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Don
Baylor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: June 28, 1949 in Usa, TX, AUSTIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1975   
All-Star Selections 1977    1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 21 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1971 22 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1972 23 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1973 24 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1974 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1975 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1976 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1977 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1978 29 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1979 30 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8
1980 31 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1981 32 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8
1982 33 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1983 34 NYA AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 21 AAA   111 436 93 145 25 2 38 111 11 5 45 54 .333 .395 .661 1.056 102.5  
    AA   26 92 17 18 4 0 6 13 1 1 13 14 .196 .295 .435 .730 12.7  
1971 22 AAA   105 403 74 123 19 4 24 92 8 3 55 60 .305 .389 .551 .940 82.7  
1972 23 AAA   134 484 81 138 17 0 33 104 6 2 37 50 .285 .336 .525 .861 83.6  
1973 24 AAA   136 517 97 158 20 2 38 108 9 3 57 56 .306 .375 .573 .947 105.8  
1974 25 SEM AL 59 152 29 47 7 2 7 25 5 2 15 6 .309 .387 .520 .907 28.1 6.0
    AAA   80 325 72 98 9 2 34 83 4 2 29 29 .302 .359 .655 1.014 72.2  
1975 26 SEM AL 109 309 51 74 17 1 9 51 10 0 28 21 .239 .315 .388 .704 40.1 5.4
1976 27 SEM AL 95 226 22 49 8 0 5 32 1 2 21 23 .217 .297 .319 .615 22.9 2.1
1977 28 BAL AL 99 378 66 112 20 2 12 66 7 2 39 31 .296 .365 .455 .820 62.2 15.7
  NYA AL 43 141 23 36 5 2 8 28 2 1 11 7 .255 .314 .489 .803 22.2 4.0
  TOT   142 519 89 148 25 4 20 94 9 3 50 38 .285 .351 .464 .815 84.4 19.7
1978 29 NYA AL 153 572 77 144 29 1 20 76 8 5 38 44 .252 .308 .411 .719 67.9 8.9
1979 30 NYA AL 155 542 78 150 17 5 22 77 10 1 51 47 .277 .352 .448 .800 82.7 18.5
1980 31 NYA AL 158 559 66 111 28 7 13 65 7 1 40 47 .199 .259 .343 .603 47.0 3.6
1981 32 NYA AL 152 548 54 133 28 1 12 62 7 3 52 61 .243 .320 .363 .683 62.4 11.9
1982 33 NYA AL 155 553 71 121 20 3 15 69 6 4 48 53 .219 .294 .347 .642 55.2 7.5
1983 34 NYA AL 118 307 39 73 18 0 10 36 5 3 22 43 .238 .298 .394 .692 35.7 4.4
10 Years Sim 1296 4287 576 1050 197 24 133 587 68 24 365 383 .245 .314 .395 .710 526.5 87.9
5 Years AAA 566 2165 417 662 90 10 167 498 38 15 223 249 .306 .383 .588 .971 446.8  
1 Years AA 26 92 17 18 4 0 6 13 1 1 13 14 .196 .321 .435 .756 12.7  
6 Years Minors 592 2257 434 680 94 10 173 511 39 16 236 263 .301 .380 .582 .962 459.4  
162 Game Average 535 72 131 24 3 16 73 8 3 45 47 .245 .314 .395 .710 65.8  
Career Highs 158 572 89 150 29 7 22 94 10 5 52 61 .309 .387 .520 .907 84.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2835 370 688 129 17 83 392 41 14 227 250 .243 .308 .388 .696 333.5
vs LH   1452 206 362 68 7 50 195 27 10 138 133 .249 .327 .409 .736 190.7
Home 664 2169 298 551 105 14 76 292 32 12 189 199 .254 .325 .420 .746 288.5
Away 632 2118 278 499 92 10 57 295 36 12 176 184 .236 .303 .369 .672 235.8
RISP   1107 0 277 49 5 49 457 0 0 126 91 .250 .332 .436 .768 161.2
Pinch Hitting   153 20 39 6 0 3 30 5 1 15 11 .255 .328 .353 .681 18.4
Close/Late   549 60 133 22 4 13 73 0 0 60 40 .242 .330 .368 .698 66.2
Mar/Apr 199 683 88 163 33 2 22 104 8 3 51 73 .239 .302 .389 .691 78.4
May 218 704 88 165 34 4 21 102 20 5 71 74 .234 .313 .384 .696 86.3
June 207 695 107 188 38 3 21 83 8 5 58 51 .271 .335 .424 .759 94.6
July 216 727 85 161 36 4 15 85 9 4 63 62 .221 .296 .344 .640 72.1
August 227 721 102 184 28 6 23 91 15 4 58 62 .255 .325 .406 .731 92.6
Sep/Oct 229 757 106 189 28 5 31 122 8 3 64 61 .250 .316 .423 .739 100.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 25 SEM AL 1B 29 27 238.0 299 23 3 28 .991 12.18   0.6
    LF 23 4 74.0 12 1 1 0 .929 1.58   0.2
