Don Baylor Stats

Don Baylor was born on Tuesday, June 28, 1949, in Austin, Texas. Baylor was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 18, 1970, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Baylor baseball stats page.

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Don Baylor

Don Baylor Autograph on a 1982 Topps (#415)

Don Baylor Autograph on a 1982 Topps (#415)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Don Edward Baylor
Nickname:   Groove or The Sneak Thief
Born On:   06-28-1949
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Austin, Texas
Zodiac:   Cancer
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Blinn Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-18-1970 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-01-1988
Draft:   1967 : 2nd Round (39th)
Don Baylor

Don Baylor Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Don Baylor

Don Baylor Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1970 Orioles 8 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 .235 .300 .235
1971 Orioles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .600 .000
1972 Orioles 102 320 33 81 13 3 11 0 38 29 0 50 2 3 9 9 .253 .330 .416
1973 Orioles 118 405 64 116 20 4 11 0 51 35 3 48 0 6 13 11 .286 .357 .437
1974 Orioles 137 489 66 133 22 1 10 0 59 43 6 56 3 4 10 10 .272 .341 .382
1975 Orioles 145 524 79 148 21 6 25 0 76 53 8 64 4 4 13 12 .282 .360 .489
1976 Athletics 157 595 85 147 25 1 15 0 68 58 4 72 1 11 20 11 .247 .329 .368
1977 Angels 154 561 87 141 27 0 25 1 75 62 7 76 2 8 12 16 .251 .334 .433
1978 Angels 158 591 103 151 26 0 34 2 99 56 9 71 0 12 18 15 .255 .332 .472
1979 Angels 162 628 120 186 33 3 36 2 139 71 6 51 0 12 11 10 .296 .371 .530
1980 Angels 90 340 39 85 12 2 5 0 51 24 4 32 0 5 11 9 .250 .316 .341
1981 Angels 103 377 52 90 18 1 17 0 66 42 1 51 0 6 7 13 .239 .322 .427
1982 Angels 157 608 80 160 24 1 24 1 93 57 7 69 0 8 7 18 .263 .329 .424
1983 Yankees 144 534 82 162 33 3 21 2 85 40 11 53 2 8 13 10 .303 .361 .494
1984 Yankees 134 493 84 129 29 1 27 0 89 38 6 68 1 3 23 10 .262 .341 .489
1985 Yankees 142 477 70 110 24 1 23 2 91 52 6 90 1 10 24 10 .231 .330 .430
1986 Red Sox 160 585 93 139 23 1 31 1 94 62 8 111 0 5 35 12 .238 .344 .439
1987 Red Sox 108 339 64 81 8 0 16 1 57 40 3 47 0 6 24 10 .239 .355 .404
1987 Twins 20 49 3 14 1 0 0 0 6 5 0 12 0 0 4 3 .286 .397 .306
1988 Athletics 92 264 28 58 7 0 7 0 34 34 2 44 0 3 12 7 .220 .332 .326
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 2,292 8,198 1,236 2,135 366 28 338 12 1,276 805 91 1,069 16 115 267 196 .260 .342 .436
Don Baylor

