Don Baylor
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Baylor as Colorado Rockies hitting coach in 2010
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| Designated hitter / Left fielder | |||
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Born: June 28, 1949 Austin, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 18, 1970, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1988, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .260 | ||
| Home runs | 338 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,276 | ||
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Donald Edward Baylor (born June 28, 1949) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) coach and a former MLB player and manager. During his 19 seasons in the major leagues, Baylor was a power hitter known for crowding the plate, and was a first baseman, left fielder, and designated hitter. He played for six different American League teams, primarily the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels, but also played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox. He later managed the expansion Colorado Rockies for six years and the Chicago Cubs for three seasons.
Born in Austin, Texas, Baylor graduated from Austin High School. After being one of three African-American to integrate Texas public schools when he was in junior high school, Baylor starred in baseball and football at Austin High, where he was the first African-American to play athletics, and was offered a scholarship to play football at The University of Texas by Longhorns coach Darrell Royal, which would have made him the first African American to play football at Texas. He opted to pursue a baseball career, enrolling at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas.
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