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Don Baylor 2026 Season · ATH

Career: .260/.342/.436, 338 HR, 2135 H in 2292 games.

Awards: AL MVP (1979).

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Don Baylor

#25

DH · ATH

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+18.9Career NUT

+16.1 to Nutty

Career

.260AVG338HR1276RBI2135H1236R285SB

R/R · 6' 1", 195 lb · b. Jun 28, 1949 · Austin, TX · Draft 1967 (2nd Rd, #39)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1970	21	BAL	—	8	20	17	4	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	.235	.300	.235	.000	.535	.267
1971	22	BAL	—	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.600	.000	.000	.600	.000
1972	23	BAL	+1.1	102	363	320	33	81	13	3	11	38	29	9	0	50	24	2	3	2	9	.253	.330	.416	.163	.746	.267
1973	24	BAL	+1.4	118	459	405	64	116	20	4	11	51	35	13	3	48	32	9	6	0	11	.286	.357	.437	.151	.794	.298
1974	25	BAL	+0.4	137	549	489	66	133	22	1	10	59	43	10	6	56	29	12	4	3	10	.272	.341	.382	.110	.723	.288
1975	26	BAL	+2.5	145	598	524	79	148	21	6	25	76	53	13	8	64	32	17	4	4	12	.282	.360	.489	.207	.849	.280
1976	27	OAK	+0.4	157	685	595	85	147	25	1	15	68	58	20	4	72	52	12	11	1	11	.247	.329	.368	.121	.697	.254
1977	28	LAA	+0.5	154	645	561	87	141	27	0	25	75	62	12	7	76	26	12	8	2	16	.251	.334	.433	.182	.767	.248
1978	29	LAA	+1.8	158	677	591	103	151	26	0	34	99	56	18	9	71	22	9	12	0	15	.255	.332	.472	.217	.804	.235
1979	30	LAA	+3.8	162	722	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	11	6	51	22	12	12	0	10	.296	.371	.530	.234	.901	.271
1980	31	LAA	-0.8	90	380	340	39	85	12	2	5	51	24	11	4	32	6	6	5	0	9	.250	.316	.341	.091	.657	.260
1981	32	LAA	+0.9	103	432	377	52	90	18	1	17	66	42	7	1	51	3	3	6	0	13	.239	.322	.427	.188	.749	.232
1982	33	LAA	+0.7	157	680	608	80	160	24	1	24	93	57	7	7	69	10	4	8	0	18	.263	.329	.424	.161	.753	.260
1983	34	NYY	+2.2	144	597	534	82	162	33	3	21	85	40	13	11	53	17	7	8	2	10	.303	.361	.494	.191	.855	.301
1984	35	NYY	+2.0	134	558	493	84	129	29	1	27	89	38	23	6	68	1	1	3	1	10	.262	.341	.489	.227	.830	.254
1985	36	NYY	+0.7	142	564	477	70	110	24	1	23	91	52	24	6	90	0	4	10	1	10	.231	.330	.430	.199	.760	.233
1986	37	BOS	+1.3	160	687	585	93	139	23	1	31	94	62	35	8	111	3	5	5	0	12	.238	.344	.439	.201	.783	.241
1987	38	BOS	+0.3	108	409	339	64	81	8	0	16	57	40	24	3	47	5	2	6	0	10	.239	.355	.404	.165	.759	.230
1987	38	MIN	—	20	58	49	3	14	1	0	0	6	5	4	0	12	0	1	0	0	3	.286	.397	.306	.020	.703	.378
1987	38	TOT	+0.3	128	467	388	67	95	9	0	16	63	45	28	3	59	5	3	6	0	13	.245	.360	.392	.147	.752	.248
1988	39	OAK	-0.2	92	313	264	28	58	7	0	7	34	34	12	2	44	0	1	3	0	7	.220	.332	.326	.106	.658	.236
Career	—	19 yrs	+18.9	2292	9401	8198	1236	2135	366	28	338	1276	805	267	91	1069	285	120	115	16	196	.260	.342	.436	.176	.778	.260

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Baylor's career NUT of +18.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.8

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NUT by Season

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Awards

1970World Series Champion*

1975AL Player of the Week

1976AL Player of the Week

1979AL MVP · AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

1983AL Silver Slugger

1985AL Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

1986AL Silver Slugger

1987World Series Championship

1995NL Manager of the Year

2025MLB Players Choice Curt Flood Award

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