Don Baylor Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1970 Orioles OF 6 - - 15 2.5 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1971 Orioles RF 1 - - 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1972 Orioles 1B 9 - - 57 6.3 56 54 2 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1972 Orioles OF 84 - - 158 1.9 154 152 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1973 Orioles 1B 6 - - 31 5.2 29 24 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 -
1973 Orioles LF 110 - - 213 1.9 209 204 5 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1974 Orioles 1B 8 - - 43 5.4 43 42 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1974 Orioles OF 129 - - 224 1.7 219 218 1 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1975 Orioles 1B 2 - - 18 9.0 18 18 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1975 Orioles OF 135 - - 281 2.1 276 268 8 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1976 Athletics 1B 69 - - 682 9.9 673 629 44 9 40 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1976 Athletics OF 76 - - 156 2.1 153 152 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1977 Angels 1B 18 - - 156 8.7 154 141 13 2 14 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1977 Angels OF 77 - - 147 1.9 142 139 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1978 Angels 1B 17 - - 131 7.7 127 118 9 4 6 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1978 Angels LF 39 - - 78 2.0 76 76 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1979 Angels 1B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1979 Angels OF 97 - - 206 2.1 201 198 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1980 Angels OF 54 - - 127 2.4 123 119 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1981 Angels 1B 4 - - 35 8.8 35 32 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1981 Angels LF 1 - - 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1983 Yankees 1B 1 - - 16 16.0 15 13 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00 -
1983 Yankees OF 5 - - 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1984 Yankees OF 5 - - 9 1.8 8 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00 -
1986 Red Sox 1B 13 - - 70 5.4 69 65 4 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1986 Red Sox LF 3 - - 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 668 0 0 1,333 2.0 1,301 1,279 22 32 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 --
LF Totals 153 0 0 303 2.0 297 292 5 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 --
1B Totals 148 0 0 1,244 8.4 1,224 1,141 83 20 80 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
19 Years 2,255 - 0 2,884 1.3 2,826 2,716 110 58 80 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 --
Don Baylor

Don Baylor Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1970 Orioles 1 1 .500 - - n/a 0.0 5.7 4.3 - - -
1971 Orioles 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 2.0 - - -
1972 Orioles 24 2 .923 - - n/a 29.1 6.4 8.4 - - -
1973 Orioles 32 9 .780 - - 1 36.8 8.4 7.9 - - -
1974 Orioles 29 12 .707 - - 1 48.9 8.7 8.3 - - -
1975 Orioles 32 17 .653 - - 7 21.0 8.2 6.9 - - -
1976 Athletics 52 12 .813 - - 23 39.7 8.3 8.8 - - -
1977 Angels 26 12 .684 - - 61 22.4 7.4 7.5 - - -
1978 Angels 22 9 .710 - - 102 17.4 8.3 6.0 - - -
1979 Angels 22 12 .647 - - 65 17.4 12.3 4.5 - - -
1980 Angels 6 6 .500 - - 36 68.0 10.6 6.7 - - -
1981 Angels 3 3 .500 - - 97 22.2 7.4 5.7 - - -
1982 Angels 10 4 .714 - - 155 25.3 8.8 6.5 - - -
1983 Yankees 17 7 .708 - - 136 25.4 10.1 6.3 - - -
1984 Yankees 1 1 .500 - - 127 18.3 7.3 5.5 - - -
1985 Yankees 0 4 .000 - - 140 20.7 5.3 5.2 - - -
1986 Red Sox 3 5 .375 - - 143 18.9 5.3 6.2 - - -
1987 Red Sox 5 2 .714 - - 97 21.2 7.2 5.9 - - -
1987 Twins 0 1 .000 - - 14 0.0 4.1 8.2 - - -
1988 Athletics 0 1 .000 - - 80 37.7 6.0 7.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 285 120 .704 - - 1,285 24.3 7.7 6.4 - - -
Don Baylor

Don Baylor Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1970 Baltimore Orioles 23 Undetermined - -
1971 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1972 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1973 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1974 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1975 Baltimore Orioles 25 Undetermined - -
1976 Oakland Athletics 20 Undetermined - -
1977 California Angels 12 $320,000.00 - -
1978 California Angels 25 Undetermined - -
1979 California Angels 25 Undetermined Stats -
1980 California Angels 25 Undetermined - -
1981 California Angels 25 Undetermined - -
1982 California Angels 25 Undetermined - -
1983 New York Yankees 25 Undetermined - -
1984 New York Yankees 25 Undetermined - -
1985 New York Yankees 25 $810,000.00 - -
1986 Boston Red Sox 25 $660,696.00 - Stats
1987 Boston Red Sox 25 Undetermined - Stats
1987 Minnesota Twins 18 Undetermined - Stats
1988 Oakland Athletics 12 $495,000.00 - Stats


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