Don Money
| Don Money | |||
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Money in 1975
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: June 7, 1947 Washington, D.C. |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 10, 1968, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 17, 1983, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .261 | ||
| Home runs | 176 | ||
| Runs batted in | 729 | ||
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Donald Wayne "Easy" Money (born June 7, 1947 in Washington, D.C., United States) is a retired major league baseball player. He currently serves as the special instructor of player development for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Money spent most of his career as a third baseman and was a four-time All-Star. Known as one of the best defensive third basemen of the era, he batted and threw right-handed. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1968–1972) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1973–1983). He briefly played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan for one month at the end of his career.
Money was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1965. While still in the minors, the Pirates traded him in 1967 to the Philadelphia Phillies (with Harold Clem, Woodie Fryman and Bill Laxton) for Jim Bunning. Called up by the Phillies in 1968, he began his major league career as a shortstop, but was moved to third base when Larry Bowa was called up by the Phillies. On October 31, 1972, with the Phillies looking to make room for Mike Schmidt, Money was part of a seven-player deal that sent John Vukovich and Bill Champion with Money to Milwaukee in exchange for four pitchers: Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders, Ken Brett and Earl Stephenson.
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