    RF 3 2 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 26 SEM AL LF 95 61 616.3 102 2 4 0 .963 1.52   1.6
    RF 3 2 27.3 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.98    
    1B 2 2 21.0 26 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
1976 27 SEM AL 1B 58 58 462.7 552 57 4 45 .993 11.85   0.9
    LF 16 0 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1977 28 BAL AL RF 70 68 640.5 114 3 5 1 .959 1.64   0.3
    1B 26 22 207.0 230 14 1 20 .996 10.61   0.7
    LF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL RF 30 30 235.1 42 1 2 0 .956 1.65   0.4
    1B 11 9 76.0 84 5 1 8 .989 10.54   0.1
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 100 98 875.6 156 4 7 1 .958 1.64   0.8
      1B 37 31 283.0 314 19 2 28 .994 10.59   0.7
      LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1978 29 NYA AL 1B 148 146 1301.0 1447 116 10 151 .994 10.81   3.6
    RF 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 NYA AL 1B 150 145 1273.7 1387 92 8 123 .995 10.45   2.4
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1980 31 NYA AL 1B 138 137 1183.7 1413 111 9 128 .994 11.59   3.3
    RF 12 5 63.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.1
    LF 5 3 30.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.20    
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 32 NYA AL 1B 39 39 340.3 393 37 4 39 .991 11.37   0.7
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1982 33 NYA AL LF 135 131 1170.3 221 3 2 2 .991 1.72   1.9
    RF 11 9 89.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
1983 34 NYA AL LF 34 27 251.0 53 1 4 0 .931 1.94   0.4
    RF 27 9 115.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    1B 12 0 19.3 23 2 0 2 1.000 11.64   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 616 585 5126.6 5859 459 40 545 .994 11.09   12.3
  LF 315 226 2179.7 396 7 12 2 .971 1.66   4.1
  RF 163 125 1207.9 224 6 7 2 .970 1.71   0.9
  SS 2 1 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
  CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1098 938 8535.9 6479 476 60 549 .991 7.33   17.3
Career Highs   157 146 1305.3 1448 116 10 151 .995 11.20    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 25 SEM AL 11 40 6 8 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 5 .200 .238 .250 .488
1975 26 SEM AL 13 34 2 11 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 .324 .361 .382 .743
1976 27 SEM AL 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
1977 28 NYA AL 5 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .053 .100 .053 .153
Career Post-Season Batting 34 101 9 22 3 1 0 9 2 1 4 11 .218 .255 .267 .522
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1979-9-.448
 OPS
1979-9-.800
 Games
1979-5-155
1980-1-158
1982-8-155
 Homeruns
1979-9-22
 RBIs
1977-9-94
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Seattle in 1970
Injured on 4/23/1970 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/21/1971 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/25/1972 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Injured on 8/29/1972 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/6/1974, off Dick Estelle (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1974, off Ron Klimkowski (MIN)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 6/27/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1977, hitting .433 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Traded from Baltimore to New York (A) on 7/31/1977 (Going to BAL: C Rick Cerone. Going to NYA: RF Don Baylor, SS Lee Richard, C Bruce Look)
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/19/1979
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1979, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
10/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,900,000 per year, for 3 years
3/4/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1982, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 3/26/1984 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by New York (A) on 10/13/1984
 
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