Dane Iorg | |||
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Outfielder / First baseman | |||
Born: Eureka, California |
May 11, 1950 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 9, 1977, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 4, 1986, for the San Diego Padres | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .276 | ||
Home runs | 14 | ||
Runs batted in | 216 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Dane Charles Iorg (/ˈɔːrdʒ/ ORJ; born May 11, 1950) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder. He played for ten seasons (1977–1986) for four teams, including eight seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. Iorg earned the game-winning hit in game six of the 1985 World Series. His brother Garth also played in the Major Leagues.
Iorg was born in Eureka, California, and he grew up in the nearby town of Blue Lake. He began his playing career with the Philadelphia Phillies in April 1977, but by that June the club traded him along with outfielder Rick Bosetti and pitcher Tom Underwood to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Bake McBride and pitcher Steve Waterbury.
During the strike-shortened 1981 season, he led the Cardinals in RBIs with 61 and with a .327 batting-average. He is the brother of former third basemen Garth Iorg; both graduated from Arcata High School in Arcata, California and they played against each other in the 1985 American League Championship Series.
In the 1982 World Series, Iorg played for the Cardinals, primarily as their World Series designated hitter (the entire 1982 World Series was played under American League rules) and batted .529 with 9 hits in 17 at-bats as the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games. On July 15, 1984, the Cardinals sold Iorg to the Kansas City Royals.