the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels, but he played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox.
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In 1979, Don Baylor was an All-Star and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award.
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Don Baylor won three Silver Slugger Awards, the Roberto Clemente Award, and was a member of the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.
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Don Baylor was named NL Manager of the Year in 1995 and was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame.
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Don Baylor reached the World Series three times in his career, in consecutive years with three different teams.
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Don Baylor played in the World Series with the Red Sox in 1986, the Twins in 1987, and the A's in 1988, and he was on the winning side in 1987.
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Don Baylor is one of two players in history to accomplish this feat; Eric Hinske is the other.
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Don Baylor set the Red Sox team record for most hit by pitches in a season ; in his career, he was hit by pitches 267 times, fourth-most all time.
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Don Baylor retired with 285 stolen bases, 2,135 hits, and 338 home runs.
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Don Baylor was offered a scholarship to play college football for the Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas, which would have made him the first African American to play football at Texas.
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Don Baylor opted to pursue a baseball career, enrolling at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas.
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In 1970, Don Baylor led the Triple-A level of the minor leagues with 34 doubles, 15 triples, 127 runs, and 140 games-played while playing for the Rochester Red Wings.
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Don Baylor was called up to the major leagues by the Orioles on September 18,1970.
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Don Baylor debuted at home against Cleveland, accruing two hits and three runs batted in across five plate appearances, including a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning.
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Don Baylor only played a total of 9 games with the Orioles in the 1970 and 1971 seasons and did not see consistent involvement with the major league roster until 1972.
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Don Baylor quickly became a respected hitter for the Orioles, averaging.
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Don Baylor developed a reputation for getting hit by pitches, frequently leaning into off-target pitches and crowding the plate to get on first base without having to get a hit or work a base on balls.
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In 1973, Don Baylor led the American League in hit-by-pitches with 13 and he led the major leagues in 1975 with 13.
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In 1977, Don Baylor signed with the California Angels as a free agent, joining his former Baltimore teammate Bobby Grich in Anaheim.
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In 1979, Don Baylor led the majors with 139 runs batted in and 120 runs.
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Don Baylor was an AL All-Star, the lone selection of his career.
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Don Baylor won the AL's MVP award, gaining 20 of 28 first-place votes and led the Angels to their first-ever AL West Division title.
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Don Baylor spent six seasons with the Angels and played a plurality of his games with the team.
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Don Baylor said that he found out for himself that the Yankees would treat free agent targets "like a celebrity" and then treat them like a "piece of trash" once they were on the team.
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Don Baylor was awarded his first career Silver Slugger award for his performance.
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Don Baylor was less active on the basepaths in 1984, stealing only one base compared to his 17 in the previous season.
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Don Baylor played 20 regular-season games with the Twins and made the postseason roster that year.
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Don Baylor aided the Twins in the winning of their 1987 championship by accruing 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 home run, and 3 runs batted in during the World Series.
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Don Baylor returned to the Oakland Athletics in 1988, his final season as a player.
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Don Baylor was on the playoff roster for the AL Pennant-winning Athletics that season.
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Don Baylor became the hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves in 1999 and was hired to manage the Chicago Cubs in 2000, a job he held through the 2002 season.
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Don Baylor spent the 2005 season with the Seattle Mariners as hitting coach under manager Mike Hargrove and was as a fill-in analyst for MASN in 2007 for Washington Nationals broadcasts.
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Don Baylor served as hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
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Don Baylor was replaced by Carney Lansford after the Rockies hit a franchise-low.
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Don Baylor was offered a special assistant position to remain with Colorado but turned it down.
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Don Baylor agreed on a two-year contract to become hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
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Don Baylor was hired by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as their hitting coach for the 2014 season.
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On March 31,2014, Don Baylor suffered a fracture to his right femur while catching the ceremonial first pitch of the 2014 season, thrown by Vladimir Guerrero.
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