Don Baylor
1970–1988 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Athletics
2,292G
.260AVG
.342OBP
.436SLG
More career statistics
2,135H
338HR
1,276RBI
285SB
13Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,069 | 1,067 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,292 | 9,401 | 8,198 | 1,236 | 2,135 | 366 | 28 | 338 | 1,276 | 805 | 1,069 | 285 | 120 | 267 | 115 | 3,571 | .260 | .342 | .436 | .778 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1976-08-18 to 1976-09-03
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1979-08-25 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1976-05-17 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1981-04-27 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1134 | 4548 | 1001 | 156 | 628 | 389 | 525 | .253 | .306 | .421 |
| Away | 1158 | 4853 | 1134 | 182 | 648 | 416 | 542 | .267 | .319 | .449 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 311 | 1326 | 275 | 42 | 165 | 136 | 139 | .241 | .310 | .408 |
| May | 380 | 1600 | 353 | 63 | 228 | 144 | 189 | .256 | .311 | .443 |
| June | 370 | 1496 | 320 | 55 | 182 | 128 | 180 | .244 | .299 | .413 |
| July | 389 | 1557 | 365 | 61 | 234 | 128 | 168 | .269 | .317 | .457 |
| August | 417 | 1733 | 414 | 55 | 230 | 137 | 186 | .271 | .318 | .439 |
| September | 396 | 1582 | 389 | 61 | 229 | 121 | 193 | .279 | .322 | .457 |
| October | 29 | 107 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 12 | .213 | .280 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 202 | 834 | 196 | 32 | 131 | 76 | 93 | .273 | .326 | .455 |
| chicago-white-sox | 187 | 765 | 176 | 24 | 112 | 63 | 79 | .267 | .312 | .451 |
| minnesota-twins | 185 | 777 | 180 | 26 | 111 | 68 | 84 | .267 | .319 | .438 |
| detroit-tigers | 184 | 748 | 156 | 22 | 93 | 78 | 66 | .241 | .313 | .390 |
| texas-rangers | 184 | 725 | 170 | 30 | 92 | 53 | 102 | .268 | .308 | .461 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 174 | 719 | 163 | 28 | 88 | 51 | 77 | .255 | .298 | .442 |
| kansas-city-royals | 172 | 686 | 159 | 32 | 99 | 40 | 72 | .256 | .290 | .455 |
| boston-red-sox | 172 | 731 | 192 | 26 | 110 | 55 | 84 | .297 | .338 | .464 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 17 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | .235 | – | – |
| 1971 | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1972 | Baltimore Orioles | 102 | 320 | 81 | 11 | 38 | 24 | .253 | – | – |
| 1973 | Baltimore Orioles | 118 | 405 | 116 | 11 | 51 | 32 | .286 | – | – |
| 1974 | Baltimore Orioles | 137 | 489 | 133 | 10 | 59 | 29 | .272 | – | – |
| 1975 | Baltimore Orioles | 145 | 524 | 148 | 25 | 76 | 32 | .282 | – | – |
| 1976 |  Athletics | 157 | 595 | 147 | 15 | 68 | 52 | .247 | – | – |
| 1977 |  California Angels | 154 | 561 | 141 | 25 | 75 | 26 | .251 | – | – |
| 1978 | California Angels | 158 | 591 | 151 | 34 | 99 | 22 | .255 | – | – |
| 1979 | California Angels | 162 | 628 | 186 | 36 | 139 | 22 | .296 | – | – |
| 1980 | California Angels | 90 | 340 | 85 | 5 | 51 | 6 | .250 | – | – |
| 1981 | California Angels | 103 | 377 | 90 | 17 | 66 | 3 | .239 | – | – |
| 1982 | California Angels | 157 | 608 | 160 | 24 | 93 | 10 | .263 | – | – |
| 1983 |  New York Yankees | 144 | 534 | 162 | 21 | 85 | 17 | .303 | – | – |
| 1984 | New York Yankees | 134 | 493 | 129 | 27 | 89 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1985 | New York Yankees | 142 | 477 | 110 | 23 | 91 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1986 |  Boston Red Sox | 160 | 585 | 139 | 31 | 94 | 3 | .238 | – | – |
| 1987 | Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins | 128 | 388 | 95 | 16 | 63 | 5 | .245 | – | – |
| 1988 | Athletics | 92 | 264 | 58 | 7 | 34 | – | .220 | – | – |