Don Choate
Don Choate | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Potosi, Missouri | July 2, 1938|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 12, 1960, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 1960, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 2.25 |
Innings pitched | 8 |
Teams | |
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Donald Leon Choate (born July 2, 1938) is an American former professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in four Major League games, all in relief, for the San Francisco Giants in 1960. He stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Choate was originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, and posted a 19–8 record in his second professional season with the Class C Billings Mustangs in 1957.[1] After splitting the next year between Double-A and Triple-A Cardinal affiliates he was traded to Giants as a prospect as part of a major off-season trade that netted first baseman Bill White, future National League president, for the Redbirds. White became a star player — a five-time NL All Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner — as well as a team leader of the 1964 world champion Cardinals.
Choate's only Major League service came in September 1960 when he was recalled from the Triple-A Tacoma Giants. In eight MLB innings pitched, he gave up two earned runs, seven hits and four bases on balls, with seven strikeouts.
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Missouri
- Billings Mustangs players
- Houston Buffaloes players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- People from Washington County, Missouri
- Omaha Cardinals players
- Peoria Chiefs players
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