The Baltimore Orioles have announced the passing of Rich Dauer, a former big-league infielder and coach who was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame in 2012. Dauer, 72, passed away two years after suffering a massive stroke.
Dauer spent his entire 10-year playing career with the Orioles, batting .257/.310/.343 with 43 home runs and six stolen bases. He played in two World Series with the Orioles, winning the championship in 1983 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
His championship win with the Orioles made him one of the rare players to have won both an MLB and College World Series title. Dauer had previously won two College World Series championships at Southern Cal.
After retiring as a player, Dauer went on to have a successful coaching career with five different teams, including serving as the Houston Astros’ first-base coach from 2015-17. He underwent emergency brain surgery following a subdural hematoma during the Astros’ 2017 World Series parade.
In addition to his baseball accomplishments, Dauer also appeared as a coach in the 1988 movie Stealing Home, starring Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, and Harold Ramis.