For my generation, Don Baylor is known as a manager and big-league coach. More specifically here in the Windy City, he’s remembered as the former skipper of the Chicago Cubs.
But, make no mistake. Baylor put together an impressive playing career long before he worked his way to the role of manager. A second-round pick of the Baltimore Orioles in 1967, he made his debut a few years later in 1970.
It wasn’t until he joined the then-California Angels that he really blossomed as a big leaguer. From 1977 to 1982, Baylor put up some impressive 162-game averages: 28 home runs, 104 RBI and a .